NWSL Best XI and Second XI are annual awards presented to the best and second-best eleven players in the
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).
the teams of the season awards are voted on by players (40%), owners/general managers/coaches (25%), media (25%), and fans (10%). Voters for the teams of the season awards are required to name one goalkeeper, four defenders, and a combination of six midfielders and forwards.
2013
Best XI
Second XI
2014
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Second XI
2015
Announced September 24, 2015
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Second XI
2016
Announced October 7, 2016
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Second XI
2017
Announced October 12, 2017
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Second XI
Announced October 10, 2017
2018
Announced September 20, 2018
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Second XI
2019
Announced October 24, 2019
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Second XI
2020
The 2020 NWSL regular season was cancelled due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...
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2021
Announced November 17, 2021
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Second XI
2022
Announced October 25, 2022
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Second XI
2023
Announced November 6, 2023
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Second XI
2024
Announced November 18, 2024
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Second XI
Most selections
''Only players with multiple total selections are included.''
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 ...
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NWSL Players' Awards
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NWSL awards
The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) presents six annual awards to individual players. The NWSL Golden Boot, Golden Boot award is presented to the top scorer at the end of the regular season, while the NWSL Most Valuable Player, Most Valuable ...
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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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Women's soccer in the United States
Women's soccer in the United States has developed quite differently from men's soccer. Until the 1970s, organized women's soccer matches in the U.S. existed only on a limited basis.
Since changes that started in the 1970's, the U.S. has beco ...
References
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Best XI
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Awards established in 2013