This is a summary of match stats from the NWSL 2015 Championship between Seattle Reign FC and FC Kansas City. It is broken down into what are defined as “attacking,” “passing,” “possession,” “defending,” and “goalkeeping” stats.
I went through the 2015 NWSL Championship watch, which is freely available on YouTube, logged a bunch of stats, and put the results into this R Markdown document. That’s the short of it. The slightly longer explanation is that I tracked every match “event” out of a list of 150 different events (e.g. forward passes completed, take ons won, aerial duels won, etc.) onto an Excel spreadsheet, filled in the blanks and converted the file into a csv file, and analyzed what I wanted with R.
Want to log stats on your own and help out? Please do! Right now this is just one person doing all this; more people logging stats means more data that can be analyzed. Read more about how to do this on your own here and email me at alfredom790@gmail.com if you’re interested. To learn about the action definitions that are used to log stats and used in this analysis, read more here.
Shots Accuracy Scored GK Stop DEF Stop Blocked Missed
Rodriguez 4 0.75 1 2 0 0 1
Little 2 0.50 0 1 0 0 1
Rapinoe 2 0.50 0 1 0 0 1
Laddish 2 0.00 0 0 0 1 1
O'Reilly 1 1.00 0 1 0 0 0
Yanez 1 1.00 0 1 0 0 0
Lepeilbet 1 0.00 0 0 0 0 1
Winters 1 0.00 0 0 0 0 1
Brown 1 NaN 0 0 0 1 0
Holiday 1 NaN 0 0 0 1 0A key pass is defined as a pass that leads to a clear goal-scoring opportunity (a big chance, defined below). Not all key passes result in goals, but they’re worth noting when they happen
Total Key Passes Assists Second Assists Unscored Key Passes
O'Reilly 1 1 0 0
Holiday 1 0 1 0
Mathias 1 0 0 1
Rapinoe 1 0 0 1A big chance is a clear goal-scoring opportunity, usually a one-one scenario with the goalkeeper or an unpressured point-blank shot, where the player is expected to score
Big Chances Scored SOG Missed Dispossessed
Rodriguez 1 1 0 0 0
Yanez 1 0 1 0 0I define what makes a shot (and a pass, for that matter) as being “under pressure” here.
Pct of All Shots Under Press. Not Under Press.
Rodriguez 1.0 4 0
Lepeilbet 1.0 1 0
O'Reilly 1.0 1 0
Winters 1.0 1 0
Yanez 1.0 1 0
Laddish 0.5 1 1
Little 0.5 1 1
Rapinoe 0.5 1 1
Brown 0.0 0 1
Holiday 0.0 0 1I split up the field into attacking, middle, and defensive thirds and into left, center, and right sides of the fields. I also noted if a play occurred in the 18 or 6 yard box. If it gets kinda hard to read, just remember that “A”" means the opponent’s third of the field, “M” refers to the middle third, “D” refers to the defensive third. The letters R, C, and L refer to right, center, and left sides of the field, respectively.
OPP.6.YD OPP.18.YD OPP.3RD.L OPP.3RD.C OPP.3RD.R beyond
Brown 0 0 0 1 0 0
Holiday 0 0 0 1 0 0
Laddish 0 0 0 1 1 0
Lepeilbet 0 1 0 0 0 0
Little 0 0 0 1 0 1
O'Reilly 0 1 0 0 0 0
Rapinoe 0 1 0 1 0 0
Rodriguez 0 3 0 0 0 1
Winters 0 1 0 0 0 0
Yanez 0 1 0 0 0 0Crosses are defined as passes, usually through the air, deep into the box from the right or left side of the field. “Corner” refers to crosses from the opposing third of the field and “Long” refers to crosses from deeper up the field.
