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. The NWSL Media Association, composed of journalists who regularly cover the league, select 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 (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	^[2]
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	^[3]
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, CRS (2)   Andressinha, HOU	Megan Rapinoe, SEA (2)   Sam Kerr, NJ (3)	^[4]
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)	^[5]
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)	^[6]^[7]

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	^[8]
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)	^[9]
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)	^[10]
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)	^[11]
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	^[12]
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)	^[13]

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	^[14]
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	^[15]
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	^[16]
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	^[17]
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)	^[18]
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	^[19]

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	^[20]
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	^[21]
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	^[22]
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	^[23]
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	^[24]
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)	^[25]

2022

Awarded as "Best XI of the Month".

Month	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards	Ref.
May	Phallon Tullis-Joyce, SEA	Naomi Girma, SD   Alana Cook, SEA   Sofia Huerta, SEA   Vanessa Gilles, LA	Taylor Kornieck, SD   Rose Lavelle, SEA   Savannah DeMelo, LOU	Alex Morgan, SD   Rachel Daly, HOU   Mallory Pugh, CHI	^[26]^[27]
June	Bella Bixby, POR	Carson Pickett, NC   Tatumn Milazzo, CHI   Naomi Girma, SD (2)   Natalia Kuikka, POR	Debinha, NC   Samantha Coffey, POR   Taylor Kornieck, SD (2)	Alex Morgan, SD (2)   Sophia Smith, POR   Mallory Pugh, CHI (2)	^[28]
July	Adrianna Franch, KC	Carson Pickett, NC (2)   Kristen Edmonds, KC   Kelli Hubly, POR   Hailie Mace, KC	Hina Sugita, POR   Jess Fishlock, SEA   Lo'eau LaBonta, KC	Morgan Weaver, POR   Ebony Salmon, HOU   Bethany Balcer, SEA	^[29]
August	Adrianna Franch, KC (2)	Elizabeth Ball, KC   Naomi Girma, SD (3)   Sofia Huerta, SEA (2)   Carson Pickett, NC (3)	Meggie Dougherty Howard, ORL   Lo'eau LaBonta, KC (2)   Cari Roccaro, LA	Diana Ordoñez, NC   Megan Rapinoe, SEA   Ebony Salmon, HOU (2)	^[30]

Multiple winners

This list is complete and up to date as of September 2022.

*	Indicates current NWSL player

Rank	N.	Player	Club(s)	Wins
1		Casey Krueger*	Chicago Red Stars	11
2		Sam Kerr	Sky Blue FC, Chicago Red Stars	10
3		Becky Sauerbrunn*	FC Kansas City, Utah Royals FC, Portland Thorns FC	9
4		Abby Erceg*	North Carolina Courage	8
5		Debinha*	North Carolina Courage	7
		Jess Fishlock*	OL Reign
7		Crystal Dunn*	North Carolina Courage, Portland Thorns FC	6
		Lindsey Horan*	Portland Thorns FC
		Sofia Huerta*	Chicago Red Stars, Houston Dash, OL Reign
		Marta*	Orlando Pride
		Sam Mewis*	North Carolina Courage
		Mallory Pugh*	Washington Spirit, Chicago Red Stars
		Megan Rapinoe*	OL Reign
		Lynn Williams*	North Carolina Courage
15		Aubrey Kingsbury* (née Bledsoe)	Washington Spirit	5
		Rachel Daly*	Houston Dash
		Caprice Dydasco*	NJ/NY Gotham FC
		Yuki Nagasato*	Chicago Red Stars
		Carson Pickett*	North Carolina Courage
		Christine Sinclair*	Portland Thorns FC
		Kailen Sheridan*	NJ/NY Gotham FC
		McCall Zerboni*	North Carolina Courage
23		Jaelene Daniels* (née Hinkle)	North Carolina Courage	4
		Adrianna Franch*	Portland Thorns FC, Kansas City Current
		Morgan Gautrat* (née Brian)	Chicago Red Stars
		Estelle Johnson*	Washington Spirit, NJ/NY Gotham FC
		Ali Krieger*	Orlando Pride
		Alex Morgan*	Orlando Pride, San Diego Wave FC
		Emily Sonnett*	Portland Thorns FC
30		Julie Ertz*	Chicago Red Stars	3
		Naomi Girma*	San Diego Wave FC
		Ashley Hatch*	North Carolina Courage, Washington Spirit
		Lo'eau LaBonta*	Utah Royals FC, Kansas City Current
		Rose Lavelle*	Washington Spirit, OL Reign
		Merritt Mathias*	North Carolina Courage
		Emily Menges*	Portland Thorns FC
		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
		Sam Staab*	Washington Spirit
42		Bethany Balcer*	OL Reign	2
		Bella Bixby*	Portland Thorns FC
		Jane Campbell*	Houston Dash
		Steph Catley	Orlando Pride, Reign FC
		Rachel Corsie	Utah Royals FC
		Abby Dahlkemper*	North Carolina Courage
		Vanessa DiBernardo*	Chicago Red Stars
		Kristen Hamilton*	North Carolina Courage
		Tobin Heath*	Portland Thorns FC
		Meghan Klingenberg*	Portland Thorns FC
		Taylor Kornieck*	San Diego Wave FC
		Stephanie Labbé	Washington Spirit
		Sydney Leroux*	Orlando Pride
		Megan Montefusco* (née Oyster)	Reign FC
		Alyssa Naeher*	Chicago Red Stars
		Katie 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
		Taylor Smith*	North Carolina Courage
		Andi Sullivan*	Washington Spirit
		Kealia Watt* (née Ohai)	Houston Dash

See also

•  Women's association football portal
•  Association football portal
•  Sports portal

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

References

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External links

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