American women's soccer award
The National Women's Soccer League Team of the Month , also called the Best XI of the Month since 2022,[ 1] is a monthly women's soccer award given to individual players in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).
Selection
This award began in 2017 .[ 2] From 2017 to 2021 it was named the "Team of the Month", and since 2022 it has been named the "Best XI of the Month".[ 1]
From 2017 to 2022, the NWSL Media Association, composed of journalists who regularly cover the league, select eleven players deemed to have put in the best performances over the past month.[ 2] Since 2023, the NWSL Media Association and the league's broadcast talent select the players.[ 3]
Winners
2017
2018
2019
2021
2022
2023
2024
Multiple winners
This list is complete and up to date as of July 2024 .
Bold
Indicates current NWSL player
Rank
N.
Player
Club(s)
Wins
1
Casey Krueger (née Short)
Chicago Red Stars , Washington Spirit
14
2
Debinha
North Carolina Courage , Kansas City Current
12
3
Abby Erceg
North Carolina Courage , Racing Louisville FC
10
Sam Kerr
NJ/NY Gotham FC ,[ a] Chicago Red Stars
Becky Sauerbrunn
FC Kansas City , Utah Royals FC , Portland Thorns FC
Lynn Williams
North Carolina Courage , NJ/NY Gotham FC
7
Crystal Dunn
North Carolina Courage , Portland Thorns FC
8
Jess Fishlock
Seattle Reign FC [ b]
Naomi Girma
San Diego Wave FC
Megan Rapinoe
Seattle Reign FC [ b]
11
Sofia Huerta
Chicago Red Stars , Houston Dash , Seattle Reign FC [ b]
7
Carson Pickett
North Carolina Courage , Racing Louisville FC
Sam Staab
Washington Spirit , Chicago Red Stars
Mallory Swanson (née Pugh)
Washington Spirit , Chicago Red Stars
15
Sam Coffey
Portland Thorns FC
6
Caprice Dydasco
NJ/NY Gotham FC
Lindsey Horan
Portland Thorns FC
Lo'eau LaBonta
Utah Royals FC , Kansas City Current
Marta
Orlando Pride
Sophia Smith
Portland Thorns FC
21
Rachel Daly
Houston Dash
5
Adrianna Franch
Portland Thorns FC , Kansas City Current
Sarah Gorden
Chicago Red Stars , Angel City FC
Kristen Hamilton
North Carolina Courage , Kansas City Current
Ashley Hatch
North Carolina Courage , Washington Spirit
Aubrey Kingsbury (née Bledsoe)
Washington Spirit
Rose Lavelle
Washington Spirit , Seattle Reign FC ,[ b] NJ/NY Gotham FC
Sam Mewis
North Carolina Courage
Yūki Nagasato
Chicago Red Stars
Jenna Nighswonger
NJ/NY Gotham FC
Kailen Sheridan
NJ/NY Gotham FC
Christine Sinclair
Portland Thorns FC
McCall Zerboni
North Carolina Courage
34
Jaelene Daniels (née Hinkle)
North Carolina Courage
4
Savannah DeMelo
Racing Louisville FC
Vanessa DiBernardo
Chicago Red Stars
Morgan Gautrat (née Brian)
Chicago Red Stars
Estelle Johnson
Washington Spirit , NJ/NY Gotham FC
Ali Krieger
Orlando Pride
Emily Menges
Portland Thorns FC
Alex Morgan
Orlando Pride , San Diego Wave FC
Emily Sonnett
Portland Thorns FC
43
Bethany Balcer
Seattle Reign FC [ b]
3
Croix Bethune
Washington Spirit
Jane Campbell
Houston Dash
Abby Dahlkemper
North Carolina Courage
Julie Ertz (née Johnston)
Chicago Red Stars
Taylor Flint (née Kornieck)
San Diego Wave FC , Racing Louisville FC
Meghan Klingenberg
Portland Thorns FC
Merritt Mathias
North Carolina Courage
Alyssa Naeher
Chicago Red Stars
Christen Press
Chicago Red Stars , Utah Royals FC
Midge Purce
Portland Thorns FC , NJ/NY Gotham FC
Amy Rodriguez
Utah Royals FC
Angela Salem
Portland Thorns FC
56
Kerry Abello
Orlando Pride
2
Elizabeth Ball
Kansas City Current
Barbra Banda
Orlando Pride
Malia Berkely
North Carolina Courage
Bella Bixby
Portland Thorns FC
Steph Catley
Orlando Pride , Seattle Reign FC [ b]
Temwa Chawinga
Kansas City Current
Alana Cook
Seattle Reign FC [ b]
Rachel Corsie
Utah Royals FC
Theresa Eslund (née Nielsen)
Seattle Reign FC [ b]
Emily Fox
Racing Louisville FC , North Carolina Courage
Tobin Heath
Portland Thorns FC
Kerolin
North Carolina Courage
Stephanie Labbé
Washington Spirit
Sydney Leroux
Orlando Pride
Katie Lind (née Naughton)
Chicago Red Stars , Houston Dash
Hailie Mace
Kansas City Current
Megan Montefusco (née Oyster)
Seattle Reign FC [ b]
Casey Murphy
