An existing public sample report. Results describe the matches analyzed and the stated peer group. College comparisons describe style, not guaranteed recruiting outcomes.

▸ Player Report — DM

Jonathan Jimenez

The St James

|DMF (scored vs. DM)ECNL Boys U17 2025-26

PIRlo Rating

276.90

Top 20% player in league

Avg Rating

4.54

league + position

Average Weighted Rating

4.70

positionally weighted

PIRlo

276.90

Rating

Archetype

A midfielder who reads the game early, keeps the ball moving forward, and turns up in the box like a striker

Rating band

Top 20% player in league

League

ECNL Boys U17 2025-26

Position

DMF (scored vs. DM)

02 — Subset Performance

Overall Ratings

Combined scores across the 7 PIRlo subsets

Overall Ratings — 7 Subsets

VS ECNL Boys U17 2025-26 DM · combined scores per subset

Subset Percentiles

VS ECNL Boys U17 2025-26 DM

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%

Passing

45%

Dribbles

48%

Goal Involvement

52%

G + A Creation

41%

Aerial

54%

Defensive Actions

34%

Offensive Actions

52%

03 — PIRlo Tiers

PIRlo Tiers

Six groups of performance actions · scores on a 0–10 scale

TIER 1

4.69

TIER 2

5.56

TIER 3

4.73

TIER 4

4.31

TIER 5

3.71

TIER 6

3.36

PIRLO RATING

276.90

AVERAGE WEIGHTED RATING

4.70

04 — Analytical Report

Player Profile

Summary — Strengths — Improvements — Projection — Fit

Summary 01

Jonathan is 16 and plays in front of the defence for The St James. This report compares him with other defensive midfielders in the ECNL Boys U17 2025-26 group, over 3 games and 260 minutes. His PIRlo Rating of 276.90 puts him in the Top 20% player in league, and his Average Weighted Rating of 4.70 sits a step higher again, Top 10% player in league.

The loudest part of his game is how often he ends up where goals are decided. He scores, he shoots, and the quality of the chances he gets himself into is more than this position usually produces. He is also in the penalty area far more than a defensive midfielder is expected to be. On top of that, he builds the chance for someone else to finish, more than this role tends to, even though nobody has turned one of those passes in yet.

Defending, he reads the game rather than fighting for it. He keeps stepping in front of passes before they arrive, so the ball comes back to his team without a collision. He does not throw himself into as many close-quarters battles as some, so the question is how often he commits to one, not how it goes when he does. With the ball he keeps pushing it up the pitch to the players in front of him.

Player Profile 02

ARCHETYPE

A midfielder who reads the game early, keeps the ball moving forward, and turns up in the box like a striker

The short version: he sees things before they happen, and he gets forward more than his position normally does.

PROJECTION (1–3 SEASONS)

For now, he is the midfielder who starts the attacks and still finds a way into the box at the other end. At his best he becomes the player the whole team plays through, sitting in front of the defence, protecting it by reading danger early and choosing where the attack goes. The clearest thing still to come is getting into more physical battles for the ball, and that tends to come with a bit more size and strength.

Strengths 03 · ELITE

Goals from a defending job

He scores from a defending position, and he shoots more often than players in his role usually get the chance to.
He also turns up inside the penalty area more than this position normally does, which is where the goals come from.

Moving the team forward

He keeps getting the ball into the final third, so the attackers receive it early and facing the right way up the pitch.
And he builds the chance for someone else to finish, more than this position usually produces, even without an assist yet.

Strong in the air and long

His aerial-duel success benchmark is 62.5, showing how his performance compares with defensive midfielders in the report’s peer group.
His long-pass accuracy benchmark is also 62.5. Longer distribution offers a way to switch play when one side is crowded.

Improvements 04 · GROWTH

More physical battles

The clearest thing still to come is getting into more physical battles for the ball, and that tends to come with a bit more size and strength.

