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2024 National Women's Soccer League season

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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
Season2024
DatesMarch 16 – November 23
ChampionsOrlando Pride
(1st title)
NWSL ShieldOrlando Pride
(1st shield)
Challenge CupSan Diego Wave FC
(1st cup)
Matches played182
Goals scored484 (2.66 per match)
Top goalscorerTemwa Chawinga
(20 goals)
Biggest home win6 goals
ORL 6–0 UTA
(Jun 21)
Biggest away win3 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 scoring9 goals
KC 5–4 POR
(Mar 16)
Longest winning run8 wins
Orlando Pride
(April 12 – June 7)
Longest unbeaten run23 matches
Orlando Pride
(Mar 16 – Oct 11)
Longest winless run12 matches
San Diego Wave FC
(May 12 – Sep 8)
Longest losing run6 losses
Utah Royals
(May 3 – Jun 16)
Highest attendance35,038
CHI 1–2 BAY
(June 8)
Lowest attendance2,137
LOU–SD
(Nov 3)
Total attendance2,044,848
Average attendance11,235
← 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

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Stadiums and locations

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

Personnel and sponsorship

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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

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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

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Standings

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Pos Team
 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
2 Washington Spirit 26 18 2 6 51 28 +23 56 Playoffs
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
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

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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

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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

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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

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See also: National Women's Soccer League attendance

Average home attendances

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

Highest attendances

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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

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As of November 3, 2024.[39]

Playoffs

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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

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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

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Orlando Pride4–1Chicago Red Stars
 Report
Attendance: 11,496
Referee: Alyssa Nichols
Kansas City Current1–0North Carolina Courage
 Report
Attendance: 11,500
Referee: Brad Jensen
Washington Spirit2–1 (a.e.t.)Bay FC
 Report
Attendance: 19,215
NJ/NY Gotham FC2–1Portland Thorns FC
 Report
Attendance: 15,540
Referee: Danielle Chesky

Semifinals

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Washington Spirit1–1 (a.e.t.)NJ/NY Gotham FC
 Report
Penalties
 3–0
Attendance: 19,365
Referee: Matthew Thompson
Orlando Pride3–2Kansas City Current
 Report
Attendance: 14,524
Referee: Danielle Chesky

Championship

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Orlando Pride1–0Washington Spirit
 Report
Attendance: 11,500


Challenge Cup

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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]

NJ/NY Gotham FC0–1San Diego Wave FC
Report
Attendance: 14,241
Referee: Danielle Chesky

NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup

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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

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As of November 24, 2024

Annual awards

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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

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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
Barbara 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

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Player of the Month

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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

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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

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Further information: NWSL Team of the Month
Month Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards Ref.
March/April   Alyssa Naeher, CHI
[68]
May   Ann-Katrin Berger, NJY
(2)
(2) 		[69]
June   Anna Moorhouse, ORL
[70]
July   Cassie Miller, NJY
[71]
August   DiDi Haračić, LA
[72]
September   Anna Moorhouse, ORL (2)
[73]
October/
November 		  Almuth Schult, KC
[74]

Weekly awards

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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]

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  121. ^ National Women's Soccer League [@NWSL] (October 22, 2024). "Come on now @sydneyleroux 😮‍💨" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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