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]

2020

The 2020 NWSL regular season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[22]

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	^[23]
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	^[24]
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	^[25]
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	^[26]
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	^[27]
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)	^[28]

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]^[29]^[30]
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)	^[31]
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	^[32]
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)	^[33]
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)	^[34]

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	^[35]
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)	^[36]
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	^[37]
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	^[38]
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	^[39]

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	^[40]
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)	^[41]
June	Anna Moorhouse, ORL	Elizabeth Ball, KC Casey Krueger, WAS (2) Jenna Nighswonger, NJY (2) Izzy Rodriguez, KC	Croix Bethune, WAS (3) Lo'eau LaBonta, KC Rose Lavelle, NJY	Barbra Banda, ORL (2) Temwa Chawinga, KC (2) Mallory Swanson, CHI	^[42]
July	Cassie Miller, NJY	Kerry Abello, ORL Madison Curry, LA Sarah Gorden, LA Meghan Klingenberg, POR	Debinha, KC Lo'eau LaBonta, KC (2) Meredith Speck, NC	Kristen Hamilton, KC Ashley Sanchez, NC Ally Sentnor, UTA	^[43]
August	DiDi Haračić, LA	Kerry Abello, ORL (2) Abby Dahlkemper, BAY Sarah Gorden, LA (2) Kylie Strom, ORL	Debinha, KC (2) Kayla Fischer, LOU Lo'eau LaBonta, KC (3)	Temwa Chawinga, KC (3) Ella Stevens, NJY Alyssa Thompson, LA	^[44]
September	Anna Moorhouse, ORL (2)	Malia Berkely, NC (2) Abby Dahlkemper, BAY (2) Naomi Girma, SD (2) Emily Sams, ORL (2)	Lo'eau LaBonta, KC (4) Marta, ORL Yazmeen Ryan, NJY	Temwa Chawinga, KC (4) Trinity Rodman, WAS Alyssa Thompson, LA (2)	^[45]
October/ November	Almuth Schult, KC	Abby Dahlkemper, BAY (3) Kaleigh Kurtz, NC Emily Sams, ORL (3) Kayla Sharples, KC	Rose Lavelle, NJY (2) Yazmeen Ryan, NJY (2) Claudia Zornoza, UTA	Temwa Chawinga, KC (5) Esther González, NJY Makenna Morris, WAS	^[46]

2025

Month	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards	Ref.
March	Lorena, KC	Kerry Abello, ORL Jordyn Bugg, SEA Alana Cook, KC Ryan Williams, NC	Gia Corley, SD Debinha, KC Lo'eau LaBonta, KC	Barbra Banda, ORL Temwa Chawinga, KC Ashley Hatch, WAS	^[47]
April	Aubrey Kingsbury, WAS	Lilly Reale, GFC Izzy Rodriguez, KC Emily Sonnett, GFC Ryan Williams, NC (2)	Kenza Dali, SD Debinha, KC(2) Lo'eau LaBonta, KC (2)	Barbra Banda, ORL (2) Delphine Cascarino, SD Esther González, GFC	^[48]
May	Claudia Dickey, SEA	Trinity Armstrong, SD Hailie Mace, KC Casey Krueger, WAS Gisele Thompson, LA	Sam Coffey, POR Taylor Flint, LOU Manaka Matsukubo, NC	Barbra Banda, ORL (3) Temwa Chawinga, KC (2) Riley Tiernan, LA	^[49]
June	Lorena, KC (2)	Jordyn Bugg, SEA (2) Caprice Dydasco, BAY Courtney Petersen, LOU Kayla Sharples, KC	Sam Coffey, POR (2) Kenza Dali, SD (2) Manaka Matsukubo, NC (2)	Emeri Adames, SEA Temwa Chawinga, KC (3) Esther González, GFC (2)	^[50]
August	Jordyn Bloomer, LOU	Sofia Huerta, SEA Izzy Rodriguez, KC (2) Kayla Sharples, KC (2) Sam Staab, CHI	Kenza Dali, SD (3) Jess Fishlock, SEA Taylor Flint, LOU (2)	Temwa Chawinga, KC (4) Esther González, GFC (3) Ludmila, CHI	^[51]
September	Aubrey Kingsbury, WAS (2)	Caprice Dydasco, BAY (2) Carson Pickett, ORL Kayla Sharples, KC (3) Janni Thomsen, UTA	Croix Bethune, WAS Kenza Dali, SD (4) Rose Lavelle, GFC	Temwa Chawinga, KC (5) Paige Monaghan, UTA Trinity Rodman, WAS	^[52]
October/November	Mackenzie Arnold, POR	Sofia Huerta, SEA (2) Izzy Rodriguez, KC (3) Janine Sonis, LOU Sam Staab, CHI (2)	Rose Lavelle, GFC (2) Manaka Matsukubo, NC (3) Olivia Moultrie, POR	Dudinha, SD Emma Sears, LOU Mina Tanaka, UTA	^[53]