Completed Pct Attempts Corner Long
Brown 3 1.00 3 3 0
O'Reilly 2 0.25 8 7 1
Corsie 1 1.00 1 1 0
Veje 1 1.00 1 1 0
Fletcher 1 0.33 3 2 1
Holiday 1 0.25 4 4 0
Mathias 1 0.25 4 4 0
Cox 1 0.25 4 2 2
Moros 0 0.00 1 1 0
Rodriguez 0 0.00 1 1 0
Winters 0 0.00 1 1 0
Little 0 0.00 3 3 0
Tymrak 0 0.00 3 2 1
Fishlock 0 0.00 3 1 2
Rapinoe 0 0.00 4 4 0Through balls are defined as passes that split the defense and are intended to meet a teammate, running past a defender, at the end of their run
Completed Pct Attempts
O'Reilly 4 0.67 6
Cox 2 1.00 2
Holiday 2 0.67 3
Rapinoe 2 0.50 4
Barnes 1 1.00 1
Fletcher 1 1.00 1
Laddish 1 0.50 2
Brown 0 0.00 1
Fishlock 0 0.00 1
Rodriguez 0 0.00 1
Little 0 0.00 4 Completed Pct Attempts
Groom 1 1.00 1
Sauerbrunn 43 0.98 44
Corsie 51 0.96 53
Buczkowski 38 0.93 41
Winters 31 0.91 34
Yanez 27 0.90 30
Barnhart 23 0.88 26
Brown 45 0.88 51
Lepeilbet 44 0.88 50
Fletcher 41 0.85 48
Laddish 48 0.84 57
Solo 15 0.83 18
Barnes 37 0.82 45
Veje 9 0.82 11
Cox 38 0.79 48
Holiday 37 0.79 47
Rodriguez 7 0.78 9
Moros 44 0.77 57
O'Reilly 32 0.76 42
Fishlock 32 0.73 44
Mathias 13 0.72 18
Rapinoe 35 0.70 50
Little 24 0.65 37
Tymrak 18 0.64 28
Reed 4 0.40 10 Total Attacking.Third Middle.Third Defensive.Third Left.Flank
Laddish 43 12 34 11 12
Rapinoe 43 26 19 5 16
Holiday 39 19 23 5 6
Moros 37 16 22 19 48
Little 35 20 15 2 11
Cox 33 11 23 14 42
Fishlock 33 7 30 7 6
Buczkowski 29 9 25 7 8
Fletcher 29 15 24 9 2
O'Reilly 27 20 15 7 1
Tymrak 26 6 20 2 22
Barnes 25 3 22 20 20
Yanez 24 14 13 3 5
Winters 23 5 22 7 6
Brown 21 13 15 23 0
Sauerbrunn 19 2 17 25 13
Mathias 16 10 8 0 1
Lepeilbet 14 0 17 33 0
Corsie 13 1 24 28 2
Veje 11 6 5 0 9
Reed 7 5 5 0 1
Rodriguez 6 4 3 2 4
Barnhart 1 1 0 25 0
Groom 1 0 1 0 1
Solo 1 1 1 16 2
Right.Flank OPP.6.YD OPP.18.YD OPP.3RD.L OPP.3RD.C OPP.3RD.R
Laddish 13 0 0 4 2 6
Rapinoe 19 0 1 6 8 11
Holiday 20 0 0 0 4 15
Moros 2 0 1 12 2 1
Little 10 0 1 6 7 6
Cox 4 0 0 8 0 3
Fishlock 14 0 1 2 2 2
Buczkowski 12 0 0 3 3 3
Fletcher 43 0 0 0 2 13
O'Reilly 35 0 0 1 1 18
Tymrak 1 0 2 4 0 0
Barnes 0 0 1 2 0 0
Yanez 18 0 2 0 1 11
Winters 8 0 0 1 3 1
Brown 51 0 0 0 0 13
Sauerbrunn 0 0 1 1 0 0
Mathias 10 0 1 0 3 6
Lepeilbet 22 0 0 0 0 0
Corsie 36 0 0 0 0 1
Veje 0 0 2 4 0 0
Reed 8 0 0 0 1 4
Rodriguez 3 0 0 2 1 1
Barnhart 0 1 0 0 0 0
