2024 National Women's Soccer League season

The 2024 National Women's Soccer League season was the twelfth season of the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States. Including the NWSL's two professional predecessors, Women's Professional Soccer (2009–2011) and the Women's United Soccer Association (2001–2003), it was the 18th overall season of FIFA and USSF-sanctioned top division women's soccer in the United States. The league had 14 teams following the addition of expansion teams Bay FC and Utah Royals—the latter being the revival of a team that had played in the league from 2018 to 2020.

National Women's Soccer League

Season	2024
Dates	March 16 – November 23
Champions	Orlando Pride (1st title)
NWSL Shield	Orlando Pride (1st shield)
Challenge Cup	San Diego Wave FC (1st cup)
CONCACAF W Champions Cup	Orlando Pride Washington Spirit NJ/NY Gotham FC
Matches played	182
Goals scored	484 (2.66 per match)
Top goalscorer	Temwa Chawinga (20 goals)
Biggest home win	6 goals ORL 6–0 UTA (Jun 21)
Biggest away win	3 goals POR 1–4 KC (Jun 23) SD 0–3 CHI (Jun 28) LA 0–3 ORL (Jun 30) SD 1–4 NC (Sep 8)
Highest scoring	9 goals KC 5–4 POR (Mar 16)
Longest winning run	8 wins Orlando Pride (April 12 – June 7)
Longest unbeaten run	23 matches Orlando Pride (Mar 16 – Oct 11)
Longest winless run	12 matches San Diego Wave FC (May 12 – Sep 8)
Longest losing run	6 losses Utah Royals (May 3 – Jun 16)
Highest attendance	35,038 CHI 1–2 BAY (June 8)
Lowest attendance	2,137 LOU 1–3 SD (Nov 3)
Total attendance	2,044,848
Average attendance	11,235
← 2023 2025 → All statistics correct as of November 3, 2024.

The season began with the 2024 NWSL Challenge Cup, a supercup match between the reigning playoff champion (NJ/NY Gotham FC) and NWSL Shield winner San Diego Wave FC, on March 15, 2024. The regular season began the following day and ran until November 3;^[1] it paused for a month between July 8 and August 18 for the 2024 Summer Olympics. Each team played 26 matches during the regular season, an increase of four from the 2023 season. The playoffs comprised the top eight teams and ran from November 9 to November 23.^[2][3] The Orlando Pride finished in first place during the regular season, accumulating a record 60 points, and also won the playoffs, defeating the Washington Spirit in the final.

In addition to league play, 2024 marked the debut of the NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup, an international competition between clubs from the NWSL and Liga MX Femenil of Mexico. The inaugural edition was played from July to October and won by the Kansas City Current.^[4][5]

The 2024 season was the first under new broadcast agreements with CBS Sports, ESPN, Amazon Prime Video and Scripps Sports; 118 of the total 182 matches were televised or streamed nationally.^[2] Attendance averaged 11,235 per game, a record, and total attendance for the year was just over two million, also a record.

Teams, stadiums, and personnel

Stadiums and locations

See also: List of National Women's Soccer League stadiums

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Angel City FC	BMO Stadium	22,000
Bay FC	PayPal Park	18,000
Chicago Red Stars	SeatGeek Stadium	20,000
Houston Dash	Shell Energy Stadium	22,039
Kansas City Current	CPKC Stadium	11,500
NJ/NY Gotham FC	Red Bull Arena	25,000
North Carolina Courage	Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park	10,000
Orlando Pride	Inter&Co Stadium	25,500
Portland Thorns FC	Providence Park	25,218
Racing Louisville FC	Lynn Family Stadium	11,700[a]
San Diego Wave FC	Snapdragon Stadium	35,000
Seattle Reign FC	Lumen Field	10,000[b]
Utah Royals	America First Field	20,213
Washington Spirit	Audi Field	20,000

1. Seated capacity; full capacity with standing room is 15,304.^[6]
2. Lumen Field has a capacity of 68,740; standard configuration for Reign games seats 10,000 but can expand based on demand for individual games.^[7]

Angel City

Bay

Red Stars

Dash

Current

Gotham

Courage

Pride

Thorns

Racing

Wave

Reign

Royals

Spirit

Locations of the National Women's Soccer League teams in 2024.

