NWSL Team of the Month

The National Women's Soccer League Team of the Month is a monthly soccer award given to individual players in the National Women's Soccer League. NWSL Media Association, composed of journalists who regularly cover the league, selected a Best XI of players who were deemed to have put in the best performances over the past month. This award began in 2017.[1]

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	[1]
May	Kailen Sheridan, NJ	Samantha Johnson, CHI Becky Sauerbrunn, KC Casey Short, CHI	Danielle Colaprico, CHI Amandine Henry, POR Rose Lavelle, BOS Sarah Killion, NJ	Nahomi Kawasumi, SEA Christen Press, CHI Samantha Kerr, NJ	[2]
June	Stephanie Labbé, WAS	Casey Short, CHI Abby Dahlkemper, NC Ali Krieger, ORL Estelle Johnson, WAS	Marta, ORL Sam Mewis, NC Jess Fishlock, SEA	Megan Rapinoe, SEA Samantha Kerr, NJ Ashley Hatch, NC	[3]
July	Jane Campbell, HOU	Taylor Smith, NC Abby Dahlkemper, NC Amber Brooks, HOU Casey Short, CHI	Marta, ORL McCall Zerboni, NC Julie Ertz, CRS Andressinha, HOU	Megan Rapinoe, SEA Samantha Kerr, NJ	[4]
August	Katelyn Rowland, NC	Emily Sonnett, POR Steph Catley, ORL Ali Krieger, ORL Taylor Smith, NC	Marta, ORL Sam Mewis, NC Lindsey Horan, POR	Hayley Raso, POR Alex Morgan, ORL Samantha Kerr, NJ	[5]
September	Adrianna Franch, POR	Emily Menges, POR Kelley O'Hara, NJ Becky Sauerbrunn, KC Casey Short, CHI	Alanna Kennedy, ORL Marta, ORL Samantha Mewis, NC	Shea Groom, KC Christine Sinclair, POR Lynn Williams, NC	[6]

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 Jonsdottir, UTA	Megan Rapinoe, SEA Mallory Pugh, WAS Crystal Dunn, NC	[7]
April	Aubrey Bledsoe, WAS	Jaelene Hinkle, NC Estelle Johnson, WAS Becky Sauerbrunn, UTA Emily Sonnett, POR	Sofia Huerta, CHI Crystal Dunn, NC McCall Zerboni, NC	Francisca Ordega, WAS Jessica McDonald, NC Mallory Pugh, WAS	[8]
May	Abby Smith, UTA	Steph Catley, SEA Abby Erceg, NC Becky Sauerbrunn, UTA Ali Krieger, ORL	Kristie Mewis, HOU Lindsey Horan, POR McCall Zerboni, NC	Rachel Daly, HOU Christine Sinclair, POR Crystal Dunn, NC	[9]
June	Alyssa Naeher, CHI	Becca Moros, UTA Abby Erceg, NC Becky Sauerbrunn, UTA Merritt Mathias, NC	Lindsey Horan, POR Yuki Nagasato, CHI McCall Zerboni, NC	Kealia Ohai, HOU Christine Sinclair, POR Crystal Dunn, NC	[10]
July	Adrianna Franch, POR	Katie Naughton, CHI Abby Erceg, NC Rachel Corsie, UTA Theresa Nielsen, SEA	Lindsey Horan, POR Yuki Nagasato, CHI McCall Zerboni, NC	Megan Rapinoe, SEA Rachel Daly, HOU Sam Kerr, CHI	[11]
August	Lydia Williams, SEA	Megan Oyster, SEA Abby Erceg, NC Taylor Comeau, HOU Theresa Nielsen, SEA	Lindsey Horan, POR Sofia Huerta, HOU Vanessa DiBernardo, CHI	Lynn Williams, NC Tobin Heath, POR Sam Kerr, CHI	[12]

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	[13]
May	Aubrey Bledsoe, WAS	Casey Short, CHI Rachel Corsie, UTA Sam Staab, WAS Merritt Mathias, NC	Yuki Nagasato, CHI Jordan DiBiasi, WAS Vero Boquete, UTA	Sam Kerr, CHI Amy Rodriguez, UTA Ashley Hatch, WAS	[14]
June	Aubrey Bledsoe, WAS	Casey Short, CHI Sam Staab, WAS Megan Oyster, RFC Katherine Reynolds, POR	Andi Sullivan, WAS Jess Fishlock, RFC Kristen Hamilton, NC	Midge Purce, POR Amy Rodriguez, UTA Ifeoma Onumonu, RFC	[15]
July	Kailen Sheridan, NJ	Casey Short, CHI Sarah Gorden, CHI Abby Erceg, NC Merritt Mathias, NC	Vanessa DiBernardo, CHI Debinha, NC Gabby Seiler, POR	Kristen Hamilton, NC Sam Kerr, CHI Marta, ORL	[16]
August	Aubrey Bledsoe, WAS	Casey Short, CHI Emily Menges, POR Abby Erceg, NC Jaelene Hinkle, NC	Lo'eau LaBonta, UTA Debinha, NC Christine Sinclair, POR	Christen Press, UTA Midge Purce, POR Amy Rodriguez, UTA	[17]
September	Alyssa Naeher, CHI	Casey Short, CHI Julie Ertz, CHI Lauren Barnes, RFC Jaelene Hinkle, NC	Beverly Yanez, RFC Debinha, NC Morgan Brian, POR	Yuki Nagasato, CHI Sam Kerr, CHI Lynn Williams, NC	[18]

Multiple winners

The below table lists those who have won on two or more occasions.

