Goal efficiency
How clinical and direct the player was in front of goal — volume, accuracy, and conversion.
Crystal Palace · CONCACAF Gold Cup · Defender · #26 · USA · 25 yrs
Chris Richards plays as a defender for Crystal Palace. Chris Richards is a American international, 25 years old, defender, currently at Crystal Palace. Chris Richards wears shirt number 26 for Crystal Palace. Chris Richards was born in Birmingham, USA on 2000-03-28. Chris Richards is 188 cm tall and weighs 87 kg. Chris Richards's Sportra profile tracks season statistics across CONCACAF Gold Cup, CONCACAF Nations League, Copa America, Friendlies, and other leagues. Chris Richards's page brings together career clubs, trophies, injury history, multi-competition stats, and related news headlines. On Sportra you can explore Chris Richards season statistics, transfer history, trophies, injury updates, and related news across every competition tracked in the profile.
| Season | Team |
|---|---|
| 2026 |  USA USA |
| 2025 |  Crystal Palace CRY |
| 2025 | USA USA |
| 2024 | Crystal Palace CRY |
| 2024 | USA USA |
| Date | Type | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-07-27 | € 12M |  Bayern München BAY | Crystal Palace CRY |
| 2022-07-01 | N/A |  1899 Hoffenheim HOF | Bayern München BAY |
| 2021-08-31 | Loan | Bayern München BAY | 1899 Hoffenheim HOF |
Season intelligence
Profile as Defender: high usage. Archetype: Box-to-box engine. Season rating 7.0.
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Per-90 rates, efficiency ratios, and Sportra indices from season totals.
How clinical and direct the player was in front of goal — volume, accuracy, and conversion.
Playmaking output: assists, key passes, and custom chance-creation signals.
Isolation threat and progressive carrying — volume plus success rate.
How often they draw fouls and stay out of trouble with cards.
Tackles, duels, and off-ball defensive contribution.
Shot-stopping, goals conceded, and penalty saves.
Minutes, availability, and how central they were to the team.
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Former England striker Gary Lineker (Picture: YouTube) Gary Lineker insists Arsenal are ‘one of the favourites’ to win the Champions League but could be denied by Barcelona following the signing of Manchester City legend Rodri. Premier League champions Arsenal kick-started their Champions League campaign with a 1-0 win over Serie A side Napoli on Wednesday. The Gunners enjoyed a memorable run to the final last season before suffering a heartbreaking penalty shootout defeat to back-to-back winners PSG. Lineker believes Arsenal are once again one of the leading contenders to become European champions after a productive summer and strong start to the new season. Sign up for In The Mixer, Metro's football newsletter Get exclusive analysis and previews of the biggest games every Friday. Sign up now for free. Mikel Arteta bolstered his title-winning squad with the signings of Brazil midfielder Bruno Guimaraes, England defender Ezri Konsa and Greece winger Christos Tzolis during the summer transfer window. Arsenal already look like favourites to retain their Premier League crown, with Manchester City the only other team to still boast a perfect record after three games. While Lineker expects Arsenal to go back-to-back in the Premier League, he believes they could be a ‘superstar’ short in the Champions League, where he expects Barcelona to thrive. PSG have won the last two Champions Leagues (Picture: Getty) Hansi Flick’s Spanish champions were minutes away from the Champions League final two years ago before reaching the quarter-finals last season. Barca, who are already three points clear of La Liga rivals Real Madrid, welcomed Ballon d’Or Rodri to the Nou Camp in the summer in a £65m deal from Man City. ‘Arsenal will be one of the favourites but I don’t think overall they’ve got quite the superstars that some of the other big guns in Europe have,’ Lineker said on The Rest is Football podcast. Arsenal suffered a heartbreaking penalty shootout defeat (Picture: Getty) ‘I do think Barcelona might be quite tasty and take some beating this season now they’ve got Rodri in there as well in that crucial position.’ Ex-Man City defender Micah Richards has also questioned whether Arsenal have the attacking flair to go one better in the Champions League. Arteta tried to sign Vinicius Junior and Julian Alvarez in the summer but the Brazil icon stayed at Real Madrid while the Argentine striker failed to force his way out of Atletico Madrid. {"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"'It was beautiful': Arteta hails Arsenal's attack-to-defence display in win against Chelsea","contentUrl":"https:\/\/videos.metro.co.uk\/video\/met\/2026\/09\/07\/2593273995855020828\/480x270_MP4_2593273995855020828.mp4","description":"Arsenal came from behind to beat Chelsea 2-1 at the Emirates Stadium after Morgan Rogers stunned home fans into silence with a volleyed goal 77 seconds into the game.","duration":"T5M27S","height":270,"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/09\/07\/07\/111091359-0-image-a-53_1788761962819.jpg","uploadDate":"2026-09-07T07:17:08+0100","width":480} To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next Page window.addEventListener('metroVideo:relatedVideosCarouselLoaded', function(data) { if (typeof(data.detail) === 'undefined' || typeof(data.detail.carousel) === 'undefined' || typeof(data.detail.carousel.el_) === 'undefined') { return; } var player = data.detail.carousel.el_; var container = player.closest('.metro-video-player'); var placeholder = container.querySelector('.metro-video-player__up-next-placeholder'); if (placeholder) { container.removeChild(placeholder); container.classList.add('metro-video-player--related-videos-loaded'); } }); ‘I’ve got no doubts about them in the Premier League but I’m not sure about Arsenal in the Champions League,’ Richards added. ‘If you go back to last season they were actually favour
Micah Richards struggled to contain his excitement and ran out of the CBS Sports studio after being named Kylian Mbappe's favourite pundit on Tuesday night.
