The Nationwide Girls’s Soccer League has its first-ever back-to-back MVP winner. Kansas Metropolis Present ahead Temwa Chawinga was awarded 2025 NWSL MVP on Wednesday by a tiered voting course of that included gamers, coaches and executives, media, and followers. She is just the second participant to win two NWSL MVP awards.
The Malawi worldwide was up towards 4 different candidates, together with membership teammate Bia Zaneratto. Solely Sam Kerr has received two MVP awards, in separate years, together with Golden Boot and finest XI honors. Chawinga led the league in scoring with 15 objectives in 23 regular-season appearances, and 6 of her objectives have been game-winners, matching a report she set final season.
Chawinga walked away on the evening with three particular person awards: MVP, 2025 Golden Boot, and a spot on the NWSL’s Greatest XI. She obtained them throughout NWSL Championship week in a particular occasion on the San Jose Civic Middle. It is the first-ever NWSL formal awards present and ceremony in its 13-year historical past.
The MVP winner instructed the media after the ceremony that her favourite aim scored this yr was her header aim, which was her first header scored in NWSL, and that successful this yr feels totally different with the added particular occasion.
“We did not have an occasion like this. Simply despatched an electronic mail. And final season was like, I did not know something. I simply got here right here like “Okay, we’ll see what kind of gamers [and they’re] nice gamers. So, I am so grateful that [media] selected me. The gamers and the coaches.”
Listed below are the official winners of the NWSL awards with winners in daring:
MVP
- Delphine Cascarino (San Diego Wave FC)
- Temwa Chawinga (Kansas Metropolis Present)
- Esther González (Gotham FC)
- Manaka Matsukubo (North Carolina Braveness)
- Bia Zaneratto (Kansas Metropolis Present)
Defender of the Yr
- Jordyn Bugg (Seattle Reign FC)
- Tara McKeown (Washington Spirit)
- Avery Patterson (Houston Sprint)
- Izzy Rodriguez (Kansas Metropolis Present)
- Kayla Sharples (Kansas Metropolis Present)
Goalkeeper of the Yr
- Lorena (Kansas Metropolis Present)
- Claudia Dickey (Seattle Reign FC)
- Ann-Katrin Berger (Gotham FC)
Midfielder of the Yr
- Kenza Dali (San Diego Wave)
- Debinha (Kansas Metropolis Present)
- Claire Hutton (Kansas Metropolis Present)
- Manaka Matsukubo (North Carolina Braveness)
- Olivia Moultrie (Portland Thorns FC)
Rookie of the Yr
- Maddie Dahlien (Seattle Reign FC)
- Lilly Reale (Gotham FC)
- Riley Tiernan (Angel Metropolis FC)
Coach of the Yr
- Vlatko Andonovski (Kansas Metropolis Present)
- Adrian Gonzalez (Washington Spirit)
- Beverly Yanez (Racing Louisville)
Greatest XI
Goalkeeper: Lorena (Kansas Metropolis Present)
Defenders: Avery Patterson (Houston Sprint), Kayla Sharples (Kansas Metropolis Present), Tara McKeown (Washington Spirit), Avery Patterson (Kansas Metropolis Present)
Midfielders: Sam Coffey (Portland Thorns), Olivia Moultrie (Portland Thorns), Claire Hutton (Kansas Metropolis Present)
Forwards: Manaka Matsukubo (NC Braveness), Esther Gonzalez (Gotham FC), Temwa Chawinga (Kansas Metropolis Present)
