NWSL Team of the Month

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[edit]

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[edit]

2017[edit]

Month	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards	Ref.
April	Stephanie Labbé, WAS	Estelle Johnson, WAS Becky Sauerbrunn, KC Emily Sonnett, POR	Julie Ertz, CHI Debinha, NC Rose Lavelle, BOS Jess Fishlock, SEA Sam Mewis, NC	Kealia Ohai, HOU Lynn Williams, NC	^[2]
May	Kailen Sheridan, NJ	Samantha Johnson, CHI Becky Sauerbrunn, KC (2) Casey Short, CHI	Danielle Colaprico, CHI Amandine Henry, POR Rose Lavelle, BOS (2) Sarah Killion, NJ	Nahomi Kawasumi, SEA Christen Press, CHI Sam Kerr, NJ	^[4]
June	Stephanie Labbé, WAS (2)	Casey Short, CHI (2) Abby Dahlkemper, NC Ali Krieger, ORL Estelle Johnson, WAS (2)	Marta, ORL Sam Mewis, NC (2) Jess Fishlock, SEA (2)	Megan Rapinoe, SEA Sam Kerr, NJ (2) Ashley Hatch, NC	^[5]
July	Jane Campbell, HOU	Taylor Smith, NC Abby Dahlkemper, NC (2) Amber Brooks, HOU Casey Short, CHI (3)	Marta, ORL (2) McCall Zerboni, NC Julie Ertz, CHI (2) Andressinha, HOU	Megan Rapinoe, SEA (2) Sam Kerr, NJ (3)	^[6]
August	Katelyn Rowland, NC	Emily Sonnett, POR (2) Steph Catley, ORL Ali Krieger, ORL (2) Taylor Smith, NC (2)	Marta, ORL (3) Sam Mewis, NC (3) Lindsey Horan, POR	Hayley Raso, POR Alex Morgan, ORL Sam Kerr, NJ (4)	^[7]
September	Adrianna Franch, POR	Emily Menges, POR Kelley O'Hara, NJ Becky Sauerbrunn, KC (3) Casey Short, CHI (4)	Alanna Kennedy, ORL Marta, ORL (4) Sam Mewis, NC (4)	Shea Groom, KC Christine Sinclair, POR Lynn Williams, NC (2)	^[8]^[9]

2018[edit]

Month	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards	Ref.
March	Jane Campbell, HOU	Jaelene Hinkle, NC Becky Sauerbrunn, UTA Emily Sonnett, POR Rachel Daly, HOU	Lindsey Horan, POR Debinha, NC Gunnhildur Jónsdóttir, UTA	Megan Rapinoe, SEA Mallory Pugh, WAS Crystal Dunn, NC	^[10]
April	Aubrey Bledsoe, WAS	Jaelene Hinkle, NC (2) Estelle Johnson, WAS Becky Sauerbrunn, UTA (2) Emily Sonnett, POR (2)	Sofia Huerta, CHI Crystal Dunn, NC (2) McCall Zerboni, NC	Francisca Ordega, WAS Jessica McDonald, NC Mallory Pugh, WAS (2)	^[11]
May	Abby Smith, UTA	Steph Catley, SEA Abby Erceg, NC Becky Sauerbrunn, UTA (3) Ali Krieger, ORL	Kristie Mewis, HOU Lindsey Horan, POR (2) McCall Zerboni, NC (2)	Rachel Daly, HOU (2) Christine Sinclair, POR Crystal Dunn, NC (3)	^[12]
June	Alyssa Naeher, CHI	Becca Moros, UTA Abby Erceg, NC (2) Becky Sauerbrunn, UTA (4) Merritt Mathias, NC	Lindsey Horan, POR (3) Yuki Nagasato, CHI McCall Zerboni, NC (3)	Kealia Ohai, HOU Christine Sinclair, POR (2) Crystal Dunn, NC (4)	^[13]
July	Adrianna Franch, POR	Katie Naughton, CHI Abby Erceg, NC (3) Rachel Corsie, UTA Theresa Nielsen, SEA	Lindsey Horan, POR (4) Yuki Nagasato, CHI (2) McCall Zerboni, NC (4)	Megan Rapinoe, SEA (2) Rachel Daly, HOU (3) Sam Kerr, CHI	^[14]
August	Lydia Williams, SEA	Megan Oyster, SEA Abby Erceg, NC (4) Taylor Comeau, HOU Theresa Nielsen, SEA (2)	Lindsey Horan, POR (5) Sofia Huerta, HOU (2) Vanessa DiBernardo, CHI	Lynn Williams, NC Tobin Heath, POR Sam Kerr, CHI (2)	^[15]