Role & Fit 05

BEST SUITED FOR

Teams that want to keep the ball and need a midfielder who can pick the pass that breaks a defensive line
A two-man midfield base where a stronger, more physical partner handles most of the close-contact defending

IDEAL ROLE

The midfielder in front of the defence who starts attacks, reads danger early, and joins in around the box.

Performance Data

Percentile benchmarks against ECNL Boys U17 2025–26 defensive midfielders. Higher values show a stronger benchmark for that action.

Passing Data

0%20%40%60%80%100%

Accu. Back Pass %

100%

Acc. Long Pass%

62.5%

Fwd. Pass/90

59.85%

Rec. Pass/90

58.4%

Back Pass/90

55.27%

Key Passes/90

50.73%

Progressive Pass/ 90

49.43%

Long Pass/90

47.19%

Lateral Pass/90

45.64%

Acc. Lat. Pass%

45.27%

Accu. Prog. Pass %

45.16%

Acc. Short/Med Pass%

45.14%

Passes/90

39.19%

Acc. Pass %

37.61%

Acc. Fwd Pass%

36.12%

Deep Completions/90

36.03%

Short/ Med. Pass/90

34.62%

Smart Pass/90

33.66%

Thru Pass/90

22.48%

Rec Long Pass/90

17.86%

Deep Comp Cross/90

17.5%

Dribbles Data

0%20%40%60%80%

Succ Dribble%

71.43%

Dribbles/90

24.74%

Goal Involvement Data

0%20%40%60%80%100%

Goals

100%

Shots

100%

xG/90

63.64%

Shots/90

58.94%

G/90

40.59%

SOT%

40%

Goal Conv%

20%

Head Goals

Head Goals/ 90

G + A Creation Data

0%20%40%60%80%100%

Touches in Box/90

100%

2nd A/90

100%

Pass to Pen/90

66.61%

3rd A/90

50%

Succ Pass to Pen%

41.67%

Shot A/90

35.86%

27.5%

Cross into GK Box/90

17.5%

xA/90

9.3%

Assists

A/90

Aerial Data

0%20%40%60%80%

Aerial Duels Win%

62.5%

Aerial Duels/90

46.17%

Defensive Actions Data

0%20%40%60%80%

Interceptions/90

76.89%

PAdj Ints/90

60.28%

Succ Def Actions/90

40.11%

Def Duels Won%

37.5%

PAdj Sliding Tackles/90

13.8%

Def Duels/90

11.52%

Shots Blkd/90

Offensive Actions Data

0%20%40%60%80%

Pass to Final 3rd/90

78.47%

Acc Pass to Final 3rd/90

67.65%

Prog Runs/90

61.15%

Off Duels Won%

60%

Acc Cross%

50%

Succ Attack Act/90

49.82%

Crosses/90

28.75%

Off Duels/90

16.96%

06 — College Conference Styles

College Conference Styles

Programs whose game is shaped like Jimenez's

This section places his game beside three college conference styles, describing the football each one asks of a defensive midfielder. His clearest attacking signatures are arriving to score and creating chances from the middle.

Great American

D2 · South Central

Great American is the closest overall picture: a defensive midfielder who can step out with the ball, face a marker, and still arrive around the box to finish or slip a runner through. The one-against-one demand gives his attacking instincts their clearest expression.

ACC

D1 · Southeast

When the game turns aerial, ACC asks its defensive midfielders to attack the first ball, read the second, and make the next action count. His scoring instinct gives those moments a forward purpose: a loose ball can become a run into the box or a chance for someone else.

Big East

D1 · National

Big East brings the defensive side of the holding role to the front: screen the centre-backs, close the passing lane, and regain possession before the attack starts. From there, his ability to create and score gives the recovery a clear route toward goal.

These are style comparisons only, not statements about level or destination.

Taken together, the shortlist shows three different ways a defensive midfielder's attacking instinct can be expressed.