2022 Kansas City Current season

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The 2022 Kansas City Current season was the team's second season as a professional women's soccer team. The Current plays in the National Women's Soccer League, the top tier of women's soccer in the United States. The team was previously known as Kansas City NWSL.^[1]

OwnersAngie Long
Chris Long
Brittany Mahomes

General managerCamille Levin Ashton

Head coachMatt Potter

StadiumChildren's Mercy Park
(capacity: 18,467)

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Kansas City Current

2022 season

Owners

Angie Long
Chris Long
Brittany Mahomes

General manager

Camille Levin Ashton

Head coach

Matt Potter

Stadium

Children's Mercy Park
(capacity: 18,467)

2022

5th

2022 NWSL Challenge Cup

Semifinalists
1st, Central Division

Playoffs

Finalists

Top goalscorer

League:
Lo'eau LaBonta (7)
Cece Kizer (7)
All: Kristen Hamilton (12)

Highest home attendance

10,395
(Aug. 19 vs. LA)

Lowest home attendance

5,695
(June 11 vs. NJ/NY)

Average home league attendance

7,657

Home colors

Away colors

← 2021

2023 →

All statistics correct as of October 23, 2022.

Background

After finishing in last place during the 2021 season, Kansas City moved head coach Huw Williams into a front-office role. On January 11, 2022, the team hired former United States women's national team assistant coach and U-23 head coach Matt Potter as the team's new head coach for 2022.^[2]^[3]

Stadium and facilities

In September 2021, the team announced that it was moving from its 2021 season venue, Legends Field baseball park, to Children's Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kansas, sharing it with Sporting Kansas City of Major League Soccer.^[4] In October 2021, the team also announced plans to build its own 11,500-capacity venue on the Berkley Riverfront of Kansas City, which was expected to open in 2024.^[5]

In June 2022, the Current opened its own dedicated practice facility in Riverside, Missouri. It is the first purpose-built facility for an NWSL team.^[6]

Team

Technical staff

As of July 20, 2022.^[7]

General manager	Camille Levin Ashton
Head coach	Matt Potter
Assistant coach	Lucas Rodríguez
Goalkeeper coach	Lloyd Yaxley
High performance director	Ben Donachie
Lead analyst	Donna Newberry

Squad

As of September 20, 2022.^[7]^[8]

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No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	MF	USA	Kristen Edmonds
4	DF	USA	Hailie Mace
5	FW	USA	Cece Kizer
6	FW	USA	Lynn Williams (SEI^[9])
7	DF	USA	Elizabeth Ball
8	DF	USA	Kate Del Fava
10	MF	USA	Lo'eau LaBonta
11	MF	CAN	Desiree Scott (co-captain)
14	MF	USA	Chardonnay Curran
15	MF	USA	Sam Mewis (co-captain; SEI^[10]^[11])
16	FW	USA	Jaycie Johnson
18	DF	USA	Izzy Rodriguez
19	DF	USA	Jenna Winebrenner
20	DF	USA	Mallory Weber (SEI^[12])
21	GK	USA	Adrianna Franch
22	DF	USA	Alex Loera
23	FW	USA	Elyse Bennett
24	DF	USA	Taylor Leach
25	FW	USA	Kristen Hamilton
26	DF	USA	Addisyn Merrick
28	MF	USA	Addie McCain
31	GK	JAM	Sydney Schneider
38	GK	USA	Cassie Miller
66	MF	AUS	Chloe Logarzo
94	MF	FRA	Claire Lavogez

Competitions

Challenge Cup

Group stage

March 18, 2022 (2022-03-18) 1	Racing Louisville FC	1–1	Kansas City Current	Louisville, Kentucky
EDT	Kizer 20' (McDonald) Bonner 60'	Report	McCain 78' (Williams), 83'	Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium Attendance: 5,332

March 25, 2022 (2022-03-25) 2	Chicago Red Stars	1–2	Kansas City Current	Bridgeview, Illinois
CDT	DiBernardo 22' Wright 54' Cook 90+2'	Report	Mace 58' (LaBonta) Winebrenner 68' Bennett 77' Hamilton 86' (Mace)	Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium Attendance: 2,604