2019[edit]

Month	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards	Ref.
April	Kailen Sheridan, NJ	Casey Short, CHI Becky Sauerbrunn, UTA Abby Erceg, NC Meghan Klingenberg, POR	Christine Sinclair, POR Yuki Nagasato, CHI Crystal Dunn, NC	Christen Press, UTA Sam Kerr, CHI Tobin Heath, POR	^[16]
May	Aubrey Bledsoe, WAS	Casey Short, CHI (2) Rachel Corsie, UTA Sam Staab, WAS Merritt Mathias, NC	Yuki Nagasato, CHI (2) Jordan DiBiasi, WAS Verónica Boquete, UTA	Sam Kerr, CHI (2) Amy Rodriguez, UTA Ashley Hatch, WAS	^[17]
June	Aubrey Bledsoe, WAS (2)	Casey Short, CHI (3) Sam Staab, WAS (2) Megan Oyster, RFC Katherine Reynolds, POR	Andi Sullivan, WAS Jess Fishlock, RFC Kristen Hamilton, NC	Margaret Purce, POR Amy Rodriguez, UTA (2) Ifeoma Onumonu, RFC	^[18]
July	Kailen Sheridan, NJ (2)	Casey Short, CHI (4) Sarah Gorden, CHI Abby Erceg, NC (2) Merritt Mathias, NC (2)	Vanessa DiBernardo, CHI Debinha, NC Gabby Seiler, POR	Kristen Hamilton, NC (2) Sam Kerr, CHI (3) Marta, ORL	^[19]
August	Aubrey Bledsoe, WAS (3)	Casey Short, CHI (5) Emily Menges, POR Abby Erceg, NC (3) Jaelene Hinkle, NC	Lo'eau LaBonta, UTA Debinha, NC (2) Christine Sinclair, POR (2)	Christen Press, UTA (2) Margaret Purce, POR (2) Amy Rodriguez, UTA (3)	^[20]
September	Alyssa Naeher, CHI	Casey Short, CHI (6) Julie Ertz, CHI Lauren Barnes, RFC Jaelene Hinkle, NC (2)	Beverly Yanez, RFC Debinha, NC (3) Morgan Brian, CHI	Yuki Nagasato, CHI (3) Sam Kerr, CHI (4) Lynn Williams, NC	^[21]

2021[edit]