Personnel and sponsorship

Note: All teams use Nike as their kit manufacturer as part of a league-wide sponsorship agreement renewed in November 2021.^[8]

Team	Head coach	Captain(s)	Shirt sponsor
Angel City FC	Becki Tweed	Ali Riley	DoorDash
Bay FC	Albertin Montoya	Emily Menges	Sutter Health[9]
Chicago Red Stars	Lorne Donaldson	Alyssa Naeher	Wintrust[10]
Houston Dash	Ricky Clarke (interim)	Sophie Schmidt	MD Anderson Cancer Center
Kansas City Current	Vlatko Andonovski	Lo'eau LaBonta	United Way of Greater Kansas City[11]
NJ/NY Gotham FC	Juan Carlos Amorós	Lynn Williams	CarMax[12]
North Carolina Courage	Sean Nahas	Denise O'Sullivan	Merz Aesthetics
Orlando Pride	Seb Hines	Marta	Orlando Health
Portland Thorns FC	Rob Gale	Becky Sauerbrunn	Providence Health & Services
Racing Louisville FC	Bev Yanez	Abby Erceg	GE Appliances
San Diego Wave FC	Landon Donovan (interim)		Kaiser Permanente
Seattle Reign FC	Laura Harvey	Lauren Barnes	Black Future Co-op Fund
Utah Royals	Jimmy Coenraets	Paige Monaghan[13]	America First Credit Union[14]
Washington Spirit	Jonatan Giráldez	Aubrey Kingsbury	CVS Health

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming coach	Date of appointment	Ref.
Utah Royals	—	—	—	Preseason	Amy Rodriguez	April 19, 2023	[15]
Bay FC	—	—	—	Preseason	Albertin Montoya	September 27, 2023	[16]
Chicago Red Stars	Ella Masar (interim)	End of interim period	October 16, 2023	Preseason	Lorne Donaldson	December 20, 2023	[17]
Houston Dash	Sarah Lowdon (interim)	End of interim period	October 16, 2023	Preseason	Fran Alonso	December 22, 2023	[18]
Kansas City Current	Caroline Sjöblom (interim)	End of interim period	October 16, 2023	Preseason	Vlatko Andonovski	October 23, 2023	[19]
Washington Spirit	Mark Parsons	Fired	October 17, 2023	Preseason	Adrián González (interim)	January 23, 2024	[20][21]
Angel City FC	Becki Tweed (interim)	End of interim period	October 21, 2023	Preseason	Becki Tweed	November 2, 2023	[22]
Racing Louisville FC	Kim Björkegren	Mutual separation	October 27, 2023	Preseason	Bev Yanez	November 30, 2023	[23][24]
Portland Thorns FC	Mike Norris	Promoted to technical director	April 16, 2024	14th	Rob Gale (interim)	April 16, 2024	[25]
San Diego Wave FC	Casey Stoney	Fired	June 24, 2024	9th	Paul Buckle (interim)	June 24, 2024	[26]
Utah Royals	Amy Rodriguez	Fired	June 30, 2024	14th	Jimmy Coenraets (interim)	June 30, 2024	[27]
Washington Spirit	Adrián González (interim)	End of interim period	July 7, 2024[a]	3rd	Jonatan Giráldez	January 9, 2024	[21][29]
Portland Thorns FC	Rob Gale (interim)	End of interim period	July 19, 2024	5th	Rob Gale	July 19, 2024	[30]
San Diego Wave FC	Paul Buckle (interim)	End of interim period	August 16, 2024	10th	Landon Donovan (interim)	August 16, 2024	[31]
Houston Dash	Fran Alonso	Mutual separation	October 1, 2024	14th	Ricky Clarke (interim)	June 28, 2024[b]	[33]
Utah Royals	Jimmy Coenraets (interim)	End of interim period	October 24, 2024	10th	Jimmy Coenraets	October 24, 2024	[34]

