NWSL Awards: Best XI

Listing NWSL Best XI awards.

2025

First Team				Second Team
Pos	Player	Team	Award Amount	Pos	Player	Team	Award Amount
GK			$5,000	GK			$5,000
D			$5,000	D			$5,000
D			$5,000	D			$5,000
D			$5,000	D			$5,000
D			$5,000	D			$5,000
M			$5,000	M			$5,000
M			$5,000	M			$5,000
M/F			$5,000	M/F			$5,000
M/F			$5,000	M/F			$5,000
F			$5,000	F			$5,000
F			$5,000	F			$5,000

2024

First Team				Second Team
Pos	Player	Team	Award Amount	Pos	Player	Team	Award Amount
GK	Ann-Katrin Berger	GFC	$5,000	GK	Anna Moorhouse	ORL	$5,000
D	Kaleigh Kurtz	NC	$5,000	D	Ryan Williams	NC	$5,000
D	Casey Krueger	WAS	$5,000	D	Kerry Abello	ORL	$5,000
D	Jenna Nighswonger	GFC	$5,000	D	Tara McKeown	WAS	$5,000
D	Emily Sams	ORL	$5,000	D	Naomi Girma	SD	$5,000
M	Croix Bethune	WAS	$5,000	M	Vanessa DiBernardo	KC	$5,000
M	Marta Vieira Da Silva	ORL	$5,000	M	Lo’eau LaBonta	KC	$5,000
M/F	Trinity Rodman	WAS	$5,000	M/F	Esther González	GFC	$5,000
M/F	Sophia Smith	POR	$5,000	M/F	Hal Hershfelt	WAS	$5,000
F	Barbra Banda	ORL	$5,000	F	Rose Lavelle	GFC	$5,000
F	Temwa Chawinga	KC	$5,000	F	Yazmeen Ryan	GFC	$5,000

2023

First Team				Second Team
Pos	Player	Team	Award Amount	Pos	Player	Team	Award Amount
GK	Jane Campbell	HOU	$5,000	GK	Kailen Sheridan	SD	$5,000
D	Ali Krieger	NJNY	$5,000	D	Emily Fox	NC	$5,000
D	Sarah Gorden	ACFC	$5,000	D	Kaleigh Kurtz	NC	$5,000
D	Naomi Girma	SD	$5,000	D	Mary Alice Vignola	ACFC	$5,000
D	Samantha Staab	WAS	$5,000	D	Jenna Nighswonger	GFC	$5,000
M	Debinha De Oliveira	KC	$5,000	M	Savannah DeMelo	LOU	$5,000
M	Samantha Coffey	POR	$5,000	M	Savannah McCaskill	ACFC	$5,000
M/F	Jaedyn Shaw	SD	$5,000	M/F	Denise O'Sullivan	NC	$5,000
M/F	Kerolin Nicoli Israel Ferraz	NC	$5,000	M/F	Ashley Hatch	WAS	$5,000
F	Sophia Smith	POR	$5,000	F	Alex Morgan	SD	$5,000
F	Lynn Williams	GFC	$5,000	F	Trinity Rodman	WAS	$5,000

2022

First Team				Second Team
Pos	Player	Team	Award Amount	Pos	Player	Team	Award Amount
GK	Kailen Sheridan	SD	$5,000	GK	Adrianna Franch	KC	$5,000
D	Alana Cook	RGN	$5,000	D	Kaleigh Kurtz	NC	$5,000
D	Carson Pickett	NC	$5,000	D	Tatumn Milazzo	CHI	$5,000
D	Sofia Huerta	RGN	$5,000	D	Kelli Hubly	POR	$5,000
D	Naomi Girma	SD	$5,000	D	Becky Sauerbrunn	POR	$5,000
M	Debinha De Oliveira	NC	$5,000	M	Jess Fishlock	RGN	$5,000
M	Samantha Coffey	POR	$5,000	M	Kerolin Nicoli Israel Ferraz	NC	$5,000
M/F	Alex Morgan	SD	$5,000	M/F	Rose Lavelle	RGN	$5,000
M/F	Lo’eau LaBonta	KC	$5,000	M/F	Diana Ordoñez	NC	$5,000
F	Sophia Smith	POR	$5,000	F	Ebony Salmon	HOU	$5,000
F	Mallory Swanson	CHI	$5,000	F	Megan Rapinoe	RGN	$5,000

