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National Women's Soccer League The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) is a women's professional Association football, soccer league and the highest level of the United States soccer league system#Women's leagues, United States soccer league system (alongside the USL Supe ...
(NWSL) presents six annual awards to individual players. The Golden Boot award is presented to the top scorer at the end of the regular season, while the
Most Valuable Player In team sports, a most valuable player (MVP) award is an honor typically bestowed upon an individual (or individuals, in the instance of a tie) whose individual performance is the greatest in an entire league, for a particular competition, or ...
, Defender of the Year, Goalkeeper of the Year, Rookie of the Year, and
Coach of the Year Many sports leagues, sportswriting associations, and other organizations confer "Coach of the Year" awards. In some sports — including baseball and association football — the award is called the "Manager of the Year" award. Some of the ...
awards are voted on by various league constituents. the NWSL's individual end-of-year awards are voted upon in two rounds: in the first round, players (50%), owners/general managers/coaches (25%), and media (25%) vote to determine the nominees; in the second round, players (40%), owners/general managers/coaches (25%), media (25%), and fans (10%) vote among the nominees to determine the winner. In addition, the league also presents two teams of the season awards, the NWSL Best XI and the NWSL Second XI, to individual players.


List of awards


Annual awards

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NWSL Most Valuable Player The NWSL Most Valuable Player award is presented annually to the best player in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Lauren Holiday (2013) won the first MVP award in the NWSL's inaugural season. Lindsey Horan (2018) was the first winner no ...
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NWSL Golden Boot The NWSL Golden Boot is awarded annually to the highest goal scorer in the regular season of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Lauren Holiday (2013) won the first Golden Boot in the NWSL's inaugural season. Temwa Chawinga holds the rec ...
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NWSL Midfielder of the Year The NWSL Midfielder of the Year award is presented annually to the best midfielder in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Croix Bethune won the first Midfielder of the Year award in 2024. Winners Wins by team Wins by nationali ...
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NWSL Defender of the Year The NWSL Defender of the Year award is presented annually to the best defensive player in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Becky Sauerbrunn won the first three Defender of the Year awards from 2013 to 2015 and added her fourth in 2019 ...
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NWSL Goalkeeper of the Year The NWSL Goalkeeper of the Year award is presented annually to the best goalkeeper in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Nicole Barnhart (2013) won the first Goalkeeper of the Year award in the NWSL's inaugural season. The most recent wi ...
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NWSL Rookie of the Year The NWSL Rookie of the Year award is presented annually to the best rookie in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Erika Tymrak (2013), an alumna of the Florida Gators women's soccer, Florida Gators, won the first Rookie of the Year award ...
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NWSL Coach of the Year The NWSL Coach of the Year award is presented annually to the best head coach in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Vlatko Andonovski (2013) won the first Coach of the Year award in the NWSL's inaugural season. The most recent winner is ...
* NWSL Best XI and Second XI


Monthly awards

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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, is a monthly women's soccer award given to individual players in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Selection This award began in 20 ...
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NWSL Rookie of the Month The National Women's Soccer League Rookie of the Month is a monthly women's association football, women's soccer award given to individual players in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) participating in their first season as a professional. ...
* NWSL Player of the Month


Weekly awards

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NWSL Player of the Week The National Women's Soccer League Player of the Week was a weekly soccer award given to individual players in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) from 2013 to 2023. The honor was awarded by popular social media vote to the player deemed to ...
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NWSL Goal of the Week The National Women's Soccer League Goal of the Week is a weekly soccer award given to individual players in the National Women's Soccer League. The honor is awarded by popular social media vote to the player deemed to have scored the best goal over ...
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NWSL Save of the Week The National Women's Soccer League Save of the Week is a weekly soccer award given to individual players in the National Women's Soccer League since 2016. The honor is awarded by popular social media vote to the player deemed to have scored the be ...


See also

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List of sports awards honoring women A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but ...
* NWSL Players' Awards *
NWSL records and statistics The following is a compilation of notable records and statistics for teams and players in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). The NWSL's inaugural season was kicked off on April 13, 2013 with 8 participating clubs, four of the eight inaugu ...
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List of NWSL drafts The following is a list of drafts held by National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), with a brief description of each. Preseason 2013 (inaugural) *2013 NWSL College Draft: Held January 18 at the annual NSCAA convention, this year in Indianapolis, t ...
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References

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