1. Although Giráldez was appointed on January 9, he would not join the Spirit until after the conclusion of the 2023–24 FC Barcelona Femení season. Giráldez officially assumed head-coaching duties on July 7, and González would remain on the Spirit's coaching staff as an assistant.^[28]
2. Although the Dash and Alonso only agreed to part ways on October 1, Alonso had been absent and Clarke had been leading the team since June 28. However, the Dash did not make Clarke's interim appointment official until October 1.^[32]

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Orlando Pride (C, S)	26	18	6	2	46	20	+26	60	NWSL Shield, playoffs, and CONCACAF W Champions Cup
2	Washington Spirit	26	18	2	6	51	28	+23	56	Playoffs, and CONCACAF W Champions Cup
3	NJ/NY Gotham FC	26	17	5	4	41	20	+21	56
4	Kansas City Current	26	16	7	3	57	31	+26	55	Playoffs
5	North Carolina Courage	26	12	3	11	34	28	+6	39
6	Portland Thorns FC	26	10	4	12	37	35	+2	34
7	Bay FC	26	11	1	14	31	41	−10	34
8	Chicago Red Stars	26	10	2	14	31	38	−7	32
9	Racing Louisville FC	26	7	7	12	33	39	−6	28
10	San Diego Wave FC	26	6	7	13	24	35	−11	25
11	Utah Royals	26	7	4	15	22	40	−18	25
12	Angel City FC	26	7	6	13	29	42	−13	24[a]
13	Seattle Reign FC	26	6	5	15	27	44	−17	23
14	Houston Dash	26	5	5	16	20	42	−22	20

Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champions; (S) NWSL Shield
Notes:

1. Angel City FC were deducted three points for breaching spending cap rules.^[35]

Tiebreakers

The initial determining factor for a team's position in the standings is most points earned, with three points earned for a win, one point for a draw, and zero points for a loss. If two or more teams tie in total points total when determining rank, playoff qualification, and seeding, the NWSL uses the following tiebreaker criteria, going down the list until all teams are ranked.^[36]

1. Greater goal difference across the entire regular season (against all teams, not just tied teams).
2. Most total wins across the entire regular season (against all teams, not just tied teams).
3. Most goals scored across the entire regular season (against all teams, not just tied teams).
4. Head-to-head results (total points) between the tied teams.
5. Head-to-head most goals scored between the tied teams.
6. Fewest disciplinary points accumulated across the entire regular season (against all teams, not just tied teams).
7. Coin flip (if two teams are tied) or drawing of lots (if three or more teams are tied).

Results

Home \ Away	BAY	CHI	HOU	KC	LA	LOU	NC	NJY	ORL	POR	SD	SEA	UTA	WAS
Bay FC	—	1–2	2–3	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–2	0–1	2–3	2–1	3–2	0–1	0–3
Chicago Red Stars	1–2	—	1–0	1–3	0–1	0–1	1–3	0–2	0–1	0–2	1–0	2–1	3–1	2–4
Houston Dash	2–3	0–2	—	1–1	0–0	0–0	3–0	0–1	0–1	0–2	0–0	1–0	1–3	1–3
Kansas City Current	5–2	2–2	2–0	—	4–2	3–3	1–0	1–1	1–2	5–4	4–1	5–2	1–0	3–0
Angel City FC	0–1	2–1	0–1	1–3	—	3–2	2–1	1–2	0–3	2–2	0–0	2–3	1–1	1–2
Racing Louisville FC	0–1	3–1	2–0	0–2	2–1	—	2–1	0–2	2–2	1–0	0–0	2–3	5–1	1–2
North Carolina Courage	1–1	3–1	5–1	2–1	1–1	3–1	—	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–1
NJ/NY Gotham FC	5–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	—	3–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–2
Orlando Pride	1–0	1–1	3–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	4–1	2–0	—	2–1	1–0	3–2	6–0	2–0
Portland Thorns FC	1–3	0–1	4–1	1–4	3–0	2–2	1–0	0–1	2–0	—	1–0	4–0	1–2	2–1
San Diego Wave FC	2–1	0–3	0–2	1–2	1–2	3–1	1–4	1–1	1–1	2–0	—	1–0	2–0	1–1
Seattle Reign FC	0–1	1–2	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–2	2–3	0–0	2–1	—	1–1	1–0
Utah Royals	2–1	0–2	0–0	0–1	1–2	1–0	2–1	1–4	0–1	0–0	1–2	3–0	—	0–1
Washington Spirit	2–1	2–0	3–0	4–1	4–2	4–1	0–1	2–0	2–3	2–1	1–1	3–2	2–1	—