Groom 0 0 0 0 0 0
Solo 2 0 1 0 0 0
OPP.MID.3RD.L OPP.MID.3RD.C OPP.MID.3RD.R DEF.MID.3RD.L
Laddish 2 13 2 2
Rapinoe 2 3 6 4
Holiday 3 4 1 2
Moros 8 3 0 9
Little 2 4 3 3
Cox 9 0 0 12
Fishlock 2 9 6 0
Buczkowski 2 4 2 1
Fletcher 0 0 12 1
O'Reilly 0 1 5 0
Tymrak 8 1 1 8
Barnes 3 2 0 7
Yanez 2 2 2 2
Winters 3 10 1 1
Brown 0 0 8 0
Sauerbrunn 2 2 0 4
Mathias 1 1 2 0
Lepeilbet 0 4 2 0
Corsie 0 3 3 0
Veje 5 0 0 0
Reed 1 0 1 0
Rodriguez 0 1 0 1
Barnhart 0 0 0 0
Groom 0 0 0 1
Solo 0 0 0 0
DEF.MID.3RD.C DEF.MID.3RD.R DEF.3RD.L DEF.3RD.C DEF.3RD.R
Laddish 12 3 4 5 2
Rapinoe 2 2 4 1 0
Holiday 10 3 1 3 1
Moros 1 1 19 0 0
Little 3 0 0 1 1
Cox 1 1 13 0 0
Fishlock 9 4 2 2 2
Buczkowski 11 5 2 3 2
Fletcher 1 10 1 0 8
O'Reilly 1 8 0 2 4
Tymrak 2 0 2 0 0
Barnes 10 0 8 10 0
Yanez 2 3 1 0 2
Winters 3 4 1 3 2
Brown 0 7 0 0 23
Sauerbrunn 9 0 6 13 0
Mathias 2 2 0 0 0
Lepeilbet 8 3 0 13 17
Corsie 6 12 2 5 20
Veje 0 0 0 0 0
Reed 0 3 0 0 0
Rodriguez 0 1 1 0 1
Barnhart 0 0 0 0 0
Groom 0 0 0 0 0
Solo 0 1 2 3 1
DEF.18.YD DEF.6.YD
Laddish 0 0
Rapinoe 0 0
Holiday 0 0
Moros 0 0
Little 0 0
Cox 1 0
Fishlock 1 0
Buczkowski 0 0
Fletcher 0 0
O'Reilly 1 0
Tymrak 0 0
Barnes 2 0
Yanez 0 0
Winters 1 0
Brown 0 0
Sauerbrunn 6 0
Mathias 0 0
Lepeilbet 3 0
Corsie 1 0
Veje 0 0
Reed 0 0
Rodriguez 0 0
Barnhart 12 13
Groom 0 0
Solo 7 3 Total Attacking.Third Middle.Third Defensive.Third Left.Flank
Barnes 25 3 22 20 20
Barnhart 1 1 0 25 0
Brown 21 13 15 23 0
Buczkowski 29 9 25 7 8
Corsie 13 1 24 28 2
Cox 33 11 23 14 42
Fishlock 33 7 30 7 6
Fletcher 29 15 24 9 2
Groom 1 0 1 0 1
Holiday 39 19 23 5 6
Laddish 43 12 34 11 12
Lepeilbet 14 0 17 33 0
Little 35 20 15 2 11
Mathias 16 10 8 0 1
Moros 37 16 22 19 48
O'Reilly 27 20 15 7 1
Rapinoe 43 26 19 5 16
Reed 7 5 5 0 1
Rodriguez 6 4 3 2 4
Sauerbrunn 19 2 17 25 13
Solo 1 1 1 16 2
Tymrak 26 6 20 2 22
Veje 11 6 5 0 9
Winters 23 5 22 7 6
Yanez 24 14 13 3 5
Right.Flank OPP.6.YD OPP.18.YD OPP.3RD.L OPP.3RD.C OPP.3RD.R
Barnes 0 0 1 2 0 0
Barnhart 0 1 0 0 0 0
Brown 51 0 0 0 0 13
Buczkowski 12 0 0 3 3 3
Corsie 36 0 0 0 0 1
Cox 4 0 0 8 0 3
Fishlock 14 0 1 2 2 2
Fletcher 43 0 0 0 2 13
Groom 0 0 0 0 0 0
Holiday 20 0 0 0 4 15
Laddish 13 0 0 4 2 6
Lepeilbet 22 0 0 0 0 0
Little 10 0 1 6 7 6
Mathias 10 0 1 0 3 6
Moros 2 0 1 12 2 1
O'Reilly 35 0 0 1 1 18
