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Kayla Fischer

Kayla Fischer

Position:
Midfielder
Nationality:
USA
Born:
2000-01-05 (age 26)
Height:
173 cm

Career (2023–, regular seasons; 2020 excluded): 69 GP · 3,926 min · 7 goals · 6 assists

Composite 2026: 0.509 — ranked 84 of 385 Composite page →

Standard Stats

Glossary
Playing TimePerformancePer 90
RkSeasonTeamGPGSMinGlsAstPKShSoTKPPass%CrdYCrdRGls/90G+A/90
12023Racing Lou105460010103862.1100.000.20
22024Racing Lou2412112811016101769.71000.080.16
32025Racing Lou2216128142033131265.4610.280.42
42026Racing Lou131210572201451360.2200.170.34
4 Yrs6945392676073315065.01910.160.30

Advanced Stats

Glossary
ExpectedVAEPThreat
RkSeasonTeamMinGlsxGG−xGxG/90VAEPOffDefVAEP/90xTxT/90DAxT
12023Racing Lou46000.78-0.780.15-0.030.35-0.38-0.011.060.210.179
22024Racing Lou112811.51-0.510.12-0.470.94-1.41-0.041.660.130.489
32025Racing Lou128145.18-1.180.360.451.86-1.410.031.570.110.213
42026Racing Lou105721.300.700.110.751.08-0.340.064.810.410.239
4 Yrs392678.77-1.770.200.704.23-3.540.029.100.211.120

Composite Rating

Our overall player rating, unique to this site: five components — xG, ball carries, passes into the box, defensive value, and goalkeeping — combined into one score and averaged across every selection-model run of the season. Rank is her place among all rated players that year.

Glossary
Components
RkSeasonxGCarriesBox PassesDefenseGKCompositeRankPool
120230.053-0.035-0.3300.1930.013179240
220260.0171.3590.3240.4710.0000.50984385

Structural Roles

Start counts by role, per season — twice. Explicit is where the team sheet wrote her; Inferredis what a model reading only her on-ball events made of each start. The Read column states each season's verdict from the two most common roles.

Explicit (Team Sheet)Inferred (Event Data)
RkSeasonStartsGKFBCBDMCMAMWSTGKFBCBDMCMAMWSTRead
1202394412214an 8, played like a 9
22024133731156a winger, played like a 9
32025161151213played her role
4202612102336an 8, played like a 9
4 Yrs501848201271129played her role

Similar Players

Nearest neighbors by playing-style embedding (most recent embedded season). Similarity is cosine distance in style space, not quality.

RkPlayerTeamSeasonPosSimilarity
1Jaedyn ShawSan Diego Wave2024Midfielder0.804
2Jess FishlockReign2025Midfielder0.687
3LudmilaChicago Stars2025Forward0.681
4Bia ZanerattoKC Current2024Forward0.678
5Sveindís JónsdóttirAngel City2025Forward0.644
6Leah PruittPride2022Forward0.627
7Cameron TuckerRoyals2024Forward0.624
8Lena SilanoSpirit2023Forward0.620
9Tara RuddSpirit2021Defender0.614
10Katie LampsonGotham FC2025Forward0.613