Players›Meggie Dougherty Howard
Meggie Dougherty Howard
- Position:
- Midfielder
- Nationality:
- USA
- Born:
- 1995-07-27 (age 30)
- Height:
- 165 cm
Career (2017–, regular seasons; 2020 excluded): 134 GP · 9,347 min · 5 goals · 7 assists
Composite 2024: -0.026 — ranked 332 of 338 Composite page →
Standard Stats
| Playing Time | Performance | Per 90 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Season ▴ | Team | GP | GS | Min | Gls | Ast | PK | Sh | SoT | KP | Pass% | CrdY | CrdR | Gls/90 | G+A/90 |
| 1 | 2017 | Spirit | 23 | 21 | 2030 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0.04 | 0.09 | |
| 2 | 2018 | Spirit | 23 | 14 | 1542 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| 3 | 2019 | Spirit | 22 | 18 | 1729 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| 4 | 2021 | Pride | 21 | 15 | 1251 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 78.9 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.07 |
| 5 | 2022 | Pride | 15 | 13 | 1043 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 76.3 | 3 | 0 | 0.26 | 0.43 |
| 6 | 2023 | San Diego Wave | 12 | 8 | 581 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 69.6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 7 | 2024 | Angel City | 18 | 14 | 1171 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 75.2 | 2 | 0 | 0.08 | 0.31 |
| 7 Yrs | 134 | 103 | 9347 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 83 | 44 | 100 | 76.0 | 20 | 0 | 0.05 | 0.12 | ||
Advanced Stats
| Expected | VAEP | Threat | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Season ▴ | Team | Min | Gls | xG | G−xG | xG/90 | VAEP | Off | Def | VAEP/90 | xT | xT/90 | DAxT |
| 1 | 2017 | Spirit | 2030 | 1 | 1.13 | -0.13 | 0.05 | 1.70 | 2.01 | -0.31 | 0.08 | 3.53 | 0.16 | 0.569 |
| 2 | 2018 | Spirit | 1542 | 0 | 0.08 | -0.08 | 0.00 | 0.57 | 0.78 | -0.21 | 0.03 | 2.45 | 0.14 | 0.568 |
| 3 | 2019 | Spirit | 1729 | 0 | 0.33 | -0.33 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.54 | -0.53 | 0.00 | 1.57 | 0.08 | 0.574 |
| 4 | 2021 | Pride | 1251 | 0 | 0.06 | -0.06 | 0.00 | 0.78 | 1.44 | -0.66 | 0.06 | 2.32 | 0.17 | 0.400 |
| 5 | 2022 | Pride | 1043 | 3 | 2.46 | 0.54 | 0.21 | 1.71 | 2.41 | -0.70 | 0.15 | 2.03 | 0.18 | 0.214 |
| 6 | 2023 | San Diego Wave | 581 | 0 | 0.59 | -0.59 | 0.09 | -0.78 | -0.26 | -0.52 | -0.12 | 0.84 | 0.13 | 0.144 |
| 7 | 2024 | Angel City | 1171 | 1 | 0.79 | 0.21 | 0.06 | 0.13 | 0.76 | -0.63 | 0.01 | 1.80 | 0.14 | 0.345 |
| 7 Yrs | 9347 | 5 | 5.44 | -0.44 | 0.05 | 4.12 | 7.68 | -3.56 | 0.04 | 14.54 | 0.14 | 2.814 | ||
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.
| Components | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Season ▴ | xG | Carries | Box Passes | Defense | GK | Composite | Rank | Pool |
| 1 | 2023 | 0.015 | -0.484 | -0.019 | 1.581 | 0.350 | 93 | 240 | |
| 2 | 2024 | -0.809 | -0.735 | 0.077 | 0.853 | -0.026 | 332 | 338 | |
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) | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Season ▴ | Starts | GK | FB | CB | DM | CM | AM | W | ST | GK | FB | CB | DM | CM | AM | W | ST | Read |
| 1 | 2017 | 21 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 2 | an 8, played like a 6 | |||||||||
| 2 | 2018 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | an 8, played like a 6 | ||||||||
| 3 | 2019 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 1 | played her role | |||||||||
| 4 | 2020 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | played her role | |||||||||||||
| 5 | 2021 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 15 | played her role | ||||||||||||
| 6 | 2022 | 17 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | an 8, played like a 6 | |||||
| 7 | 2023 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | an 8, played like a 10 | |||||||||||
| 8 | 2024 | 18 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 2 | an 8, played like a 6 | ||||||||||
| 8 Yrs | 118 | 1 | 30 | 77 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 72 | 8 | 23 | 3 | 5 | an 8, played like a 6 | ||||
Similar Players
Nearest neighbors by playing-style embedding (most recent embedded season). Similarity is cosine distance in style space, not quality.
| Rk | Player | Team | Season | Pos | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yuki Nagasato | Chicago Stars | 2022 | Forward | 0.841 |
| 2 | Addie McCain | KC Current | 2021 | Midfielder | 0.747 |
| 3 | Gaëtane Iza Laure Thiney | Gotham FC | 2021 | Midfielder | 0.743 |
| 4 | Andi Sullivan | Spirit | 2023 | Midfielder | 0.741 |
| 5 | Emily Curran | Dash | 2022 | Midfielder | 0.737 |
| 6 | Katie O'Kane | Racing Lou | 2025 | Midfielder | 0.733 |
| 7 | Dorian Bailey | Bay | 2025 | Midfielder | 0.727 |
| 8 | Marisa DiGrande | Pride | 2021 | Midfielder | 0.718 |
| 9 | Croix Bethune | Spirit | 2025 | Midfielder | 0.711 |
| 10 | Katie Johnson | San Diego Wave | 2022 | Forward | 0.710 |