by the numbers: the uswnt olympic 18 + alternates

With Emma Hayes’ Olympic squad named, plus four alternates, I thought you know what would be neat, what if I dove into the StatsBomb machine to see how each player is performing this year. It’s slightly tricky with some, as the only data I have access to in Europe outside of England’s WSL is the Women’s Champions League, which are rather small data sets.

Still, even in those you can see strengths and weaknesses pop up, but direct comparisons become a bit moot as a result. Still, fourteen of the eighteen are playing in the NWSL, plus all four alternates. So there’s plenty to see and have fun with.

Below, I’m dropping every player’s StatsBomb 2.0 radar up to this point in the season. I’m sure you’ve seen these radars plenty, but if not, they’re neat little snapshots of how players are performing, and provide hints at their profile and overall form. The 2.0 radars include StatsBomb’s proprietary metric, On Ball Value (OBV). Basically think of these as buckets of metrics categorized within pass, dribble & carry, defensive action, shot, and goalkeeper metrics.

The gist is, how does this player’s shooting/passing/defending/dribbling & carrying/goalkeeping help their team score or prevent goals. The higher the number, the more effective the actions. It’s fairly neat. Let’s get onto it.