2026

Month	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards	Ref.
March	Abby Smith, DEN	Jess Carter, GFC Sofia Huerta, SEA Gisele Thompson, LA Kennedy Wesley, SD	Kenza Dali, SD Lia Godfrey, SD Olivia Moultrie, POR	Barbra Banda, ORL Dudinha, SD Sveindís Jónsdóttir, LA	^[54]
April	Sandy MacIver, WAS	Sam Hiatt, POR Esme Morgan, WAS Tara Rudd, WAS Kennedy Wesley, SD (2)	Rose Lavelle, GFC Ashley Sanchez, NC Leicy Santos, WAS	Barbra Banda, ORL (2) Trinity Rodman, WAS Kiki van Zanten, HOU	^[55]
May	Mandy McGlynn, UTA	Janine Sonis, DEN Sam Hiatt, POR (2) Kate Del Fava, UTA Tierna Davidson, GFC	Manaka Matsukubo, NC Kimmi Ascanio, SD Croix Bethune, KC	Temwa Chawinga, KC Barbra Banda, ORL (3) Mina Tanaka, UTA	^[56]
July	Sandy MacIver, WAS (2)	Guro Reiten, GFC Tara Rudd, WAS (2) Kate Del Fava, UTA (2) Janine Sonis, DEN (2)	Jaelin Howell, GFC Croix Bethune, KC (2) Rose Lavelle, GFC (2)	Evelyn Ijeh, NC Esther González, GFC Trinity Rodman, WAS (2)	^[57]
August	Ann-Katrin Berger, GFC	Janine Sonis, DEN (3) Tierna Davidson, GFC (2) Sarah Gorden, LA Lauren Milliet, LOU	Croix Bethune, KC (3) Mina Tanaka, UTA (2) Kat Rader, HOU	Ashley Sanchez, NC (2) Evelyn Ijeh, NC (2) Emma Sears, LOU	^[58]

