2023 Kansas City Current season

In January 2023, the club announced Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes as a new club co-owner.[3]

On January 25, 2023, the Current announced that it had hired Sweden under-19 national team manager Caroline Sjöblom as an assistant to head coach Matt Potter[4][5] on a contract until 2024. In an interview with Aftonbladet, she said the offer was for more money than any club in Sweden could provide and praised the Current's facilities, staff, and ambitions.[6]

On October 16, 2022, midfielder Claire Lavogez suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) during the Current's NWSL playoffs quarter-finals match against Houston Dash.[7] On January 30, 2023, the Current announced that she would remain on the team's season-ending injury list while recovering,[8] though she was expected to recover during the summer.[9]

In January 2023, midfielder Sam Mewis underwent a second surgery for a knee injury that she had been rehabilitating since 2021, and Kansas City announced that she would remain on the season-ending injury list as she had been in 2022. The team also bought out her contract and re-signed her to a one-year deal toward her recovery. She had not yet made a regular-season appearance since her acquisition.[10]

During the Current's April 19, 2023, match against the Houston Dash, defender Mallory Weber tore her right ACL. The match had been Weber's first since tearing her ACL in the same knee a year prior. The Current announced on April 27 that it had added Weber to the season-ending injury list.[11]

The Current also dealt with early-season injuries to defenders Elizabeth Ball and Alex Loera, and midfielder and co-captain Desiree Scott, forcing the club to rely on defensive rookies Gabrielle Robinson, a draft pick, and Croix Soto, a preseason trialist.[12]

The NWSL introduced free agency after the 2022 NWSL season as part of its newly signed collective bargaining agreement with the NWSL Players Association, and the Current acquired free agents Vanessa DiBernardo and Morgan Gautrat from the Chicago Red Stars, and Debinha from the North Carolina Courage.[13][14]

Orlando Pride, FC Barcelona Femení, Paris Saint-Germain Féminine, Manchester United W.F.C., and unnamed clubs in Brazil were all reportedly pursuing Debinha, with the Pride confirmed to have extended a contract offer.[15]

On January 12, 2023, the Current traded forward Lynn Williams to NJ/NY Gotham FC in exchange for the second-overall pick in the 2023 NWSL Draft, which Kansas City used to select Michelle Cooper. The trade was a surprise to Williams, who was at United States national team camp in New Zealand when it happened. Williams, who had been traded to the Current by the North Carolina Courage on January 10, 2022,[16] did not appear for Kansas City in a regular season match due to a season-ending hamstring injury she suffered playing for the Current in the 2022 NWSL Challenge Cup.[17]

On April 1, draft pick Mykiaa Minniss's mother claimed that Minniss had been treated poorly by the team.[18] Current general manager Camille Ashton denied knowledge of Minniss's claims, which Minniss subsequently contested.[19]

The Current started the regular season with three consecutive losses, conceding nine goals, including a 1–4 loss in its April 1 home opener against Portland Thorns FC that featured a Sophia Smith hat-trick. The match against Portland drew 11,301, which set a club record for attendance to a home opener.[20][21]

On April 19, 2023, Kansas City fired Potter after opening the season with three losses, citing "issues around his leadership and employment responsibilities" as reasons in a statement. The firing occurred hours before the Current were to play Houston Dash in the 2023 NWSL Challenge Cup. The club appointed Sjöblom as interim head coach.[1][22] Sjöblom learned of Potter's firing and her appointment hours before it occurred and led the Current to a 2–0 victory in her debut as manager, comparing the short turnaround to the limited preparation she had as a youth international coach.[23]

The Current subsequently won two more matches to close out April, both 2–0 victories over Orlando Pride and NJ/NY Gotham FC. Free-agent signing Debinha scored three of her first four goals with the Current in these two matches, including both match-winning tallies.[20][12]

As of April 19, 2023.[27]

General manager	Camille Levin Ashton
Head coach	Caroline Sjöblom (interim)
Assistant coach	Lucas Rodríguez
Assistant coach	Lloyd Yaxley
High performance director	Ben Donachie
Lead analyst	Donna Newberry

As of April 14, 2023.[27][28]

No.	Pos.	Player	Nation
2	MF	Morgan Gautrat	United States
3	DF	Hanna Glas	Sweden
4	DF	Hailie Mace	United States
5	FW	Cece Kizer	United States
6	MF	Ryan Childers	United States
7	DF	Elizabeth Ball	United States
8	DF	Kate Del Fava	United States
9	FW	Mimmi Larsson	Sweden
10	MF	Lo'eau LaBonta	United States
11	MF	Desiree Scott (co-captain)	Canada
14	MF	Chardonnay Curran	United States
15	MF	Sam Mewis (co-captain)	United States
16	MF	Vanessa DiBernardo	United States
17	FW	Michelle Cooper	United States
18	DF	Izzy Rodriguez	United States
19	DF	Jenna Winebrenner	United States
20	DF	Mallory Weber	United States
21	GK	Adrianna Franch	United States
22	DF	Alex Loera	United States
23	DF	Croix Soto	United States
24	DF	Gabrielle Robinson	United States
25	FW	Kristen Hamilton	United States
26	DF	Addisyn Merrick	United States
29	GK	Jordan Silkowitz	United States
38	GK	Cassie Miller	United States
77	FW	Alexa Spaanstra	United States
94	FW	Claire Lavogez	France
99	MF	Debinha	Brazil