As of December 10, 2019

*	Indicates current NWSL player

Rank	Player	Team(s)	Wins
1st	Samantha Kerr	Sky Blue FC, Chicago Red Stars	10
	Casey Short*	Chicago Red Stars
3rd	Becky Sauerbrunn*	FC Kansas City, Utah Royals FC	8
4th	Abby Erceg*	North Carolina Courage	7
5th	Lindsey Horan*	Portland Thorns FC	6
6th	Crystal Dunn*	North Carolina Courage	5
	Debinha*	North Carolina Courage
	Marta*	Orlando Pride
	Yuki Nagasato*	Chicago Red Stars
	Christine Sinclair*	Portland Thorns FC
	McCall Zerboni*	North Carolina Courage
12th	Aubrey Bledsoe*	Washington Spirit	4
	Jaelene Hinkle*	North Carolina Courage
	Sam Mewis*	North Carolina Courage
	Megan Rapinoe*	Seattle Reign FC
	Emily Sonnett*	Portland Thorns FC
	Lynn Williams*	North Carolina Courage
18th	Rachel Daly*	Houston Dash	3
	Julie Ertz*	Chicago Red Stars
	Jess Fishlock*	Reign FC
	Estelle Johnson*	Washington Spirit
	Ali Krieger*	Orlando Pride
	Merritt Mathias*	North Carolina Courage
	Christen Press*	Chicago Red Stars, Utah Royals FC
	Amy Rodriguez*	Utah Royals FC
	Kailen Sheridan*	Sky Blue FC
27th	Jane Campbell*	Houston Dash	2
	Steph Catley*	Orlando Pride, Reign FC
	Rachel Corsie*	Utah Royals FC
	Abby Dahlkemper*	North Carolina Courage
	Vanessa DiBernardo*	Chicago Red Stars
	Adrianna Franch*	Portland Thorns FC
	Kristen Hamilton*	North Carolina Courage
	Ashley Hatch*	North Carolina Courage, Washington Spirit
	Tobin Heath*	Portland Thorns FC
	Sofia Huerta*	Chicago Red Stars, Houston Dash
	Stephanie Labbé*	Washington Spirit
	Rose Lavelle*	Washington Spirit
	Emily Menges*	Portland Thorns FC
	Alyssa Naeher*	Chicago Red Stars
	Theresa Nielsen	Reign FC
	Kealia Ohai*	Houston Dash
	Megan Oyster*	Reign FC
	Mallory Pugh*	Washington Spirit
	Midge Purce*	Portland Thorns FC
	Taylor Smith*	North Carolina Courage
	Sam Staab*	Washington Spirit

See also

• List of sports awards honoring women
• NWSL Player of the Week
• NWSL Player of the Month
• NWSL awards
• NWSL records and statistics
• Women's soccer in the United States

References

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2. Purdy, Jacqueline (June 1, 2017). "May Team of the Month announced". NWSL. Retrieved June 3, 2017.
3. Linehan, Meg (June 30, 2017). "June Team of the Month announced". NWSL. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
4. Purdy, Jacqueline (August 1, 2017). "July Team of the Month". NWSL. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
5. Purdy, Jacqueline (September 6, 2017). "August Team of the Month". NWSL. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
6. NWSLsoccer.com Staff (October 5, 2017). "Thorns FC's Adrianna Franch, Emily Menges and Christine Sinclair named to NWSL Team of the Month for September". Portland Timbers. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
7. Balf, Celia (April 6, 2018). "March Team of the Month". NWSLsoccer. NWSL. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
8. Purdy, Jacqueline (May 3, 2018). "April Team of the Month". NWSLsoccer.com. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
9. Balf, Celia (June 6, 2018). "May Team of the Month". NWSLsoccer.com. NWSL. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
10. Purdy, Jacqueline (July 6, 2018). "June Team of the Month". NWSLsoccer.com. NWSL. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
11. "July Team of the Month". August 3, 2018. Retrieved August 3, 2018.
12. "August Team of the Month". August 31, 2018. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
13. Balf, Celia (May 3, 2019). "March Team of the Month". NWSLsoccer. NWSL. Retrieved May 3, 2019.
14. "May Team of the Month". NWSLsoccer. NWSL. May 31, 2019. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
15. "June Team of the Month". NWSLsoccer. NWSL. July 8, 2019. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
16. "July Team of the Month". NWSLsoccer. NWSL. August 1, 2019. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
17. "August Team of the Month". NWSLsoccer. NWSL. September 5, 2019. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
18. "September Team of the Month". NWSLsoccer. NWSL. October 3, 2019. Retrieved December 10, 2019.

External links

• Official website