Source: NWSL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by week

Considering each week to end when the NWSL releases their weekly standing tweet

Team \ Week	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Orlando Pride	6	9	8	5	5	4	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Washington Spirit	12	6	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
NJ/NY Gotham FC	8	4	7	7	11	11	9	7	7	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Kansas City Current	3	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
North Carolina Courage	1	3	3	2	4	2	6	6	6	7	8	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Portland Thorns FC	10	14	13	14	9	7	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	6
Bay FC	5	7	10	6	8	10	12	13	11	12	10	12	11	11	8	8	10	8	7	8	9	8	8	8	8	7
Chicago Red Stars	2	1	2	4	3	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	6	6	6	6	6	8
Racing Louisville FC	7	10	9	9	6	6	8	11	10	8	7	8	8	8	9	9	8	10	11	9	8	9	9	9	9	9
San Diego Wave FC	9	13	6	8	10	8	10	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	10	10	12	13	10
Utah Royals	13	8	12	13	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	12	10	10	11
Angel City FC	11	11	14	10	7	9	7	9	9	11	12	11	10	10	11	11	9	9	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	12
Seattle Reign FC	4	5	11	12	13	14	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	10	11	11	12	13	13	12	13
Houston Dash	14	12	5	11	12	12	13	10	12	10	11	10	12	12	12	12	13	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14

Legend: Gold = first place; green = playoff position; Red = last place.

Attendance

See also: National Women's Soccer League attendance

Average home attendances

Ranked from highest to lowest average attendance.

Regular season

Team	GP	Attendance	High	Low	Average
San Diego Wave FC	12[a]	234,896	32,066	10,289	19,575
Angel City FC	13	251,073	22,000	16,023	19,313
Portland Thorns FC	13	243,428	23,212	16,688	18,725
Washington Spirit	13	181,187	19,897	8,182	13,937
Bay FC	13	177,027	18,000	10,367	13,617
Kansas City Current	13	149,500	11,500	11,500	11,500
Utah Royals	13	133,949	20,370	7,491	10,304
NJ/NY Gotham FC	13	111,660	11,662	5,883	8,589
Seattle Reign FC	13	110,536	16,598	5,083	8,503
Orlando Pride	13	108,424	17,087	4,702	8,340
Chicago Red Stars	13	93,030	35,038	2,999	7,156
Racing Louisville FC	14[a]	86,916	11,365	2,137	6,208
North Carolina Courage	13	82,702	10,026	4,528	6,362
Houston Dash	13	80,520	8,600	4,438	6,194
Total	182	2,044,848	35,038	2,137	11,235

Updated through November 3

1. San Diego's final home match on November 3 was moved to Louisville due to poor field conditions at Snapdragon Stadium.^[37]

Highest attendances

Regular season^[38]

Rank	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance	Date	Stadium
1	Chicago Red Stars	1–2	Bay FC	35,038	June 8, 2024	Wrigley Field
2	San Diego Wave FC	1–2	Kansas City Current	32,066	March 23, 2024	Snapdragon Stadium
3	San Diego Wave FC	1–4	North Carolina Courage	26,516	September 8, 2024	Snapdragon Stadium
4	San Diego Wave FC	3–0	Chicago Red Stars	24,115	June 28, 2024	Snapdragon Stadium
5	San Diego Wave FC	1–1	Washington Spirit	23,541	September 1, 2024	Snapdragon Stadium
6	Portland Thorns FC	3–0	Angel City FC	23,212	November 1, 2024	Providence Park
7	Angel City FC	0–1	Bay FC	22,000	March 17, 2024	BMO Stadium
	Angel City FC	2–1	North Carolina Courage	22,000	April 21, 2024	BMO Stadium
	Angel City FC	0–3	Orlando Pride	22,000	June 30, 2024	BMO Stadium
	Angel City FC	2–2	Portland Thorns FC	22,000	September 23, 2024	BMO Stadium