Month	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards	Ref.
May	Kailen Sheridan, NJY	Caprice Dydasco, NJY Emily Fox, LOU Phoebe McClernon, ORL Carson Pickett, NC	Debinha, NC Crystal Dunn, POR Jess Fishlock, RGN	Sydney Leroux, ORL Alex Morgan, ORL Mallory Pugh, CHI	^[22]
June	Michelle Betos, LOU	Caprice Dydasco, NJY Abby Erceg, NC Courtney Petersen, ORL Becky Sauerbrunn, POR	Tori Huster, WAS Kristie Mewis, HOU Sam Mewis, NC	Marta, ORL Trinity Rodman, WAS Lynn Williams, NC	^[23]
July	Bella Bixby, POR	Caprice Dydasco, NJY Emily Menges, POR Meghan Klingenberg, POR Katie Naughton, HOU	Andi Sullivan, WAS Allie Long, NJY Morgan Gautrat, CHI	Sydney Leroux, ORL (2) Mallory Pugh, CHI (2) Ashley Hatch, WAS	^[24]
August	Casey Murphy, NC	Caprice Dydasco, NJY (4) Emily Menges, POR (2) Ali Krieger, ORL Carson Pickett, NC (2)	Jess Fishlock, RGN (2) Denise O'Sullivan, NC Angela Salem, POR	Nadia Nadim, LOU Ifeoma Onumonu, NJY Megan Rapinoe, RGN	^[25]
September	Kailen Sheridan, NJY (2)	Tierna Davidson, CHI Sofia Huerta, RGN Estelle Johnson, NJY Casey Krueger, CHI	Morgan Gautrat, CHI (2) Dzsenifer Marozsán, RGN Angela Salem, POR (2)	Bethany Balcer, RGN Rachel Daly, HOU Eugénie Le Sommer, RGN	^[26]
October	Aubrey Bledsoe, WAS	Caprice Dydasco, NJY (5) Sofia Huerta, RGN (2) Sarah Gorden, CHI Sam Staab, WAS	Jess Fishlock, RGN (3) Morgan Gautrat, CHI (3) Angela Salem, POR (3)	Ashley Hatch, WAS (2) Margaret Purce, NJY Trinity Rodman, WAS (2)	^[27]

2022[edit]

Month	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards	Ref.
May	Phallon Tullis-Joyce, RGN	Naomi Girma, SD Alana Cook, RGN Sofia Huerta, RGN Vanessa Gilles, LA	Taylor Kornieck, SD Rose Lavelle, RGN Savannah DeMelo, LOU	Alex Morgan, SD Rachel Daly, HOU Mallory Pugh, CHI	^[1]^[28]^[29]
June	Bella Bixby, POR	Carson Pickett, NC Tatumn Milazzo, CHI Naomi Girma, SD (2) Natalia Kuikka, POR	Debinha, NC Sam Coffey, POR Taylor Kornieck, SD (2)	Alex Morgan, SD (2) Sophia Smith, POR Mallory Pugh, CHI (2)	^[30]
July	Adrianna Franch, KC	Carson Pickett, NC (2) Kristen Edmonds, KC Kelli Hubly, POR Hailie Mace, KC	Hina Sugita, POR Jess Fishlock, RGN Lo'eau LaBonta, KC	Morgan Weaver, POR Ebony Salmon, HOU Bethany Balcer, RGN	^[31]
August	Adrianna Franch, KC (2)	Elizabeth Ball, KC Naomi Girma, SD (3) Sofia Huerta, RGN (2) Carson Pickett, NC (3)	Meggie Dougherty Howard, ORL Lo'eau LaBonta, KC (2) Cari Roccaro, LA	Diana Ordoñez, NC Megan Rapinoe, RGN Ebony Salmon, HOU (2)	^[32]
September /October	Katie Lund, LOU	Alana Cook, RGN Naomi Girma, SD (4) Hailie Mace, KC (2) Carson Pickett, NC (4)	Sam Coffey, POR (2) Vanessa DiBernardo, CHI Rose Lavelle, RGN (2)	Debinha, NC Megan Rapinoe, RGN (2) Sophia Smith, POR (2)	^[33]

2023[edit]