Alexis Mac Allister will be looking to be "remunerated properly" at a critical stage of his career, says Liverpool fan, Joel Richards. BBC Radio Merseyside discussed the midfielder's comments on Tuesday, where he told the media that he is "very sad" not to have been offered a new deal by the club. "He's at an age now, 27, where his next contract is going to be the biggest one of his career," Richards said.
Carragher saw the funny side (Picture: CBS Sports) Kate Abdo wasted little time in brutally mocking Jamie Carragher with a string of bankruptcy jokes during CBS Sports’ live coverage of the Champions League. Carragher was served with a bankruptcy petition last week over an unpaid tax bill with a spokesperson for the former Liverpool and England defender explaining the matter is expected to be ‘resolved imminently.’ Carragher took his usual spot alongside Micah Richards and Thierry Henry for the return of CBS’ Champions League show on Tuesday night. The broadcaster’s hugely popular coverage never shies away from poking fun at its stars with the Liverpool legend right in the firing line. Sign up for In The Mixer, Metro's football newsletter Get exclusive analysis and previews of the biggest games every Friday. Sign up now for free. ‘A busy hot summer can be taxing,’ Abdo said as she opened the show. ‘Not for this man, Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher.’ Turning to introduce Richards, Abdo continued: ‘And a man whose career stats are more depleted than Jamie’s bank account, Micah Richards.’ Carragher howled with laughter after the brutal putdown and later on in the show, took the opportunity to join the fun and poke fun at himself. Abdo wasted little time in getting her jabs in (Picture: CBS Sports) Discussing Barcelona’s summer transfer window, Carragher said: ‘I think it’s about time we saw Barcelona back in terms of competing where they should be, one of the best teams in the world. ‘They have probably had financial problems, haven’t they?’ He added, ‘well, haven’t we all,’ leaving Richards in stitches once again. More to follow Comment now Comments Add Metro as a Preferred Source on Google Add as preferred source
Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!Perusing assorted Social Media Disgrace for some Monday inspiration, Football Daily was struck by the amount of scorn and ridicule heaped upon a large group of men dressed in black, many of them wearing balaclavas to hide their identities. Formed with the intention of creating something resembling a matchday atmosphere in and around the Emirates Stadium, the Ashburton Army is a group of wannabe ultras who would almost certainly retreat at the speed of light if confronted by one of the more hardcore continental firms they style themselves after. While many fellow fans view them with utter disdain for their “try-hard” aesthetic, on the same day a large group of identically attired and significantly older men were marching on Portsmouth to intimidate a boat-load of asylum seekers, the feeling persists that on this occasion, those pouring derision on this gang of overenthusiastic Ruperts might have set their sights elsewhere.Re: Kieron Dyer and his MJ press conference (Friday’s Football Daily, full email edition). I wish he’d just beat it” – Marc Meldrum.‘Mike’ Hackett? Let’s start a new trend and give every referee the moniker ‘Mike’, going back as far as 1891. Mike Langenus. Mike Horn. Mike Ellis. Mike Taylor. Mike Partridge. Mike Courtney. Mike Collina. Mike Clattenburg. Heck, even Mike ‘Mike’ Dean. Why not, since they’re all miked up theses days anyway” – Ben van Maaren.I was wondering if the World Cup had taken some players over that threshold between good and great. Thinking about players who had a brilliant competition and have come back men, not boys. No more nerves or inconsistency. Eg Haaland, post-haircut … maybe Ødegaard? Can you think of anyone else transformed? And, conversely, how would a bad WC affect someone? Or, again, what about Cole Palmer? Four years of hurt or dodged a bullet?” – Russell Richardson.A promoted team like Hull may be in the top four. Chelsea may sell/loan 40 players and still carry a bench worth half a billion GBP. Manchester United may suddenly look like a team that can play 90 minutes without imploding. Nothing is certain, except Spurs staying in the relegation zone until MD 36. Thank you Spurs, for such stability” – Krishna Moorthy.This is an extract from our daily football email … Football Daily. To get the full version, just visit this page and follow the instructions. Continue reading...
Kate Scott, Thierry Henry, Jamie Carragher and Micah Richards discuss their oft-viral approach to covering soccer for a US audienceIt takes something special for a sports broadcast to outshine the action on the field. Yet that is often what happens on CBS Sports, where the Champions League studio show has struck a rare chord with viewers, most often broadcast on streaming branch Paramount+.The usual group (Kate Scott, Jamie Carragher, Thierry Henry, and Micah Richards), have become fixtures on the American TV circuit, thanks in large part to their on-air chemistry. Scott guides the show expertly – all with with a mass of banter and ribbing along the way. Continue reading...
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