March 30, 2022 (2022-03-30) 3	Houston Dash	0–3	Kansas City Current	Houston, Texas
CDT	Gomera-Stevens 32' Prisock 56'	Report	Leach 2' (Mace) Hamilton 28' (Bennett) Mace 50' LaBonta 60' (Bennett)	Stadium: PNC Stadium Attendance: 2,229

April 2, 2022 (2022-04-02) 4	Kansas City Current	0–3	Racing Louisville FC	Kansas City, Kansas
CDT		Report	Mace 9' (o.g.) DeMelo 50' Milliet 60' Bonner 65' (Ekic) Simon 90+6'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 6,310

April 15, 2022 (2022-04-15) 5	Kansas City Current	2–1	Houston Dash	Kansas City, Kansas
CDT	Hamilton 4' (Rodriguez) Ball 36' Pickett 80'	Report	Groom 59' (Sánchez) Hedge 75' Abam 79'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 5,022

April 24, 2022 (2022-04-24) 6	Kansas City Current	2–1	Chicago Red Stars	Kansas City, Kansas
14:00 CDT	Loera 50' (Bennett) Edmonds 74' Hamilton 76' (Bennett)	Report	Wright 45+2' St-Georges 52' (Stevens)	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 5,107 Referee: Adorae Monroy^[13]

Central Division standings

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	T	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	KC	CHI	LOU	HOU
1	Kansas City Current	6	4	1	1	10	7	+3	13	Advance to knockout stage	—	2–1	0–3	2–1
2	Chicago Red Stars	6	2	2	2	8	6	+2	8		1–2	—	0–0	2–0
3	Racing Louisville FC	6	1	3	2	8	7	+1	6		1–1	1–1	—	2–3
4	Houston Dash	6	2	0	4	7	13	−6	6		0–3	1–3	2–1	—

Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: 1) Total points; 2) Total goal differential; 3) Total number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points record; 5) Head-to-head goal differential; 6) Head-to-head number of goals scored; 7) Fewest disciplinary points; 8) Drawing of lots

Knockout stage

May 4, 2022 (2022-05-04) Semifinal	Kansas City Current	1–2	North Carolina Courage	Kansas City, Kansas
19:30 CDT	Winebrenner 18' Hamilton 68', 79' (McCain)	Report	Debinha 19' (pen.) Ordoñez 36', 59' Gray 55' Mathias 90+2'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 4,093 Referee: Natalie Simon

Regular season

Matches

April 30, 2022 (2022-04-30) 1	Portland Thorns FC	3–0	Kansas City Current	Portland, Oregon
PDT	Weaver 8' Sinclair 34' Smith 51' (Klingenberg)	Report		Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 13,672

May 8, 2022 (2022-05-08) 2	Kansas City Current	0–2	Houston Dash	Kansas City, Kansas
CDT	Scott 64' Loera 90+2'	Report	Daly 40' Sánchez 75' Visalli 90+6' (Daly)	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 6,140

May 14, 2022 (2022-05-14) 3	Orlando Pride	2–2	Kansas City Current	Orlando, Florida
EDT	Pruitt 45+2' Jónsdóttir 51' (Leroux) Strom 56' Cluff 74'	Report	Loera 32' Bennett 78' (LaBonta) Hamilton 90+1' (Bennett) Scott 90+4' Ball 90+7'	Stadium: Exploria Stadium Attendance: 3,511

May 21, 2022 (2022-05-21) 4	Angel City FC	1–0	Kansas City Current	Los Angeles, California
PDT	McCaskill 11' Charley 30' Leach 70' (o.g.)	Report	Pickett 64' Ball 90+1'	Stadium: Banc of California Stadium Attendance: 18,514

May 25, 2022 (2022-05-25) 5	OL Reign	1–0	Kansas City Current	Seattle, Washington
PDT	McClernon 6' Angelina 62' Balcer 80' (Huerta)	Report	Nolf 28'	Stadium: Lumen Field Attendance: 3,944

May 30, 2022 (2022-05-30) 6	Kansas City Current	1–0	Racing Louisville FC	Kansas City, Kansas
CDT	LaBonta 3' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 6,484