Month	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards	Ref.
March/April	Phallon Tullis-Joyce, RGN	Emily Fox, NC Naomi Girma, SD Becky Sauerbrunn, POR Sam Staab, WAS	Debinha, KC Crystal Dunn, POR Jess Fishlock, RGN	Bethany Balcer, RGN Sophia Smith, POR Lynn Williams, NJY	^[34]
May	Abby Smith, NJY	Kylie Strom, ORL Naomi Girma, SD (2) Sam Staab, WAS (2) Bruninha, NJNY	Jenna Nighswonger, NJNY Savannah DeMelo, LOU Crystal Dunn, POR (2)	Megan Rapinoe, RGN Lynn Williams, NJNY (2) Veronica Latsko, RGN	^[3]
June	Casey Murphy, NC	Abby Erceg, LOU Sofia Huerta, OL Kaleigh Kurtz, NC M.A. Vignola, LA	Sam Coffey, POR Debinha, KC (2) Savannah DeMelo, LOU (2)	Kerolin, NC Sophia Smith, POR (2) Lynn Williams, NJNY (3)	^[35]
July	Emily Boyd, CHI	Malia Berkely, NCC Abby Erceg, LOU (2) Sarah Gorden, LA Paige Monaghan, LOU	Savannah McCaskill, LA Narumi Miura, NCC Jenna Nighswonger, NJNY (2)	Ashley Hatch, WAS Kristen Hamilton, KC Midge Purce, NJY	^[36]
August	Adrianna Franch, KCC	Abby Dahlkemper, SD Casey Krueger, CHI (2) Jenna Nighswonger, NJNY (3) Kylie Strom, ORL	Kerry Abello, ORL Sam Coffey, POR (2) Lo'eau LaBonta, KC	Messiah Bright, ORL Kristen Hamilton, KC (2) Morgan Weaver, POR	^[37]
September/ October	Jane Campbell, HOU	Caprice Dydasco, HOU Naomi Girma, SD (2) Sarah Gorden, LA (2) M.A. Vignola, LA (2)	Sam Coffey, POR (3) Debinha, KC (3) Savannah McCaskill, LA (3)	Esther González, NJY Kerolin, NCC (2) Jaedyn Shaw, SD	^[38]

Multiple winners[edit]

*	Indicates current NWSL player

Rank	Player	Club(s)	Wins
1	Casey Krueger* (née Short)	Chicago Red Stars	12
2	Debinha*	North Carolina Courage, Kansas City Current	11
3	Abby Erceg*	North Carolina Courage, Racing Louisville FC	10
	Sam Kerr	Sky Blue FC, Chicago Red Stars
	Lynn Williams*	North Carolina Courage, NJ/NY Gotham FC
	Becky Sauerbrunn*	FC Kansas City, Utah Royals FC, Portland Thorns FC
7	Crystal Dunn*	North Carolina Courage, Portland Thorns FC	8
	Jess Fishlock*	OL Reign
	Megan Rapinoe	OL Reign
10	Sofia Huerta*	Chicago Red Stars, Houston Dash, OL Reign	7
10	Naomi Girma*	San Diego Wave FC	7
12	Lindsey Horan*	Portland Thorns FC	6
	Caprice Dydasco*	NJ/NY Gotham FC
	Marta*	Orlando Pride
	Carson Pickett*	North Carolina Courage
	Mallory Swanson* (née Pugh)	Washington Spirit, Chicago Red Stars
17	Sam Coffey*	Portland Thorns FC	5
	Rachel Daly	Houston Dash
	Adrianna Franch*	Portland Thorns FC, Kansas City Current
	Ashley Hatch*	North Carolina Courage, Washington Spirit
	Aubrey Kingsbury* (née Bledsoe)	Washington Spirit
	Sam Mewis*	North Carolina Courage
	Yūki Nagasato*	Chicago Red Stars
	Christine Sinclair*	Portland Thorns FC
	Kailen Sheridan*	NJ/NY Gotham FC
	Sam Staab*	Washington Spirit
	McCall Zerboni*	North Carolina Courage
28	Jaelene Daniels (née Hinkle)	North Carolina Courage	4
	Morgan Gautrat* (née Brian)	Chicago Red Stars
	Sarah Gorden*	Chicago Red Stars, Angel City FC
	Estelle Johnson*	Washington Spirit, NJ/NY Gotham FC
	Kristen Hamilton*	North Carolina Courage, Kansas City Current
	Ali Krieger	Orlando Pride
	Lo'eau LaBonta*	Utah Royals FC, Kansas City Current
	Rose Lavelle*	Washington Spirit, OL Reign
	Emily Menges*	Portland Thorns FC
	Alex Morgan*	Orlando Pride, San Diego Wave FC
	Sophia Smith*	Portland Thorns FC
	Emily Sonnett*	Portland Thorns FC
40	Bethany Balcer*	OL Reign	3
	Jane Campbell*	Houston Dash
	Abby Dahlkemper*	North Carolina Courage
	Savannah DeMelo*	Racing Louisville FC
	Vanessa DiBernardo*	Chicago Red Stars
	Julie Ertz	Chicago Red Stars
	Merritt Mathias*	North Carolina Courage
	Christen Press*	Chicago Red Stars, Utah Royals FC
	Margaret Purce*	Portland Thorns FC, NJ/NY Gotham FC
	Amy Rodriguez	Utah Royals FC
	Angela Salem	Portland Thorns FC
52	Bella Bixby*	Portland Thorns FC	2
	Steph Catley	Orlando Pride, Reign FC
	Alana Cook*	OL Reign
	Rachel Corsie	Utah Royals FC
	Emily Fox*	Racing Louisville FC, North Carolina Courage
	Tobin Heath	Portland Thorns FC
	Kerolin*	North Carolina Courage
	Meghan Klingenberg*	Portland Thorns FC
	Taylor Kornieck*	San Diego Wave FC
	Stephanie Labbé	Washington Spirit
	Sydney Leroux*	Orlando Pride
	Hailie Mace*	Kansas City Current
	Megan Montefusco* (née Oyster)	Reign FC
	Casey Murphy*	North Carolina Courage
	Alyssa Naeher*	Chicago Red Stars
	Katie Lind* (née Naughton)	Chicago Red Stars, Houston Dash
	Theresa Nielsen	Reign FC
	Ifeoma Onumonu*	Reign FC, 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
	Andi Sullivan*	Washington Spirit
	Kylie Strom*	Orlando Pride
	Phallon Tullis-Joyce*	OL Reign
	Kealia Watt* (née Ohai)	Houston Dash
	Morgan Weaver*	Portland Thorns FC