Updated through November 2

Statistical leaders

As of November 3, 2024.^[39]

Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Temwa Chawinga Kansas City Current 20 2 Barbra Banda Orlando Pride 13 3 Sophia Smith Portland Thorns FC 12 4 Esther González NJ/NY Gotham FC 9 Marta Orlando Pride 6 Bethany Balcer 2 teams 8 Trinity Rodman Washington Spirit Ouleymata Sarr Washington Spirit 9 Claire Emslie Angel City FC 7 Ashley Hatch Washington Spirit Rose Lavelle NJ/NY Gotham FC Sydney Leroux Angel City FC Asisat Oshoala Bay FC Ally Schlegel Chicago Red Stars Ella Stevens NJ/NY Gotham FC Mallory Swanson Chicago Red Stars

Top assists Rank Player Club Assists 1 Croix Bethune Washington Spirit 10 2 Alyssa Thompson Angel City FC 7 3 Barbra Banda Orlando Pride 6 Temwa Chawinga Kansas City Current Debinha Kansas City Current Vanessa DiBernardo Kansas City Current Trinity Rodman Washington Spirit Sophia Smith Portland Thorns FC 9 Yazmeen Ryan NJ/NY Gotham FC 5 María Sánchez 2 teams

Clean sheets Rank Player Club Clean sheets 1 Anna Moorhouse Orlando Pride 13 2 Shelby Hogan Portland Thorns FC 9 3 Ann-Katrin Berger NJ/NY Gotham FC 8 Jane Campbell Houston Dash 5 Aubrey Kingsbury Washington Spirit 7 6 Casey Murphy North Carolina Courage 6 Alyssa Naeher Chicago Red Stars Kailen Sheridan San Diego Wave FC 9 Katie Lund Racing Louisville FC 5 Katelyn Rowland Bay FC Almuth Schult Kansas City Current

Hat-tricks See also: List of NWSL hat-tricks Player For Against Score Date Ref. Cloé Lacasse Utah Royals vs. Seattle Reign FC 3–0 October 13, 2024 [40]

Playoffs

Further information: NWSL playoffs

The NWSL increased the number of teams eligible for the NWSL playoffs from the top six teams to the top eight in the 2024 season. In the semifinals, teams were not reseeded and the winners within each quarterfinals arm played each other.^[41]

Bracket

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Championship
	1	Orlando Pride	4
	8	Chicago Red Stars	1
						1	Orlando Pride	3
						4	Kansas City Current	2
	4	Kansas City Current	1
	5	North Carolina Courage	0
											1	Orlando Pride	1
											2	Washington Spirit	0
	2	Washington Spirit	2
	7	Bay FC	1
						2	Washington Spirit (p)	1 (3)
						3	NJ/NY Gotham FC	1 (0)
	3	NJ/NY Gotham FC	2
	6	Portland Thorns FC	1

Quarterfinals

November 8, 2024

8:00 pm EST

Orlando Pride	4–1	Chicago Red Stars
McCutcheon 25' Banda 38', 45+3' Marta 56' (pen.) Doyle  58' Dyke  66'	Report	Joseph 59'

Inter&Co Stadium, Orlando, Florida

Attendance: 11,496

Referee: Alyssa Nichols

November 9, 2024

12:00 pm EST

Kansas City Current	1–0	North Carolina Courage
Chawinga 8' LaBonta  28' Wheeler  90+8'	Report	O'Sullivan  36' St-Georges  90+8'

