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Players / Kayla Sharples
Defender
Kayla Sharples
USA · Age 29 · 180 cm
Season at a glance · 2025
All stats →25 appearances · 2,207 minutes
2025 · published season totals · Kansas City Current listed in season record · data through Sep 1, 2026
- Appearances
- 25
- Starts
- 24
- Minutes
- 2,207
- Tackles won
- 22
- Interceptions
- 21
- Clearances
- 111
Latest appearance · 2025
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ILLUSTRATIVE POSITIONS + MOTION · NOT A MATCH REPLAY
Look beyond the ball2025 · Kansas City Current
Left center back
Kansas City Current
Playing style →Left center back
Bay FC
Career →When she steps forward, who covers the space behind her?
Similar players →Recent playing time · 2025
All matches →4 starts in 5 recorded appearances. Latest: 102 minutes against Wave on .
Event-clock minutes include stoppage time and can exceed 90. Only appearances are shown; gaps do not establish availability.
Statistics · 2025
Metric definitions →| Metric | Total | Per 90 minutes |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 0.08 |
| Assists | 1 | 0.04 |
| Shots | 9 | 0.37 |
| Shots on target | 6 | 0.24 |
| Key passes | 6 | 0.24 |
| Passes completed | 1030 | 42 |
| Tackles won | 22 | 0.9 |
| Interceptions | 21 | 0.86 |
| Clearances | 111 | 4.53 |
Advanced metrics · 2025
- 1.37
- 1.51
- 3.14
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Matches · 2025
Season record
| Season / listed club | Apps | Starts | Minutes | Goals | Assists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · Kansas City Current | 19 | 17 | 1497 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 · Kansas City Current | 25 | 24 | 2207 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 · Bay FC | 25 | 22 | 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 · Chicago Stars | 11 | 8 | 695 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 · Chicago Stars | 8 | 8 | 653 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 · Chicago Stars | 14 | 12 | 1079 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 · Chicago Stars | 2 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
Career chapters
Full career →201929 minChicago Stars
2020Excluded
20211,079 minChicago Stars2022653 minChicago Stars2023695 minChicago Stars20241,998 minBay FC20252,207 minKansas City Current20261,497 minKansas City CurrentCalendar gaps remain visible. This is the available NWSL record, not a complete professional career.
Upcoming club fixture
San Diego Wave vs Kansas City Current
For the last recorded club. Player availability is not confirmed.
Schedule as observed ; later changes are not reflected.
Player details
Kayla Sharples
Defender
- Nationality
- USA
- Born
- 1997-06-17
- Height
- 180 cm
- Recorded seasons
- 7
- NWSL coverage
- 2019–2026
- Data through
- Sep 1, 2026
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Sources, coverage and definitions
Sources, coverage and definitions
Season totals use the official league feed from 2021 onward and event-derived records for 2016–2019. Some season totals may include playoff figures; competition scope remains under review. Match tables here contain verified regular-season appearances only.
Coverage starts in 2016. The 2020 competitions are excluded. Missing seasons do not mean the player did not play. Match minutes include stoppage time and may differ from official season minutes.
Statistics through . Career annotations reviewed September 5, 2026. Listed position, modeled role and availability are separate.
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