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Here we are once again. The National Women’s Soccer League regular season is over, and the playoffs recently just concluded its first round. However, there’s another issue to address: awards.
What could be better than this year’s awards? While many winners feel like sure things, other categories offer some dark horses that could potentially unseat the favorites. For our of writers (Evan Davis, Dan Lauletta, Blair Newman and Jenna Tonelli) talked it all through together, making their case for the players they thought deserved a bit of individual hardware in 2024.
Most Valuable Player
Evan Davis: Temwa Chawinga, Kansas City Current
Chawinga broke Sam Kerr’s single-season goal record; she produced more xG than anyone else in league history; she averaged a full 90 minutes in every single game this season, an incredible amount of stamina for a winger. She was simply extraordinary.
Here’s something to really underscore the point: when American Soccer Analysis ran their playoff projection model before…
