Korbin Albert Scouting Report 2023/24 : Can She Become The USWNT’s Best Unorthodox Midfielder?

Who Is Korbin Albert?

Korbin Albert is a very promising American midfield player who started her footballing career at Eclipse Select Soccer Club throughout her youth career before joining Notre Dame Fighting Irish during her college journey from 2021 to 2022.

In 2023, she moved to Europe and to Division 1 Féminine’s PSG, in particular, to begin her European journey and try to put on convincing performances to succeed in building a solid European reputation while helping her team win trophies and challenge Olympique Lyonnais for the league title in particular.

In the meantime, playing at PSG represents a huge opportunity to participate in a huge competition like the UEFA Women’s Champions League and guarantee facing some of the toughest teams such as Barcelona, Chelsea, Bayern Munich, Lyon, Juventus, Wolfsburg, Roma, Arsenal, and more, and therefore getting a lot of experience at the highest level of the game.

Moreover, shes earned a call-up for the USWNT — certainly something that attracts attention but also puts pressure on the player in terms of expectations.

However, this remains very positive news for Albert, who has to show that she deserves this call-up by putting on convincing performances with the USWNT, especially during the upcoming tournaments.

In this regard, this tactical analysis in the form of a scout report will explore and expose Albert’s main characteristics and what differentiates her from “average” midfielders while identifying her roles at PSG and her importance to their tactics.

The analysis will also try to highlight the possible roles that she can master with the USWNT.

Korbin Albert goalscoring skills

The 20-year-old Albert can be considered an unorthodox midfield player regarding movements, decisions, and characteristics.

She is a very dynamic midfielder with attacking traits that include excellent dribbling abilities, good passing skills and powerful shooting abilities, especially from distance.

Her powerful shots were especially noticeable when she used to play for Notre Dame Fighting Irish, where she succeeded in showing her goalscoring abilities with some very impressive shots from distance that were executed from different angles inside the final third and with both feet as well.

With an average of 40.5% in terms of shots on target, Albert is known for mastering shooting techniques in a way that allows her to score beautiful goals with elegance, even when she dribbles before shooting.

This example highlights this ability to score from distance with a lot of confidence and mastery of her shooting skills.

In fact, she usually puts an adequate amount of power into her shots while giving a lot of importance to accuracy, as she rarely misses target.

In this opportunity, Albert collects a wrong pass and dribbles past her direct opponent very quickly, paving the way for herself to shoot in a way that curves the ball while it is in the air.

This technique has often helped Albert confuse goalkeepers, especially when she successfully directs her shots towards the desired angle.

In addition to being completely unpredictable in terms of when and how she shoots, Albert uses her left foot in a remarkable way when she finds herself in situations that oblige her to use her left foot for shooting.

What is even more remarkable is that she uses her left foot in an unpredictable way, too and often decides her shooting attempt at the last second, which makes these shots more likely to confuse goalkeepers.

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