June 4, 2022 (2022-06-04) 7	Kansas City Current	2–2	San Diego Wave FC	Kansas City, Kansas
CDT	Hamilton 11' (LaBonta) Bennett 63' (Loera)	Report	Morgan 37' (pen.), 90' (Jakobsson) Kornieck 45+3'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 7,954

June 11, 2022 (2022-06-11) 8	Kansas City Current	1–0	NJ/NY Gotham FC	Kansas City, Kansas
CDT	Hamilton 84' (Rodriguez)	Report	Torres 53'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 5,695

June 18, 2022 (2022-06-18) 9	Kansas City Current	2–2	Chicago Red Stars	Kansas City, Kansas
CDT	Hamilton 8' (Mace) Kizer 68' (Bennett)	Report	DiBernardo 3' Kowalski 53' (Pugh) Pugh 58' (pen.) Colaprico 88'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 6,848

July 1, 2022 (2022-07-01) 10	Houston Dash	1–2	Kansas City Current	Houston, Texas
CDT	Groom 42' Eddy 54' Hanson 71' Salmon 90+2' Prisock 90+7' Ball 90+10' (o.g.)	Report	LaBonta 43' (pen.) Mace 46' (Kizer)	Stadium: PNC Stadium Attendance: 5,007

July 10, 2022 (2022-07-10) 11	Washington Spirit	0–1	Kansas City Current	Leesburg, Virginia
EDT		Report	Bennett 59' Kizer 68'	Stadium: Segra Field Attendance: 2,932

July 17, 2022 (2022-07-17) 12	Kansas City Current	1–0	OL Reign	Kansas City, Kansas
CDT	LaBonta 18' (pen.) Loera 90'	Report	Hiatt 74'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 7,246^[14] Referee: Alex Billeter^[14]

July 31, 2022 (2022-07-31) 13	Kansas City Current	2–2	Orlando Pride	Kansas City, Kansas
18:00 CDT	Bennett 57' (Mace) Mace 64' Scott 68' Kizer 82' (LaBonta) Pickett 83'	Report	Celia 25' (Tymrak) Dougherty Howard 38' Listro 39' Doyle 46' (Dougherty Howard)	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 7,192 Referee: Greg Dopka

August 7, 2022 (2022-08-07) 14	San Diego Wave FC	1–2	Kansas City Current	San Diego, California
14:00 PDT	Sheridan 67' Ali 88' (Doniak)	Report	Pickett 26' Kizer 27' (Hamilton) Ball 33' Mace 39'	Stadium: Torero Stadium Attendance: 4,471^[15] Referee: Samantha Martinez^[15]

August 13, 2022 (2022-08-13) 15	North Carolina Courage	3–4	Kansas City Current	Cary, North Carolina
18:00 EDT	Ordoñez 17' (Debinha) Debinha 36' (Kerolin) Kurtz 56' (Pinto) Daniels 90+1'	Report	Hamilton 20' (LaBonta) LaBonta 45' Kizer 60' (Lavogez) Lavogez 79' (Ball)	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 5,092 Referee: Anya Voigt

August 19, 2022 (2022-08-19) 16	Kansas City Current	1–1	Angel City FC	Kansas City, Kansas
19:00 CDT	Del Fava 62' LaBonta 82' (pen.)	Report	Roccaro 28', 78' (Ali Riley) Lussi 76' Nielsen 81' Weatherholt 88'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 10,395 Referee: Ricardo Fierro^[16]

August 28, 2022 (2022-08-28) 17	Kansas City Current	3–2	North Carolina Courage	Kansas City, Kansas
18:00 CDT	LaBonta 5' (pen.) Kizer 56' (Loera) Hamilton 59' (Del Fava) Ball 87'	Report	Kerolin 28' (Mathias), 48' (Kurtz) Speck 65'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 7,395 Referee: Malik Badawi^[17]

September 11, 2022 (2022-09-11) 18	NJ/NY Gotham FC	0–1	Kansas City Current	Harrison, New Jersey
20:00 EDT		Report	Merrick 2' Mace 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 2,130

September 14, 2022 (2022-09-14) 19	Chicago Red Stars	4–0	Kansas City Current	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:00 CDT	Milazzo 5' Pugh 8' (Morse), 60', 26' DiBernardo 47' Kowalski 72' (Pugh), 75'	Report	Leach 42' Ball 90'	Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium Attendance: 2,135 Referee: Katja Koroleva^[18]