Rapinoe 19 0 1 6 8 11
Reed 8 0 0 0 1 4
Rodriguez 3 0 0 2 1 1
Sauerbrunn 0 0 1 1 0 0
Solo 2 0 1 0 0 0
Tymrak 1 0 2 4 0 0
Veje 0 0 2 4 0 0
Winters 8 0 0 1 3 1
Yanez 18 0 2 0 1 11
OPP.MID.3RD.L OPP.MID.3RD.C OPP.MID.3RD.R DEF.MID.3RD.L
Barnes 3 2 0 7
Barnhart 0 0 0 0
Brown 0 0 8 0
Buczkowski 2 4 2 1
Corsie 0 3 3 0
Cox 9 0 0 12
Fishlock 2 9 6 0
Fletcher 0 0 12 1
Groom 0 0 0 1
Holiday 3 4 1 2
Laddish 2 13 2 2
Lepeilbet 0 4 2 0
Little 2 4 3 3
Mathias 1 1 2 0
Moros 8 3 0 9
O'Reilly 0 1 5 0
Rapinoe 2 3 6 4
Reed 1 0 1 0
Rodriguez 0 1 0 1
Sauerbrunn 2 2 0 4
Solo 0 0 0 0
Tymrak 8 1 1 8
Veje 5 0 0 0
Winters 3 10 1 1
Yanez 2 2 2 2
DEF.MID.3RD.C DEF.MID.3RD.R DEF.3RD.L DEF.3RD.C DEF.3RD.R
Barnes 10 0 8 10 0
Barnhart 0 0 0 0 0
Brown 0 7 0 0 23
Buczkowski 11 5 2 3 2
Corsie 6 12 2 5 20
Cox 1 1 13 0 0
Fishlock 9 4 2 2 2
Fletcher 1 10 1 0 8
Groom 0 0 0 0 0
Holiday 10 3 1 3 1
Laddish 12 3 4 5 2
Lepeilbet 8 3 0 13 17
Little 3 0 0 1 1
Mathias 2 2 0 0 0
Moros 1 1 19 0 0
O'Reilly 1 8 0 2 4
Rapinoe 2 2 4 1 0
Reed 0 3 0 0 0
Rodriguez 0 1 1 0 1
Sauerbrunn 9 0 6 13 0
Solo 0 1 2 3 1
Tymrak 2 0 2 0 0
Veje 0 0 0 0 0
Winters 3 4 1 3 2
Yanez 2 3 1 0 2
DEF.18.YD DEF.6.YD
Barnes 2 0
Barnhart 12 13
Brown 0 0
Buczkowski 0 0
Corsie 1 0
Cox 1 0
Fishlock 1 0
Fletcher 0 0
Groom 0 0
Holiday 0 0
Laddish 0 0
Lepeilbet 3 0
Little 0 0
Mathias 0 0
Moros 0 0
O'Reilly 1 0
Rapinoe 0 0
Reed 0 0
Rodriguez 0 0
Sauerbrunn 6 0
Solo 7 3
Tymrak 0 0
Veje 0 0
Winters 1 0
Yanez 0 0 Completed Pct Attempts
Brown 13 1.00 13
Winters 11 1.00 11
Buczkowski 7 1.00 7
Corsie 6 1.00 6
Sauerbrunn 4 1.00 4
Veje 4 1.00 4
Fletcher 13 0.93 14
Yanez 11 0.85 13
Moros 14 0.82 17
Rapinoe 22 0.81 27
Laddish 12 0.80 15
Cox 10 0.77 13
O'Reilly 15 0.75 20
Barnes 3 0.75 4
Rodriguez 3 0.75 4
Holiday 14 0.74 19
Fishlock 11 0.69 16
Mathias 6 0.67 9
Lepeilbet 4 0.67 6
Tymrak 4 0.67 6
Reed 3 0.60 5
Little 9 0.56 16
Barnhart 0 0.00 1 Completed Pct Attempts
Corsie 27 1.00 27
Sauerbrunn 22 1.00 22
Yanez 13 1.00 13
Winters 11 1.00 11
O'Reilly 10 1.00 10
Veje 5 1.00 5
Groom 1 1.00 1
Lepeilbet 22 0.96 23
Cox 18 0.95 19
Fishlock 17 0.94 18
Holiday 15 0.94 16
Little 13 0.93 14
Buczkowski 25 0.93 27
Barnes 18 0.90 20
Moros 18 0.90 20
Laddish 25 0.89 28
Fletcher 20 0.87 23
Mathias 6 0.86 7
Brown 17 0.85 20
Solo 7 0.78 9
Rapinoe 9 0.75 12
