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

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

2017

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

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

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

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

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

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]

2024

Month	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards	Ref.
March/April	Alyssa Naeher, CHI	Malia Berkely, NC Naomi Girma, SD Casey Krueger, WAS Sam Staab, CHI	Croix Bethune, WAS Vanessa DiBernardo, KC Taylor Flint, LOU	Temwa Chawinga, KC Sophia Smith, POR Bia Zaneratto, KC	^[39]
May	Ann-Katrin Berger, NJY	Jenna Nighswonger, NJY Carson Pickett, LOU Emily Sams, ORL Sam Staab, CHI (2)	Croix Bethune, WAS (2) Sam Coffey, POR Savannah DeMelo, LOU	Barbra Banda, ORL Ouleymata Sarr, WAS Sophia Smith, POR (2)	^[40]

Multiple winners

*	Indicates current NWSL player

Rank	Player	Club(s)	Wins
1	Casey Krueger* (née Short)	Chicago Red Stars, Washington Spirit	13
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
	Naomi Girma*	San Diego Wave FC
	Megan Rapinoe	OL Reign
11	Sofia Huerta*	Chicago Red Stars, Houston Dash, OL Reign	7
	Carson Pickett*	North Carolina Courage, Racing Louisville FC
	Sam Staab*	Washington Spirit, Chicago Red Stars
14	Sam Coffey*	Portland Thorns FC	6
	Lindsey Horan	Portland Thorns FC
	Caprice Dydasco*	NJ/NY Gotham FC
	Marta*	Orlando Pride
	Sophia Smith*	Portland Thorns FC
	Mallory Swanson* (née Pugh)	Washington Spirit, Chicago Red Stars
20	Rachel Daly	Houston Dash	5
	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
	McCall Zerboni*	North Carolina Courage
29	Jaelene Daniels (née Hinkle)	North Carolina Courage	4
	Savannah DeMelo*	Racing Louisville FC
	Vanessa DiBernardo*	Chicago Red Stars
	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
	Jenna Nighswonger*	NJ/NY Gotham FC
	Emily Sonnett*	Portland Thorns FC
43	Bethany Balcer*	OL Reign	3
	Jane Campbell*	Houston Dash
	Abby Dahlkemper*	North Carolina Courage
	Julie Ertz (née Johnston)	Chicago Red Stars
	Taylor Flint* (née Kornieck)	San Diego Wave FC, Racing Louisville FC
	Merritt Mathias*	North Carolina Courage
	Alyssa Naeher*	Chicago Red Stars
	Christen Press*	Chicago Red Stars, Utah Royals FC
	Midge Purce*	Portland Thorns FC, NJ/NY Gotham FC
	Amy Rodriguez	Utah Royals FC
	Angela Salem	Portland Thorns FC
54	Malia Berkely*	North Carolina Courage	2
	Croix Bethune*	Washington Spirit
	Bella Bixby*	Portland Thorns FC
	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
	Stephanie Labbé	Washington Spirit
	Sydney Leroux*	Orlando Pride
	Hailie Mace*	Kansas City Current
	Megan Montefusco* (née Oyster)	Reign FC
	Casey Murphy*	North Carolina Courage
	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

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