2021

First Team				Second Team
Pos	Player	Team	Award Amount	Pos	Player	Team	Award Amount
GK	Kailen Sheridan	GFC		GK	Bella Bixby	POR
D	Sarah Gorden	CHI		D	Emily Fox	LOU
D	Caprice Dydasco	GFC		D	Emily Menges	POR
D	Alana Cook	RGN		D	Meghan Klingenberg	POR
D	Carson Pickett	NC		D	Sofia Huerta	RGN
M	Eugénie Le Sommer	RGN		M	Lindsey Horan	POR
M	Jess Fishlock	RGN		M	Mallory Swanson	CHI
M/F	Angela Salem	POR		M/F	Rachel Daly	HOU
M/F	Ashley Hatch	WAS		M/F	Bethany Balcer	RGN
F	Trinity Rodman	WAS		F	Ifeoma Onumonu	NJNY
F	Midge Purce	GFC		F	Sydney Leroux	ORL

2020 Challenge Cup

First Team				Second Team
Pos	Player	Team	Award Amount	Pos	Player	Team	Award Amount
GK	Britt Eckerstrom	POR		GK
D	Julie Ertz	CHI		D
D	Jaelene Daniels	NC		D
D	Casey Krueger	CHI		D
D	Abby Erceg	NC		D
M	Rose Lavelle	WAS		M
M	Shea Groom	HOU		M
M/F	Rachel Daly	HOU		M/F
M/F	Lindsey Horan	POR		M/F
F	Debinha De Oliveira	NC		F
F	Lynn Williams	NC		F

2019

First Team				Second Team
Pos	Player	Team	Award Amount	Pos	Player	Team	Award Amount
GK	Aubrey Kingsbury	WAS		GK	Alyssa Naeher	CHI
D	Ali Krieger	ORL		D	Emily Sonnett	POR
D	Abby Dahlkemper	NC		D	Lauren Barnes	RGN
D	Casey Krueger	CHI		D	Kelley O'Hara	UTH
D	Becky Sauerbrunn	UTH		D	Abby Erceg	NC
M	Julie Ertz	CHI		M	Bethany Balcer	RGN
M	Lindsey Horan	POR		M	Crystal Dunn	NC
M/F	Tobin Heath	POR		M/F	Yuki Nagasato	CHI
M/F	Rose Lavelle	WAS		M/F	Kristen Hamilton	NC
F	Sam Kerr	CHI		F	Carli Lloyd	NJ
F	Christen Press	UTH		F	Megan Rapinoe	RGN

2018

First Team				Second Team
Pos	Player	Team	Award Amount	Pos	Player	Team	Award Amount
GK	Adrianna Franch	POR		GK	Lydia Williams	SEA
D	Abby Dahlkemper	NC		D	Julie Ertz	CHI
D	Emily Sonnett	POR		D	Steph Catley	SEA
D	Becky Sauerbrunn	UTH		D	Emily Menges	POR
D	Abby Erceg	NC		D	Merritt Mathias	NC
M	Tobin Heath	POR		M	Carli Lloyd	NJ
M	Lindsey Horan	POR		M	Debinha De Oliveira	NC
M/F	McCall Zerboni	NC		M/F	Rachel Daly	HOU
M/F	Crystal Dunn	NC		M/F	Christine Sinclair	POR
F	Sam Kerr	CHI		F	Sofia Huerta	HOU
F	Megan Rapinoe	SEA		F	Lynn Williams	NC

2017

First Team				Second Team
Pos	Player	Team	Award Amount	Pos	Player	Team	Award Amount
GK	Adrianna Franch	POR		GK	Katelyn Rowland	NC
D	Ali Krieger	ORL		D	Steph Catley	ORL
D	Abby Dahlkemper	NC		D	Emily Menges	POR
D	Casey Krueger	CHI		D	Meghan Klingenberg	POR
D	Becky Sauerbrunn	KC		D	Abby Erceg	NC
M	Samantha Mewis	NC		M	Julie Ertz	CHI
M	Jess Fishlock	SEA		M	Danielle Colaprico	CHI
M/F	Sam Kerr	NJ		M/F	Lindsey Horan	POR
M/F	McCall Zerboni	NC		M/F	Sofia Huerta	CHI
F	Marta Vieira Da Silva	ORL		F	Megan Rapinoe	SEA
F	Christen Press	CHI		F	Alex Morgan	ORL

2016

First Team				Second Team
Pos	Player	Team	Award Amount	Pos	Player	Team	Award Amount
GK	Ashlyn Harris	ORL		GK	Alyssa Naeher	CHI
D	Emily Menges	POR		D	Julie Ertz	CHI
D	Arin Gilliland Wright	CHI		D	Christine Rampone	NJ
D	Lauren Barnes	SEA		D	Ali Krieger	WAS
D	Becky Sauerbrunn	KC		D	Casey Krueger	CHI
M	Tobin Heath	POR		M	Vanessa DiBernardo	CHI
M	Allie Long	POR		M	Danielle Colaprico	CHI
M/F	Kealia Ohai Watt	HOU		M/F	Kim Little	SEA
M/F	Jessica McDonald	WNY		M/F	Jess Fishlock	SEA
F	Lynn Williams	WNY		F	Shea Groom	KC
F	Christen Press	CHI		F	Crystal Dunn	WAS

