Taylor Leach
Kansas City Current · Centre-back · Ball-Winner
Centre-back2022 seasonUSAage 30.41081 min5 ft 10 inBall-Winner
Taylor is a ball-winner in the truest sense: 44th percentile for defensive disruption, 3rd for carrying, and at 30.4 the arithmetic of a long deal gets harder.
-0.074
goals added / 96
9th
percentile in position
Contribution profilepercentile within position
Below the 35th in carrying, receiving / positioning, passing, shooting.
Style metrics2022 season
| Share of team touches | 3.7% |
| Average pass distance | 22.0 yds |
| Average pass verticality | 9.2 yds |
| Pass difficulty attempted | 21.3% |
| Shots per 96 | 0.44 |
| Key passes per 96 | 0.09 |
| Expected goals per 96 | 0.018 |
| Expected assists per 96 | 0.002 |
| Finishing vs expectation | +0.071 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | KC | CB | 29.4 | 815 | +0.013 | 66 |
| 2022 | KC | CB | 30.4 | 1081 | -0.074 | 9 |
Style comparablessame role, ranked by fit
| Player | Pos | Club | Season | Age | g+/96 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Ball | CB | KC | 2024 | 28.7 | -0.048 |
| Croix Soto | CB | KC | 2023 | 22.5 | -0.113 |
| Mandy Freeman | CB | NJY | 2023 | 28.3 | -0.077 |
| Jenna Winebrenner | DM | KC | 2023 | 24.3 | +0.026 |
| Estelle Johnson | CB | NJY | 2019 | 30.9 | +0.035 |
| Sophie Hirst | DM | HOU | 2023 | 23.3 | -0.058 |
| Samantha Johnson | CB | CHI | 2017 | 26.1 | -0.013 |
| Kayla Sharples | CB | CHI | 2022 | 25.0 | -0.066 |