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]

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	[6]
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	[7]
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	[8]
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	[9]
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	[10]
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	[11]

Multiple winners

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

Rank	Player	Team(s)	Wins
1st	Becky Sauerbrunn*	FC Kansas City, Utah Royals FC	6
	Lindsey Horan*	Portland Thorns FC	6
	Samantha Kerr*	Sky Blue FC	6
4th	McCall Zerboni*	North Carolina Courage	5
5th	Emily Sonnett*	Portland Thorns FC	4
	Crystal Dunn*	North Carolina Courage	4
	Abby Erceg*	North Carolina Courage	4
	Megan Rapinoe*	Seattle Reign FC	4
9th	Estelle Johnson*	Washington Spirit	3
	Julie Ertz*	Portland Thorns FC	3
	Sam Mewis*	North Carolina Courage	3
	Casey Short*	Chicago Red Stars	3
	Ali Krieger*	Orlando Pride	3
	Marta*	Orlando Pride	3
	Rachel Daly*	Houston Dash	3

Updated through August of the 2018 season.

See also

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

References

External links

• Official website