2015

First Team				Second Team
Pos	Player	Team	Award Amount	Pos	Player	Team	Award Amount
GK	Michelle Betos	POR		GK	Nicole Barnhart	KC
D	Julie Ertz	CHI		D	Leigh Ann Robinson	KC
D	Amy LePeilbet	KC		D	Kendall Lorraine Fletcher	SEA
D	Lauren Barnes	SEA		D	Stephanie Cox	SEA
D	Becky Sauerbrunn	KC		D	Arin Gilliland Wright	CHI
M	Kim Little	SEA		M	Lauren Holiday	KC
M	Jess Fishlock	SEA		M	Danielle Colaprico	CHI
M/F	Allie Long	POR		M/F	Keelin Winters	SEA
M/F	Crystal Dunn	WAS		M/F	Carli Lloyd	HOU
F	Beverly Yanez	SEA		F	Megan Rapinoe	SEA
F	Christen Press	CHI		F	Sofia Huerta	CHI

2014

First Team				Second Team
Pos	Player	Team	Award Amount	Pos	Player	Team	Award Amount
GK	Alyssa Naeher	BOS		GK	Hope Solo	SEA
D	Becky Sauerbrunn	KC		D	Lauren Barnes	SEA
D	Kendall Lorraine Fletcher	SEA		D	Steph Catley	POR
D	Ali Krieger	WAS		D	Stephanie Cox	SEA
D	Christine Rampone	NJ		D	Julie Ertz	CHI
M	Jess Fishlock	SEA		M	Allie Long	POR
M	Verónica Boquete	POR		M	Carli Lloyd	WNY
M/F	Lauren Holiday	KC		M/F	Heather O'Reilly	BOS
M/F	Kim Little	SEA		M/F	Jessica McDonald	POR
F	Amy Rodriguez	KC		F	Christen Press	CHI
F	Nahomi Kawasumi	NJNY		F	Jodie Taylor	WAS

2013

First Team				Second Team
Pos	Player	Team	Award Amount	Pos	Player	Team	Award Amount
GK	Nicole Barnhart	KC		GK	Adrianna Franch	WNY
D	Becky Sauerbrunn	KC		D	Caitlin Foord	NJ
D	Christine Rampone	NJ		D	Lauren Sesselmann	KC
D	Brittany Taylor	WNY		D	Rachel Van Hollebeke	POR
D	Leigh Ann Robinson	KC		D	Ali Krieger	WAS
M	Lauren Holiday	KC		M	Desiree Scott	KC
M	Lori Chalupny	CHI		M	Megan Rapinoe	SEA
M/F	Jess Fishlock	SEA		M/F	Lianne Sanderson	BOS
M/F	Diana Matheson	WAS		M/F	Erika Tymrak	KC
F	Sydney Leroux	BOS		F	Alex Morgan	POR
F	Abby Wambach	WNY		F	Christine Sinclair	POR

TRENDING PLAYERS

1 Emily Mason (D, SEA)
2 Sofia Huerta (D, SEA)
3 Morgan Weaver (F, POR)
4 Ryan Gareis (F, HOU)
5 Jayden Perry (D, POR)
6 Trinity Rodman (F, WAS)
7 Ally Sentnor (M, UTA)
8 Katie O’Kane (F, LOU)
9 Camryn Biegalski (D, CHI)
10 Mandy McGlynn (GK, UTA)
11 Maya Doms (M, BFC)
12 Avery Patterson (F, HOU)
13 Emily Menges (D, BFC)
14 Samantha Mewis (M, KC)
15 Julia Grosso (M, CHI)

TRENDING PAGES

1 NWSL Transactions
2 NWSL Contracts
3 Racing Louisville FC Cap
4 Portland Thorns FC Cap
5 NWSL Draft

TRENDING PLAYERS

1 Emily Mason (D, SEA)
2 Sofia Huerta (D, SEA)
3 Morgan Weaver (F, POR)
4 Ryan Gareis (F, HOU)
5 Jayden Perry (D, POR)
6 Trinity Rodman (F, WAS)
7 Ally Sentnor (M, UTA)
8 Katie O’Kane (F, LOU)
9 Camryn Biegalski (D, CHI)
10 Mandy McGlynn (GK, UTA)
11 Maya Doms (M, BFC)
12 Avery Patterson (F, HOU)
13 Emily Menges (D, BFC)
14 Samantha Mewis (M, KC)
15 Julia Grosso (M, CHI)

TRENDING PAGES

1 NWSL Transactions
2 NWSL Contracts
3 Racing Louisville FC Cap
4 Portland Thorns FC Cap
5 NWSL Draft

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