CPKC Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

Attendance: 11,500

Referee: Brad Jensen

November 10, 2024

12:30 pm EST

Washington Spirit	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Bay FC
Hershfelt  46' McKeown 86' Dydasco 96' (o.g.)	Report	Oshoala  52' Malonson  59' Oshoala 82' Pickett  99'

Audi Field, Washington, District of Columbia

Attendance: 19,215

Referee: Katja Koroleva

November 10, 2024

3:00 pm EST

NJ/NY Gotham FC	2–1	Portland Thorns FC
Davidson 67' Carter  74' Lavelle 90+7'	Report	Turner 75'

Red Bull Arena, Harrison, New Jersey

Attendance: 15,540

Referee: Danielle Chesky

Semifinals

November 16, 2024

12:00 pm EST

Washington Spirit	1–1 (a.e.t.)	NJ/NY Gotham FC
Hershfelt 90+3' Krueger  97' Rodman  102'	Report	Carter  17' Sheehan  23' González 56' Bruninha  72'  101' Nighswonger  90+2' Zerboni  116'
Penalties
Hatch Silano McKeown	3–0	González Zerboni Nighswonger

Audi Field, Washington, District of Columbia

Attendance: 19,365

Referee: Matthew Thompson

November 17, 2024

3:00 pm EST

Orlando Pride	3–2	Kansas City Current
Angelina  28' McCutcheon 41'  90+13' Banda 53' Moorhouse  81' Marta 82'	Report	Debinha 33' Mace  55' Sharples  90+9' DiBernardo 90+13' (pen.)

Inter&Co Stadium, Orlando, Florida

Attendance: 14,524

Referee: Danielle Chesky

Championship

November 23, 2024

8:00 pm EST

Orlando Pride	1–0	Washington Spirit
Abello  31' Banda 37' Banda  70'	Report	Kouassi  28' Hershfelt  42' Metayer  50' Carle  90+7'

CPKC Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

Attendance: 11,500

Referee: Alyssa Nichols

Challenge Cup

Main article: 2024 NWSL Challenge Cup

In a change of format, the Challenge Cup will be played as a one-off super cup, contested by the winners of the previous season's NWSL Championship, NJ/NY Gotham FC, and NWSL Shield, San Diego Wave FC.^[42]

March 15, 2024 (2024-03-15)

8:00 pm EDT

NJ/NY Gotham FC	0–1	San Diego Wave FC
	Report	Morgan 88'

Red Bull Arena, Harrison, New Jersey

Attendance: 14,241

Referee: Danielle Chesky

NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup

Main article: 2024 NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup

The inaugural Summer Cup was played from July to October.^[4] Kansas City Current defeated NJ/NY Gotham FC 2-0 in the final.

Individual awards

As of November 24, 2024

Annual awards

Further information: NWSL awards

Award	Winner		Nominees	Ref.
Golden Boot	Temwa Chawinga	Kansas City Current	N/A	[43]
Most Valuable Player	Temwa Chawinga	Kansas City Current	Barbra Banda, Orlando Pride Marta, Orlando Pride Trinity Rodman, Washington Spirit Sophia Smith, Portland Thorns FC	[44][45][46]
Defender of the Year	Emily Sams	Orlando Pride	Kaleigh Kurtz, North Carolina Courage Tara McKeown, Washington Spirit Naomi Girma, San Diego Wave FC Kylie Strom, Orlando Pride	[44][45][47]
Midfielder of the Year	Croix Bethune	Washington Spirit	Vanessa DiBernardo, Kansas City Current Lo'eau LaBonta, Kansas City Current Marta, Orlando Pride Ashley Sanchez, North Carolina Courage	[44][45][48][49]
Goalkeeper of the Year	Ann-Katrin Berger	NJ/NY Gotham FC	Anna Moorhouse, Orlando Pride Mandy Haught, Utah Royals	[44][45][50]
Rookie of the Year	Croix Bethune	Washington Spirit	Ally Sentnor, Utah Royals Claire Hutton, Kansas City Current	[44][45][51]
Coach of the Year	Seb Hines	Orlando Pride	Juan Carlos Amorós, NJ/NY Gotham FC Vlatko Andonovski, Kansas City Current	[44][45][52]