References[edit]

^ ^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.
^ Purdy, Jacqueline (August 3, 2017). "July Team of the Month" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
^ 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.
^ Purdy, Jacqueline (May 3, 2018). "April Team of the Month" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
^ Balf, Celia (June 6, 2018). "May Team of the Month" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
^ Purdy, Jacqueline (July 6, 2018). "June Team of the Month" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
^ Gabriel, Cassidy (August 3, 2018). "July Team of the Month" (Press release). Retrieved August 4, 2022.
^ Balf, Celia (August 31, 2018). "August Team of the Month" (Press release). Retrieved August 4, 2022.
^ Purdy, Jacqueline (May 3, 2019). "April Team of the Month" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
^ Purdy, Jacqueline (May 31, 2019). "May Team of the Month" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
^ Purdy, Jacqueline (July 8, 2019). "June Team of the Month" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
^ Levine, Matthew (August 1, 2019). "July Team of the Month" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
^ Levine, Matthew (September 5, 2019). "August Team of the Month" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
^ "September Team of the Month" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League. October 3, 2019. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
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^ "NWSL Announces June Team of the Month" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League. July 1, 2021. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
^ "NWSL Announces July Team of the Month" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League. August 6, 2021. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
^ "NWSL Announces August Team of the Month" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League. September 2, 2021. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
^ "NWSL Announces September Team of the Month" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League. October 8, 2021. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
^ "NWSL Announces October Team of the Month" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League. November 4, 2021. Retrieved November 4, 2021.
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^ @NWSL (June 27, 2022). "⭐ Summer Stars ⭐" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ "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.
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^ "National Women's Soccer League Official Site | NWSL". www.nwslsoccer.com. Retrieved October 19, 2023.

External links[edit]

Official website

[totm-202205-1] "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.

[inaugural-2] Purdy, Jacqueline (May 4, 2017). "April Team of the Month announced" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved May 7, 2017.

[totm-202305-3] "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.

[4] Purdy, Jacqueline (June 1, 2017). "May Team of the Month announced" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved August 4, 2022.

[5] Linehan, Meg (June 30, 2017). "June Team of the Month announced" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved August 4, 2022.

