Emily Menges
Bay FC · Centre-back · Deep Builder
Centre-back2024 seasonUSAage 31.92786 min5 ft 7 inDeep Builder
Everything about Emily's profile points one way: 92nd percentile for carrying, 10th for defensive disruption, at 31.9, where the curve turns against long contracts.
In plain EnglishTouches the ball more than one in every ten times her team does.
-0.025
goals added / 96
34th
percentile in position
-0.017
2027 projection
Contribution profilepercentile within position
Above the 65th percentile in carrying, discipline, passing. Below the 35th in defensive disruption.
Style metrics2024 season
| Share of team touches | 11.1% |
| Average pass distance | 22.0 yds |
| Average pass verticality | 7.9 yds |
| Pass difficulty attempted | 17.4% |
| Shots per 96 | 0.07 |
| Key passes per 96 | 0.17 |
| Expected goals per 96 | 0.008 |
| Expected assists per 96 | 0.034 |
| Finishing vs expectation | -0.008 |
These are the inputs to the style space that assigns her archetype — descriptive of how she plays, deliberately separate from how well.
Career record
| Season | Club | Pos | Age | Min | g+/96 | Pctile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | POR | CB | 23.9 | 2081 | +0.002 | 59 |
| 2017 | POR | CB | 24.9 | 2416 | -0.016 | 43 |
| 2018 | POR | CB | 25.9 | 1617 | -0.054 | 17 |
| 2019 | POR | CB | 26.9 | 1917 | -0.021 | 39 |
| 2020 | POR | CB | 27.9 | 854 | -0.085 | 7 |
| 2021 | POR | CB | 28.9 | 2048 | +0.065 | 92 |
| 2022 | POR | CB | 29.9 | 978 | -0.006 | 54 |
| 2023 | POR | CB | 30.9 | 2039 | -0.020 | 40 |
| 2024 | BAY | CB | 31.9 | 2786 | -0.025 | 34 |
Style comparablessame role, ranked by fit
| Player | Pos | Club | Season | Age | g+/96 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Gorden | CB | LA | 2024 | 31.8 | -0.009 |
| Gina Lewandowski | CB | NJY | 2020 | 35.2 | -0.077 |
| Emily Sams | CB | ORL | 2025 | 26.0 | +0.005 |
| Becky Sauerbrunn | CB | UTA | 2019 | 34.1 | +0.067 |
| Tara Rudd | CB | WAS | 2024 | 25.0 | -0.019 |
| Naomi Girma | CB | SD | 2023 | 23.0 | -0.023 |
| Esme Morgan | CB | WAS | 2026 | 25.7 | +0.036 |
| Emerson Elgin | CB | BOS | 2026 | 23.3 | +0.031 |