Teams of the Year

Best XI^[53]

Pos.	Player	Team
GK	Ann-Katrin Berger	NJ/NY Gotham FC
DF	Jenna Nighswonger	NJ/NY Gotham FC
	Kaleigh Kurtz	North Carolina Courage
	Emily Sams	Orlando Pride
	Casey Krueger	Washington Spirit
MF	Marta	Orlando Pride
	Croix Bethune	Washington Spirit
FW	Trinity Rodman	Washington Spirit
	Temwa Chawinga	Kansas City Current
	Barbra Banda	Orlando Pride
	Sophia Smith	Portland Thorns FC

Second XI^[53]

Pos.	Player	Team
GK	Anna Moorhouse	Orlando Pride
DF	Kerry Abello	Orlando Pride
	Naomi Girma	San Diego Wave FC
	Tara McKeown	Washington Spirit
	Ryan Williams	North Carolina Courage
MF	Lo'eau LaBonta	Kansas City Current
	Hal Hershfelt	Washington Spirit
	Vanessa DiBernardo	Kansas City Current
	Rose Lavelle	NJ/NY Gotham FC
	Yazmeen Ryan	NJ/NY Gotham FC
FW	Esther González	NJ/NY Gotham FC

Monthly awards

Player of the Month

Further information: NWSL Player of the Month

Month	Player	Team	Ref.
March/April	Bia Zaneratto	Kansas City Current	[54]
May	Barbra Banda	Orlando Pride	[55]
June	Temwa Chawinga	Kansas City Current	[56]
July	Ally Sentnor	Utah Royals	[57]
August	Ella Stevens	NJ/NY Gotham FC	[58]
September	Temwa Chawinga (2)	Kansas City Current	[59]
October/November	Temwa Chawinga (3)	Kansas City Current	[60]

Rookie of the Month

Further information: NWSL Rookie of the Month

Month	Player	Team	Ref.
March/April	Croix Bethune	Washington Spirit	[61]
May	Croix Bethune (2)	Washington Spirit	[62]
June	Croix Bethune (3)	Washington Spirit	[63]
July	Ally Sentnor	Utah Royals	[64]
August	Croix Bethune (4)	Washington Spirit	[65]
September	Kennedy Wesley	San Diego Wave FC	[66]
October/November	Makenna Morris	Washington Spirit	[67]

Team of the Month

Further information: NWSL Team of the Month

Month	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards	Ref.
March/April	Alyssa Naeher, CHI	Malia Berkely, NC Naomi Girma, SD Casey Krueger, WAS Sam Staab, CHI	Croix Bethune, WAS Vanessa DiBernardo, KC Taylor Flint, LOU	Temwa Chawinga, KC Sophia Smith, POR Bia Zaneratto, KC	[68]
May	Ann-Katrin Berger, NJY	Jenna Nighswonger, NJY Carson Pickett, LOU Emily Sams, ORL Sam Staab, CHI (2)	Croix Bethune, WAS (2) Sam Coffey, POR Savannah DeMelo, LOU	Barbra Banda, ORL Ouleymata Sarr, WAS Sophia Smith, POR (2)	[69]
June	Anna Moorhouse, ORL	Elizabeth Ball, KC Casey Krueger, WAS (2) Jenna Nighswonger, NJY (2) Izzy Rodriguez, KC	Croix Bethune, WAS (3) Lo'eau LaBonta, KC Rose Lavelle, NJY	Barbra Banda, ORL (2) Temwa Chawinga, KC (2) Mallory Swanson, CHI	[70]
July	Cassie Miller, NJY	Kerry Abello, ORL Madison Curry, LA Sarah Gorden, LA Meghan Klingenberg, POR	Debinha, KC Lo'eau LaBonta, KC (2) Meredith Speck, NC	Kristen Hamilton, KC Ashley Sanchez, NC Ally Sentnor, UTA	[71]
August	DiDi Haračić, LA	Kerry Abello, ORL (2) Abby Dahlkemper, BAY Sarah Gorden, LA (2) Kylie Strom, ORL	Debinha, KC (2) Kayla Fischer, LOU Lo'eau LaBonta, KC (3)	Temwa Chawinga, KC (3) Ella Stevens, NJY Alyssa Thompson, LA	[72]
September	Anna Moorhouse, ORL (2)	Malia Berkely, NC (2) Abby Dahlkemper, BAY (2) Naomi Girma, SD (2) Emily Sams, ORL (2)	Lo'eau LaBonta, KC (4) Marta, ORL Yazmeen Ryan, NJY	Temwa Chawinga, KC (4) Trinity Rodman, WAS Alyssa Thompson, LA (2)	[73]
October/ November	Almuth Schult, KC	Abby Dahlkemper, BAY (3) Kaleigh Kurtz, NC Emily Sams, ORL (3) Kayla Sharples, KC	Rose Lavelle, NJY (2) Yazmeen Ryan, NJY (2) Claudia Zornoza, UTA	Temwa Chawinga, (5)KC Esther González, NJY Makenna Morris, WAS	[74]

