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The NWSL Golden Boot is awarded annually to the highest goal scorer in the regular season of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Lauren Holiday (2013) won the first Golden Boot in the NWSL's inaugural season. Temwa Chawinga holds the record for most goals scored in a season with 20 in 2024.
The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) presents six annual awards to individual players. The Golden Boot award is presented to the top scorer at the end of the regular season, while the Most Valuable Player, Defender of the Year, Goalkeeper of the Year, Rookie of the Year, and Coach of the Year awards are voted on by various league constituents.
NWSL playoffs Regular season Most valuable player Golden Boot [a] Ref. Champion Score Runners-up NWSL Shield Record [b] Pts. MP Avg. attendance; 2013: 8 Portland Thorns FC: 2–0 Western New York Flash: Western New York Flash [c] 10–4–8: 38 22 4,270 [26] Lauren Holiday: Lauren Holiday (12) [27] 2014: 9 FC Kansas City: 2–1 Seattle Reign FC ...
Kerr set records for goals scored in a single season and won multiple Golden Boot awards during her time with Sky Blue FC and the Chicago Red Stars. The first NWSL game was held on April 13, 2013, as the Portland Thorns visited FC Kansas City, playing to a 1–1 draw in front of a crowd of 6,784 fans at Shawnee Mission District Stadium.
The season began with the 2024 NWSL Challenge Cup, a supercup match between the reigning playoff champion (NJ/NY Gotham FC) and NWSL Shield winner San Diego Wave FC, on March 15, 2024. The regular season began the following day and ran until November 3; [ 1 ] it paused for a month between July 8 and August 18 for the 2024 Summer Olympics .
During the 2021 NWSL season Purce played as a forward and scored nine goals, leading the team. [11] She came in second in the NWSL Golden Boot race and was named to the NWSL Best XI in the 2021 NWSL Awards alongside teammates Caprice Dydasco and Kailen Sheridan. [12] Purce was also a finalist for 2021 NWSL MVP following a breakout season. [13]
Following the 2013 NWSL season, Holiday was awarded the Golden Boot, an award given to the player who scores the most goals (12) and was named the league's Most Valuable Player (MVP). [ 29 ] In 2014 NWSL season, FC Kansas City finished the regular season in second place, with Holiday providing a team-leading 7 assists, and finished second in ...
Including the NWSL's two professional predecessors, Women's Professional Soccer (2009–2011) and the Women's United Soccer Association (2001–2003), it is the 15th overall season of FIFA and USSF-sanctioned top division women's soccer in the United States. This season was the first in which the NWSL has been fully self-governing.