Rodriguez 3 0.75 4
Tymrak 11 0.73 15
Barnhart 4 0.67 6
Reed 1 0.33 3 Completed Pct Attempts
Barnhart 18 1.00 18
Buczkowski 6 1.00 6
Rodriguez 1 1.00 1
Corsie 18 0.95 19
Sauerbrunn 17 0.94 18
Laddish 11 0.92 12
Lepeilbet 18 0.90 20
Solo 8 0.89 9
Barnes 15 0.88 17
Brown 15 0.88 17
Fletcher 8 0.80 10
Winters 9 0.75 12
Yanez 3 0.75 4
Moros 11 0.73 15
O'Reilly 7 0.70 10
Cox 10 0.67 15
Holiday 8 0.67 12
Fishlock 4 0.67 6
Mathias 1 0.50 2
Tymrak 3 0.43 7
Rapinoe 4 0.40 10
Little 2 0.29 7
Reed 0 0.00 2
Veje 0 0.00 1“Pct.of.Passes” refers to the percentage of all pass attempts by a player that were under pressure. I define what makes a pass “under pressure” here.
Pct.of.Passes Completed Comp.Pct Attempts
Yanez 0.500 15 1.00 15
Sauerbrunn 0.341 15 1.00 15
Rodriguez 0.333 3 1.00 3
Solo 0.056 1 1.00 1
Buczkowski 0.415 16 0.94 17
Winters 0.382 12 0.92 13
Moros 0.386 20 0.91 22
Lepeilbet 0.220 10 0.91 11
Corsie 0.189 9 0.90 10
Holiday 0.617 26 0.90 29
Fletcher 0.396 17 0.89 19
Brown 0.373 16 0.84 19
Cox 0.229 9 0.82 11
Rapinoe 0.520 21 0.81 26
Laddish 0.526 24 0.80 30
Veje 0.455 4 0.80 5
O'Reilly 0.548 18 0.78 23
Mathias 0.611 8 0.73 11
Fishlock 0.341 10 0.67 15
Little 0.676 15 0.60 25
Barnes 0.200 5 0.56 9
Tymrak 0.679 10 0.53 19
Reed 0.300 0 0.00 3A take on is an attempt by a player to get past her defender and maintain possession of the ball. A take on is “won” if the player dribbles past a defender, turns a defender to create open space, or draws a foul. A take on is “lost” if the ball is tackled away, regardless of who recovers the ball or where it ends up, or if the player loses possession through a lost touch or a ball shield.
Won Pct Attempts Lost Dispossessed
Rapinoe 7 0.88 8 1 0
Brown 5 0.71 7 2 1
Laddish 3 0.60 5 2 0
O'Reilly 3 0.60 5 2 0
Fishlock 3 0.50 6 3 1
Little 3 0.43 7 4 2
Tymrak 3 0.38 8 5 3
Rodriguez 2 1.00 2 0 1
Moros 2 0.50 4 2 0
Groom 1 1.00 1 0 0
Lepeilbet 1 1.00 1 0 0
Fletcher 1 0.50 2 1 0
Holiday 1 0.50 2 1 2
Buczkowski 0 0.00 1 1 0
Mathias 0 0.00 1 1 1
Reed 0 0.00 1 1 0
Winters 0 0.00 1 1 1
Yanez 0 0.00 4 4 1Aerial duels are when two players challenge for a 50/50 ball in the air. The first player to make contact with the ball is deemed to have won the aerial duel, regardless of where the ball ends up or who recovers it.