Weekly awards

Week	Goal of the Week		Impact Save of the Week		Ref.
	Player	Club	Player	Club
1	Asisat Oshoala	Bay FC	Alyssa Naeher	Chicago Red Stars	[75][76]
2	Ji So-yun	Seattle Reign FC	Sarah Puntigam	Houston Dash	[77][78]
3	Sam Coffey	Portland Thorns FC	Aubrey Kingsbury	Washington Spirit	[79][80]
4	Alex Loera	Bay FC	Tatumn Milazzo	Chicago Red Stars	[81][82]
5	Tziarra King	Seattle Reign FC	Tatumn Milazzo (2)	Chicago Red Stars	[83][84]
6	Sophia Smith	Portland Thorns FC	Carson Pickett	Racing Louisville FC	[85][86]
7	Veronica Latsko	Seattle Reign FC	Laurel Ivory	Seattle Reign FC	[87][88]
8	Ella Stevens	NJ/NY Gotham FC	Kelli Hubly	Portland Thorns FC	[89][90]
9	Emma Sears	Racing Louisville FC	Kiki Pickett	Bay FC	[91][92]
10	Emma Sears (2)	Racing Louisville FC	Lauren Flynn	Utah Royals	[93][94]
11	Rose Lavelle	NJ/NY Gotham FC	Mandy Haught	Utah Royals	[95][96]
12	Croix Bethune	Washington Spirit	Kailen Sheridan	San Diego Wave	[97][98]
13	Trinity Rodman	Washington Spirit	DiDi Haračić	Angel City FC	[99][100]
14	Mallory Swanson	Chicago Red Stars	Alyssa Naeher (2)	Chicago Red Stars	[101][102]
15	Mallory Swanson (2)	Chicago Red Stars	Claudia Dickey	Seattle Reign FC	[103][104]
16	Jameese Joseph	Chicago Red Stars	DiDi Haračić (2)	Angel City FC	[105][106]
17	Ji So-yun (2)	Seattle Reign FC	Mackenzie Arnold	Portland Thorns FC	[107][108]
18	Marta	Orlando Pride	Natalia Kuikka	Chicago Red Stars	[109][110]
19	Trinity Rodman (2)	Washington Spirit	Ann-Katrin Berger	NJ/NY Gotham FC	[111][112]
20	Yūki Nagasato	Houston Dash	Anna Moorhouse	Orlando Pride	[113][114]
21	Ana Tejada	Utah Royals	Aubrey Kingsbury (2)	Washington Spirit	[115][116]
22	Manaka Matsukubo	North Carolina Courage	Kaleigh Kurtz	North Carolina Courage	[117][118]
23	Christen Press	Angel City FC	Kayla Sharples	Kansas City Current	[119][120]
24	Sydney Leroux	Angel City FC	Alyssa Naeher (3)	Chicago Red Stars	[121][122]
25	Mandy Freeman	NJ/NY Gotham FC	Katie Lund	Racing Louisville FC	[123][124]