FBRef has Macario producing 0.89 expected goals plus expected assists per 90 in the last year, which is in the 89th percentile among wingers and attacking midfielders across the top nine leagues in its database.
Emma Hayes doesn’t need to build the team around her; she can shape the team to address other needs, and Macario is still going to do Macario Things.
Macario has two goals and two assists in WSL play this season, a solid return from just 432 minutes played.
She’s in the 94th percentile in tackles + interceptions for 90 minutes with 5.41, which is not necessarily indicative of quality, but extremely indicative of how much pressure she was under on a relatively poor Angel City side.
The Olympic gold medalists are back to competitive soccer, though the United States women’s national team might look a bit different than you remember them if the last match you saw was the final in Paris.