September 18, 2022 (2022-09-18) 20	Kansas City Current	1–1	Portland Thorns FC	Kansas City, Kansas
16:00 CDT	Bennett 73' Mace 90+4' (Edmonds)	Report	Rodriguez 84' Sauerbrunn 90+3'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 9,281

September 25, 2022 (2022-09-25) 21	Kansas City Current	3–0	Washington Spirit	Kansas City, Kansas
16:00 CDT	LaBonta 18' (Del Fava) Kizer 38' (Loera) Lavogez 41' (Hamilton)	Report	Roddar 8' Staab 27'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 9,593 Referee: Alyssa Nichols Assistant referees: Tiffini Turpin, Seth Barton Fourth official: Laura Rodriguez

October 1, 2022 (2022-10-01) 22	Racing Louisville FC	1–0	Kansas City Current	Louisville, Kentucky
18:30 CDT	Ekic 72' McDonald 90+2'	Report	Scott 74' 78' Del Fava 90+1'	Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium Attendance: 6,622 Referee: Karen Callado

Regular season standings

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	OL Reign	22	11	7	4	32	19	+13	40	NWSL Shield, Playoffs – semi-finals
2	Portland Thorns FC (C)	22	10	9	3	49	24	+25	39	Playoffs – semi-finals
3	San Diego Wave FC	22	10	6	6	32	21	+11	36	Playoffs – first round
4	Houston Dash	22	10	6	6	35	27	+8	36
5	Kansas City Current	22	10	6	6	29	29	0	36
6	Chicago Red Stars	22	9	6	7	34	28	+6	33
7	North Carolina Courage	22	9	5	8	46	33	+13	32
8	Angel City FC	22	8	5	9	23	27	−4	29
9	Racing Louisville FC	22	5	8	9	23	35	−12	23
10	Orlando Pride	22	5	7	10	22	45	−23	22
11	Washington Spirit	22	3	10	9	26	33	−7	19
12	NJ/NY Gotham FC	22	4	1	17	16	46	−30	13

Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champions

Results summary

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	10	6	6	29	29	0	36	5	5	1	17	12	+5	5	1	5	12	17	−5

Last updated: October 1, 2022.
Source: NWSLsoccer.com

Results by matchday

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Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Stadium	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A
Result	L	L	D	L	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	L	D	W	L
Position	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	7	7	5	6	5	4	3	3	1	1	3	3	5

Updated to match(es) played on October 1, 2022. Source: NWSL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

NWSL Playoffs

The top six teams from the regular season qualified for the NWSL Championship playoffs, with the top two teams receiving a first-round bye.^[19]

October 16, 2022 1st Round	Houston Dash	1–2	Kansas City Current	Houston, Texas
16:00 CDT	Schmidt 21' Prisock 26' Eddy 88' Alozie 89' Sánchez 90+1'	Report	LaBonta 5' (pen.) Lavogez 10' Mace 90+6' Del Fava 90+10'	Stadium: PNC Stadium Attendance: 21,284 Referee: Elijio Arreguin

October 23, 2022 Semi-finals	OL Reign	0–2	Kansas City Current	Seattle, Washington
16:30 PDT		Report	Loera 4' Hamilton 63'	Stadium: Lumen Field Attendance: 21,491 Referee: Alex Billeter Assistant referees: Tiffini Turpin, Jeremy Smith Fourth official: Brad Jensen

October 29, 2022 Finals	Portland Thorns FC	2–0	Kansas City Current	Washington, D.C.
20:00 EDT	Smith 4' Merrick 56' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Audi Field Attendance: 17,624 Referee: Natalie Simon

Awards

NWSL weekly awards

Player of the Week

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Competition	Week	Player	Won	Ref.
Challenge Cup	5	Elyse Bennett	Won	^[20]
Regular season	3	Elyse Bennett	Nom.	^[21]
	10	Adrianna Franch	Won	^[22]^[23]
	14	Claire Lavogez	Won	^[24]

