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, CHI (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, 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	[26][27]
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)	[28]
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	[29]
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)	[30]
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)	[31]

2023