[6] Purdy, Jacqueline (August 3, 2017). "July Team of the Month" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved August 4, 2022.

[7] Purdy, Jacqueline (September 6, 2017). "August Team of the Month" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved August 4, 2022.

[8] Purdy, Jacqueline (October 5, 2017). "September Team of the Month" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved August 4, 2022.

[9] "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.

[10] Balf, Celia (April 6, 2018). "March Team of the Month" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved August 4, 2022.

[11] Purdy, Jacqueline (May 3, 2018). "April Team of the Month" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved August 4, 2022.

[12] Balf, Celia (June 6, 2018). "May Team of the Month" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved August 4, 2022.

[13] Purdy, Jacqueline (July 6, 2018). "June Team of the Month" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved August 4, 2022.

[14] Gabriel, Cassidy (August 3, 2018). "July Team of the Month" (Press release). Retrieved August 4, 2022.

[15] Balf, Celia (August 31, 2018). "August Team of the Month" (Press release). Retrieved August 4, 2022.

[16] Purdy, Jacqueline (May 3, 2019). "April Team of the Month" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved August 4, 2022.

[17] Purdy, Jacqueline (May 31, 2019). "May Team of the Month" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved August 4, 2022.

[18] Purdy, Jacqueline (July 8, 2019). "June Team of the Month" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved August 4, 2022.

[19] Levine, Matthew (August 1, 2019). "July Team of the Month" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved August 4, 2022.

[20] Levine, Matthew (September 5, 2019). "August Team of the Month" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved August 4, 2022.

[21] "September Team of the Month" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League. October 3, 2019. Retrieved August 4, 2022.

[22] "NWSL Announces May Team of the Month" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League. June 3, 2021. Retrieved June 3, 2021.

[23] "NWSL Announces June Team of the Month" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League. July 1, 2021. Retrieved July 1, 2021.

[24] "NWSL Announces July Team of the Month" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League. August 6, 2021. Retrieved August 6, 2021.

[25] "NWSL Announces August Team of the Month" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League. September 2, 2021. Retrieved September 2, 2021.

[26] "NWSL Announces September Team of the Month" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League. October 8, 2021. Retrieved October 8, 2021.

[27] "NWSL Announces October Team of the Month" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League. November 4, 2021. Retrieved November 4, 2021.

[28] @NWSL (June 9, 2022). "✨ May's Mighty XI ✨" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[29] Cristobal, Jacob (June 9, 2022). "Four OL Reign players named to May's NWSL Team of the Month". Sounder At Heart. Retrieved August 4, 2022.

[30] @NWSL (June 27, 2022). "⭐ Summer Stars ⭐" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[31] "NWSL Announces July Best XI of the Month" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League. August 4, 2022. Retrieved August 4, 2022.

[32] "NWSL Announces August Best XI of the Month" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League. September 7, 2022. Retrieved September 7, 2022.

[33] "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.

[34] "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.

[35] "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.

[36] "National Women's Soccer League Official Site | NWSL". www.nwslsoccer.com. Retrieved October 19, 2023.

[37] "National Women's Soccer League Official Site | NWSL". www.nwslsoccer.com. Retrieved October 19, 2023.

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Current teams	Angel City FC Bay FC Chicago Red Stars Houston Dash Kansas City Current NJ/NY Gotham FC North Carolina Courage Orlando Pride Portland Thorns FC Racing Louisville FC San Diego Wave FC Seattle Reign FC Utah Royals Washington Spirit
Future team	NWSL Boston (2026)
Former teams	Western New York Flash (2013–16) Boston Breakers (2013–17) FC Kansas City (2013–17)
Seasons	2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Competition	NWSL Shield Playoffs Challenge Cup Summer Cup Stadiums Attendance Expansion Broadcasters
Personnel	Players Association Draftees Drafts Foreign players Owners Federation players (2013–21)
Awards	League awards Player of the Month Rookie of the Month Team of the Month Player of the Week Players' awards
Related articles	Sexual Harassment Yates Report
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