Won Pct Attempts
Rapinoe 5 1.00 5
Fishlock 5 0.71 7
Holiday 3 0.75 4
Winters 3 0.75 4
Yanez 3 0.50 6
Sauerbrunn 2 1.00 2
Barnes 2 0.67 3
Rodriguez 2 0.50 4
Little 2 0.33 6
Moros 2 0.33 6
Cox 1 1.00 1
Groom 1 1.00 1
Hagen 1 1.00 1
Brown 1 0.50 2
Buczkowski 1 0.50 2
Mathias 1 0.50 2
Laddish 1 0.33 3
Corsie 0 0.00 1
Lepeilbet 0 0.00 2
Tymrak 0 0.00 4
O'Reilly 0 0.00 5For a list of definitions for these actions, read more here
Tackles Dribbled Presses Dispossesses Ball Shields
Fishlock 5 2 31 1 0
Winters 3 0 24 0 0
Moros 3 1 37 2 1
Holiday 2 0 24 0 0
Rodriguez 2 0 20 0 0
Lepeilbet 2 0 8 0 0
Buczkowski 2 1 18 3 0
Tymrak 2 2 25 0 0
Fletcher 2 2 22 1 1
Cox 2 2 19 1 0
Rapinoe 2 4 20 0 0
Laddish 2 4 15 2 0
Yanez 2 7 38 0 0
Sauerbrunn 1 1 14 1 0
Corsie 1 1 4 2 1
O'Reilly 0 0 22 0 0
Barnes 0 0 4 0 0
Groom 0 0 4 0 0
Veje 0 0 4 0 0
Hagen 0 0 3 0 0
Reed 0 0 2 0 0
Averbuch 0 0 1 0 0
Little 0 1 26 0 0
Mathias 0 1 21 0 0
Brown 0 1 10 1 0 Total In Def 3rd In Mid 3rd In Opp 3rd
Sauerbrunn 6 5 1 0
Laddish 4 2 2 0
Fishlock 4 0 3 1
Corsie 3 3 0 0
Lepeilbet 3 3 0 0
Barnes 3 2 1 0
Moros 3 2 1 0
Rapinoe 3 1 1 1
Cox 2 1 1 0
Fletcher 2 1 1 0
O'Reilly 2 0 2 0
Brown 1 0 0 1
Reed 1 0 1 0
Winters 1 0 1 0
Yanez 1 0 1 0A recovery is when a player gets posession of a loose ball
Total In Def 3rd In Mid 3rd In Opp 3rd
Fishlock 12 1 8 3
Little 10 2 4 4
Barnes 6 2 3 1
Holiday 6 2 3 1
Laddish 6 2 1 3
O'Reilly 6 4 1 1
Winters 6 0 4 2
Yanez 6 2 4 0
Buczkowski 5 2 3 0
Rapinoe 5 2 2 1
Cox 4 2 2 0
Moros 4 2 0 2
Tymrak 4 2 1 1
Brown 3 1 1 1
Fletcher 3 1 2 0
Lepeilbet 3 3 0 0
Mathias 3 0 3 0
Sauerbrunn 3 1 1 1
Corsie 2 1 1 0
Groom 2 1 1 0
Rodriguez 2 0 0 2
Solo 2 2 0 0
Barnhart 1 1 0 0
Reed 1 0 1 0
Veje 1 0 0 1 Passes Blocked Shots Blocked Clearances
Barnes 14 0 7
Lepeilbet 14 0 6
Sauerbrunn 12 0 1
Brown 11 0 2
Moros 11 0 1
Fishlock 10 1 2
Corsie 9 0 5
Cox 6 0 1
Fletcher 6 0 0
Laddish 6 0 0
Winters 4 1 0
Buczkowski 4 0 1
Yanez 4 0 0
Rapinoe 3 1 0
O'Reilly 3 0 1
Rodriguez 2 0 0
Reed 1 0 0
Solo 0 0 1 Saves Attempts Goals Conceded
Barnhart 3 3 0
Solo 3 4 1 Faced Won Caught Punched Away Crosses Corners Free Kicks
Barnhart 6 6 5 1 4 2 0
Solo 2 2 2 0 2 0 0A LOT of goal kicks and throws from the goalkeepers were cut off by the broadcast, which often cut into play and prevented me from seeing what the goalkeeper did with the ball after her team won the ball. Those instances of the broadcast cutting off the play are not counted in this table. This doesn’t count passes in open play, and this is a section I’d like to flesh out more as I get more data from more matches.
Pct Attempts
Barnhart 0.88 17
Solo 1.00 6