North Carolina Courage
Ifeoma Onumonu
Seattle Reign FC ,[ b] NJ/NY Gotham FC
Trinity Rodman
Washington Spirit
Ebony Salmon
Houston Dash
Abby Smith
Utah Royals FC , NJ/NY Gotham FC
Taylor Smith
North Carolina Courage
Kylie Strom
Orlando Pride
Andi Sullivan
Washington Spirit
Phallon Tullis-Joyce
Seattle Reign FC [ b]
Kealia Watt (née Ohai)
Houston Dash
Morgan Weaver
Portland Thorns FC
Notes
^ NJ/NY Gotham FC was previously known as Sky Blue FC.
^ a b c d e f g h i j k Seattle Reign FC was previously known as Reign FC and OL Reign.
See also
References
^ a b c "NWSL Announces May Best XI of the Month, Presented by Mastercard" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League . June 9, 2022. Retrieved June 5, 2023 .
^ a b c Purdy, Jacqueline (May 4, 2017). "April Team of the Month announced" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League . Retrieved May 7, 2017 .
^ a b "National Women's Soccer League Announces May Best XI of the Month, Presented by Mastercard" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League . June 5, 2023. Retrieved June 5, 2023 .
^ Purdy, Jacqueline (June 1, 2017). "May Team of the Month announced" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved August 4, 2022 .
^ Linehan, Meg (June 30, 2017). "June Team of the Month announced" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved August 4, 2022 .
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^ Purdy, Jacqueline (September 6, 2017). "August Team of the Month" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved August 4, 2022 .
^ Purdy, Jacqueline (October 5, 2017). "September Team of the Month" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved August 4, 2022 .
^ "Thorns FC's Adrianna Franch, Emily Menges and Christine Sinclair named to NWSL Team of the Month for September" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League. October 5, 2017. Retrieved August 4, 2022 – via Portland Timbers .
^ Balf, Celia (April 6, 2018). "March Team of the Month" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved August 4, 2022 .
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^ Purdy, Jacqueline (July 6, 2018). "June Team of the Month" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved August 4, 2022 .
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^ Purdy, Jacqueline (July 8, 2019). "June Team of the Month" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved August 4, 2022 .
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^ "NWSL Announces July Best XI of the Month" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League. August 4, 2022. Retrieved August 4, 2022 .
^ "NWSL Announces August Best XI of the Month" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League. September 7, 2022. Retrieved September 7, 2022 .
^ "NWSL Announces September/October Best XI of the Month, Presented by Mastercard" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League . October 14, 2022. Retrieved May 3, 2023 .
^ "National Women's Soccer League Announces March/April Best XI of the Month, Presented by Mastercard" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League . May 3, 2023. Retrieved May 3, 2023 .
^ "National Women's Soccer League Announces June Best XI of the Month, Presented by Mastercard" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League . July 5, 2023. Retrieved July 5, 2023 .
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^ "NWSL Announces March/April Best XI of the Month, Presented by Amazon Prime" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League . May 7, 2024. Retrieved May 7, 2024 .
^ "NWSL Announces May Best XI of the Month, Presented by Amazon Prime" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League . June 7, 2024. Retrieved June 7, 2024 .
^ "NWSL Announces June Best XI of the Month, Presented by Amazon Prime" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League . July 12, 2024. Retrieved July 12, 2024 .
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