Save of the Week

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Competition	Week	Player	Won	Ref.
Challenge Cup	5	Kristen Edmonds	Won	^[25]
Regular season	1	Adrianna Franch	Nom.	^[26]
	2		Nom.	^[27]
	3		Nom.	^[28]
	5		Nom.	^[29]
	6		Nom.	^[30]
	9		Nom.	^[31]
	10		Won	^[21]
	11		Won	^[22]^[23]
	12		Nom.	^[32]

Transactions

2022 NWSL Expansion Draft

The 2022 NWSL Expansion Draft was an expansion draft held by the NWSL on December 16, 2021, for two expansion teams, Angel City FC and San Diego Wave FC, to select players from existing teams in the league.^[33] Kansas City Current were exempt from the draft.^[34]

2022 NWSL Draft

Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. The 2022 NWSL Draft was held on December 18, 2021. The NWSL awarded Kansas City all of the defunct Utah Royals FC team's player rights and draft picks upon its dissolution in 2020.^[35]

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Round	Pick	Player	Pos.	College	Status	Ref.
1	7	Elyse Bennett	FW	Washington State	Signed to two-year contract	^[36]^[37]
2	17	Chardonnay Curran	MF	Oregon	Signed to two-year contract
4	41	Jenna Winebrenner	DF	Notre Dame	Signed to one-year contract with one-year option
4	43	Izzy Rodriguez	DF	Ohio State	Signed to one-year contract with one-year option

Transfers in

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Date	Player	Pos.	Previous club	Fee/notes	Ref.
November 30, 2021	Sam Mewis	MF	North Carolina Courage	Acquired in exchange for the third-overall pick in the 2023 NWSL Draft and Kiki Pickett.	^[38]
January 10, 2022	Lynn Williams	FW	North Carolina Courage	Acquired with North Carolina's natural second- and fourth-round picks in the 2023 NWSL Draft, in exchange for $200,000 in allocation money, Kansas City's natural first-round pick in the 2023 NWSL Draft, and Katelyn Rowland.	^[38]
February 18, 2022	Cassie Miller	GK	Chicago Red Stars	Acquired in exchange for $75,000 in allocation money.	^[39]
March 23, 2022	Sydney Schneider	GK	Washington Spirit	Signed off waivers to a one-year contract with one-year option.	^[40]
June 9, 2022	Cece Kizer	FW	Racing Louisville FC	Acquired in exchange for an international spot in 2022 and 2023 and $150,000 in allocation money, as well as a conditional $25,000 of allocation money based on Kizer's performance.	^[41]
June 9, 2022	Addisyn Merrick	DF	Racing Louisville FC		^[41]
July 20, 2022	Claire Lavogez	FW	FC Girondins de Bordeaux	Signed to one-year contract with one-year option.	^[42]

Transfers out

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Date	Player	Pos.	Destination club	Fee/notes	Ref.
November 30, 2021	Kiki Pickett	DF	North Carolina Courage	Traded with the third-overall pick in the 2023 NWSL Draft for Sam Mewis.	^[38]
January 10, 2022	Katelyn Rowland	GK	North Carolina Courage	Traded with $200,000 in allocation money and Kansas City's natural first-round pick in the 2023 NWSL Draft, in exchange for North Carolina's natural second- and fourth-round picks in the 2023 NWSL Draft and Lynn Williams.	^[38]
July 19, 2022	Carly Nelson	GK	FC Nordsjælland	Permanently acquired during loan.	^[43]
August 22, 2022	Victoria Pickett	MF	NJ/NY Gotham FC	Traded in exchange for $200,000 in allocation money and a conditional first-round draft pick in the 2023 NWSL Draft.	^[44]
September 20, 2022	Maddie Nolf	DF	Rangers W.F.C.	Transferred for an undisclosed fee.	^[45]^[46]

2022 Kansas City Current season

Background

Stadium and facilities

Team

Technical staff

Squad

Competitions

Challenge Cup

Group stage

Central Division standings

Knockout stage

Regular season

Matches

Regular season standings

Results summary

Results by matchday

NWSL Playoffs

Awards

NWSL weekly awards

Player of the Week

Save of the Week

Transactions

2022 NWSL Expansion Draft

2022 NWSL Draft

Transfers in

Transfers out

References

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