Sam Mewis
North Carolina Courage · Defensive midfielder · Progressive Full-Back
Defensive midfielder2019 seasonUSAage 26.71291 min5 ft 11 inProgressive Full-Back
Sam is a progressive full-back in the truest sense: 100th percentile for carrying, now 26.7 and at the stable part of the curve.
In plain EnglishAdds a full goal of value roughly every 7 matches; gets a shot away about every 31 minutes; touches the ball more than one in every ten times her team does.
+0.136
goals added / 96
99th
percentile in position
Contribution profilepercentile within position
Above the 65th percentile in carrying, shooting, passing, discipline, receiving / positioning.
Style metrics2019 season
| Share of team touches | 10.5% |
| Average pass distance | 21.6 yds |
| Average pass verticality | 8.7 yds |
| Pass difficulty attempted | 29.1% |
| Shots per 96 | 3.05 |
| Key passes per 96 | 1.56 |
| Expected goals per 96 | 0.205 |
| Expected assists per 96 | 0.113 |
| Finishing vs expectation | +0.018 |
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 | WNY | CM | 23.7 | 1614 | +0.123 | 94 |
| 2017 | NC | DM | 24.7 | 2474 | +0.155 | 99 |
| 2018 | NC | CM | 25.7 | 1377 | +0.191 | 98 |
| 2019 | NC | DM | 26.7 | 1291 | +0.136 | 99 |
Style comparablessame role, ranked by fit
| Player | Pos | Club | Season | Age | g+/96 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Katrina Gorry | AM | UTA | 2018 | 25.9 | -0.081 |
| Lindsey Heaps | DM | POR | 2019 | 25.1 | +0.178 |
| Carli Lloyd | ST | HOU | 2017 | 35.0 | +0.081 |
| Vanessa DiBernardo | AM | CHI | 2017 | 25.1 | +0.053 |
| Amandine Henry | CM | POR | 2017 | 27.8 | +0.072 |
| Kelley O'Hara | FB | NJY | 2017 | 28.9 | +0.153 |
| Rose Lavelle | CM | BOS | 2017 | 22.1 | +0.060 |
| Andi Sullivan | DM | WAS | 2021 | 25.5 | +0.045 |