Miguel Berry | CF | Charleston Battery

The player demonstrates a significant divergence between chance creation and individual goal production relative to USL Championship center forwards. His creative output is a clear strength, ranking in the 100th percentile for Assists, 81st percentile for Assists/90, and 73rd percentile for Second Assists/90, alongside 100th-percentile Deep Completions/90. This indicates a CF who is highly effective in facilitating attacking sequences and generating end product for teammates. However, this creative efficiency is not translating into his own scoring output, with Goals/90 ranking in just the 28th percentile.

The primary limitation is finishing efficiency. The two strongest predictive indicators of goal scoring—Goal Conversion % and Shots on Target %—rank in the 21st and 39th percentiles, respectively. These figures are particularly significant given that his underlying attacking involvement is considerably stronger: Touches in the Box/90 ranks in the 69th percentile and Shots/90 in the 59th percentile. The player is therefore accessing the penalty area and generating sufficient shooting volume, but the efficiency of the final action is limiting his goal return. His 42nd-percentile xG/90 provides additional context, but the more significant concern is the deterioration from shot generation to shot accuracy and ultimately conversion.

Aerial production represents an additional limitation within his scoring profile. He ranks in the 0th percentile for both Head Goals and Head Goals/90, while his Aerial Duels/90 is only in the 25th percentile. However, his 57th-percentile Aerial Duels Won % indicates that aerial ability itself is not necessarily deficient; rather, his low involvement and lack of end product from aerial situations are currently removing an additional scoring pathway. Overall, the data identifies a productive creative CF whose scoring ceiling is being constrained primarily by shot accuracy and conversion, with limited aerial goal contribution acting as a secondary factor. From a development perspective, increasing the percentage of attempts reaching the target, improving conversion efficiency, and creating greater involvement in aerial finishing situations represent the clearest opportunities to increase goal production while retaining his high-value creative contribution.

This is a profile of a #9.5 or a #10 rather than a goal scoring #9.