Multiple winners

Bold	Indicates current NWSL player

Rank	Player	Club(s)	Wins
1	Debinha	North Carolina Courage, Kansas City Current	15
1	Casey Krueger (née Short)	Chicago Stars FC^[a], Washington Spirit	15
3	Temwa Chawinga	Kansas City Current	11
4	Lynn Biyendolo (née Williams)	North Carolina Courage, Gotham FC^[b]	10
	Abby Erceg	North Carolina Courage, Racing Louisville FC
	Sofia Huerta	Chicago Stars FC^[a], Houston Dash, Seattle Reign FC^[c]
	Sam Kerr	Gotham FC^[b], Chicago Stars FC^[a]
	Lo'eau LaBonta	Utah Royals FC, Kansas City Current
	Rose Lavelle	Washington Spirit, Seattle Reign FC^[c], Gotham FC^[b]
	Becky Sauerbrunn	FC Kansas City, Utah Royals FC, Portland Thorns FC
11	Jess Fishlock	Seattle Reign FC^[c]	9
	Naomi Girma	San Diego Wave FC
	Sam Staab	Washington Spirit, Chicago Stars FC^[a]
14	Barbra Banda	Orlando Pride	8
	Sam Coffey	Portland Thorns FC
	Crystal Dunn	North Carolina Courage, Portland Thorns FC
	Caprice Dydasco	Gotham FC^[b], Bay FC
	Carson Pickett	North Carolina Courage, Racing Louisville FC
	Megan Rapinoe	Seattle Reign FC^[c]
20	Croix Bethune	Washington Spirit, Kansas City Current	7
	Sarah Gorden	Chicago Stars FC^[a], Angel City FC
	Aubrey Kingsbury (née Bledsoe)	Washington Spirit
	Marta	Orlando Pride
	Mallory Swanson (née Pugh)	Washington Spirit, Chicago Stars FC^[a]
25	Abby Dahlkemper	North Carolina Courage, San Diego Wave FC, Bay FC	6
	Esther González	Gotham FC^[b]
	Ashley Hatch	North Carolina Courage, Washington Spirit
	Lindsey Heaps (née Horan)	Portland Thorns FC
	Trinity Rodman	Washington Spirit
	Sophia Wilson (née Smith)	Portland Thorns FC
31	Kenza Dali	San Diego Wave FC	5
	Rachel Daly	Houston Dash
	Taylor Flint (née Kornieck)	San Diego Wave FC, Racing Louisville FC
	Adrianna Franch	Portland Thorns FC, Kansas City Current
	Kristen Hamilton	North Carolina Courage, Kansas City Current
	Sam Mewis	North Carolina Courage
	Yūki Nagasato	Chicago Stars FC^[a]
	Jenna Nighswonger	Gotham FC^[b]
	Kailen Sheridan	Gotham FC^[b]
	Christine Sinclair	Portland Thorns FC
	McCall Zerboni	North Carolina Courage
42	Kerry Abello	Orlando Pride	4
	Jaelene Daniels (née Hinkle)	North Carolina Courage
	Savannah DeMelo	Racing Louisville FC
	Vanessa DiBernardo	Chicago Stars FC^[a], Kansas City Current
	Morgan Gautrat (née Brian)	Chicago Stars FC^[a]
	Estelle Johnson	Washington Spirit, Gotham FC^[b]
	Ali Krieger	Orlando Pride
	Manaka Matsukubo	North Carolina Courage
	Emily Menges	Portland Thorns FC
	Alex Morgan	Orlando Pride, San Diego Wave FC
	Izzy Rodriguez	Kansas City Current
	Kayla Sharples	Kansas City Current
	Janine Sonis	Racing Louisville FC, Denver Summit FC
	Emily Sonnett	Portland Thorns FC
56	Bethany Balcer	Seattle Reign FC^[c]	3
	Malia Berkely	North Carolina Courage
	Jane Campbell	Houston Dash
	Alana Cook	Seattle Reign FC^[c], Kansas City Current
	Tierna Davidson	Chicago Stars FC, Gotham FC
	Julie Ertz (née Johnston)	Chicago Stars FC^[a]
	Meghan Klingenberg	Portland Thorns FC
	Hailie Mace	Kansas City Current
	Merritt Mathias	North Carolina Courage
	Kylie Nadaner (née Strom)	Orlando Pride
	Alyssa Naeher	Chicago Stars FC^[a]
	Christen Press	Chicago Stars FC^[a], Utah Royals FC
	Midge Purce	Portland Thorns FC, Gotham FC^[b]
	Amy Rodriguez	Utah Royals FC
	Angela Salem	Portland Thorns FC
	Emily Sams (née Madril)	Orlando Pride
	Ashley Sanchez	North Carolina Courage
	Abby Smith	Utah Royals FC, Gotham FC^[b], Denver Summit FC
	Mina Tanaka	Utah Royals FC
75	Elizabeth Ball	Kansas City Current	2
	Ann-Katrin Berger	Gotham FC
	Bella Bixby	Portland Thorns FC
	Jordyn Bugg	Seattle Reign FC
	Steph Catley	Orlando Pride, Seattle Reign FC^[c]
	Rachel Corsie	Utah Royals FC
	Paige Cronin (née Monaghan)	Racing Louisville FC, Utah Royals
	Kate Del Fava	Utah Royals
	Dudinha	San Diego Wave FC
	Theresa Eslund (née Nielsen)	Seattle Reign FC^[c]
	Emily Fox	Racing Louisville FC, North Carolina Courage
	Tobin Heath	Portland Thorns FC
	Sam Hiatt	Portland Thorns FC
	Evelyn Ijeh	North Carolina Courage
	Kerolin	North Carolina Courage
	Kaleigh Kurtz	North Carolina Courage
	Stephanie Labbé	Washington Spirit
	Sydney Leroux	Orlando Pride
	Katie Lind (née Naughton)	Chicago Stars FC^[a], Houston Dash
	Lorena	Kansas City Current
	Sandy MacIver	Washington Spirit
	Megan Montefusco (née Oyster)	Seattle Reign FC^[c]
	Anna Moorhouse	Orlando Pride
	Olivia Moultrie	Portland Thorns FC
	Casey Murphy	North Carolina Courage
	Ifeoma Onumonu	Seattle Reign FC,^[c] Gotham FC^[b]
	Courtney Petersen	Orlando Pride, Racing Louisville FC
	Yazmeen Ryan	Gotham FC^[b]
	Tara Rudd	Washington Spirit
	Emma Sears	Racing Louisville FC
	Ebony Salmon	Houston Dash
	Taylor Smith	North Carolina Courage
	Andi Sullivan	Washington Spirit
	Alyssa Thompson	Angel City FC
	Gisele Thompson	Angel City FC
	Phallon Tullis-Joyce	Seattle Reign FC^[c]
	Kealia Watt (née Ohai)	Houston Dash
	Morgan Weaver	Portland Thorns FC
	Kennedy Wesley	San Diego Wave FC
	Ryan Williams	North Carolina Courage

Notes

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Chicago Stars FC was previously known as Chicago Red Stars.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Gotham FC was previously known as Sky Blue FC and NJ/NY Gotham FC.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Seattle Reign FC was previously known as Reign FC and OL Reign.

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[chi-59] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Chicago Stars FC was previously known as Chicago Red Stars.

[nj-60] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Gotham FC was previously known as Sky Blue FC and NJ/NY Gotham FC.

[rgn-61] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Seattle Reign FC was previously known as Reign FC and OL Reign.

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[inaugural-2] 1 2 3 Purdy, Jacqueline (May 4, 2017). "April Team of the Month announced" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved May 7, 2017.

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[5] Linehan, Meg (June 30, 2017). "June Team of the Month announced" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved August 4, 2022.

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[8] Purdy, Jacqueline (October 5, 2017). "September Team of the Month" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved August 4, 2022.

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