Why We Evaluate Female Players This Way

In women’s football, we don’t scout the same way as in the men’s game—because we can’t. The traditional models, built for men, assume the same environments, support systems, pressures, and physiological patterns apply. They don’t. That’s why our methodology at QQSI had to start from zero.

When we evaluate female players, we use a layered system that includes both performance and context—but context carries more weight than most people are used to. It has to. The women’s game is structurally different, with fewer resources, smaller sample sizes, and larger mental loads placed on players who are often working second jobs or navigating social pressures invisible to their male counterparts.

Our KPI assessment looks at performance indicators, yes—but we also track psychological resilience, team cohesion, societal pressure management, and confidence building. These aren’t soft skills. They’re the difference between a player surviving or thriving in a club that may offer little to no support outside training hours.

We score each player not just by what they do on the pitch, but by how ready they are to integrate into a new environment. We track how volatile their performance is across their cycle. We measure recruitment risk. We build in uncertainty—because pretending everything is known only leads to bad decisions.

When clubs don’t account for these factors, they don’t just make inefficient choices. They set players up to fail. A mis-evaluation in women’s football isn’t just a wasted signing—it can be the premature end of a career that never got the support it needed to grow.

The result of our approach is a full picture, not a highlight reel. A truthfully messy, often incomplete, but incredibly valuable analysis of who a player is today and who she could become tomorrow if given the right environment.

This model wasn’t created to impress anyone. It was created because the existing systems failed too many talented women for too long. Our goal isn’t perfection—it’s clarity. Not a fantasy future version of a player, but a grounded, realistic assessment of how she will perform in your club, under your coach, with your resources.

In future pieces, I’ll go deeper into how we score integration risk, why menstrual cycle monitoring matters more than most clubs realize, and what recruitment readiness really looks like in the women’s game.

Because scouting in the women’s game isn’t just about talent. It’s about fit, risk, timing, and belief.

And when we get that balance right, we don’t just sign better players.

We change lives.