2024 National Women's Soccer League season

National Women's Soccer League
Season	2024
Dates	March 16 – November 23
Champions	Orlando Pride; (1st title)
NWSL Shield	Orlando Pride; (1st shield)
Challenge Cup	San Diego Wave FC; (1st cup)
CONCACAF W Champions Cup	NJ/NY Gotham FC; Orlando Pride; Washington Spirit
Matches	182
Goals	484 (2.66 per match)
Top goalscorer	Temwa Chawinga (20)
Biggest home win	6 goals; ORL 6–0 UTA; (Jun 21)
Biggest away win	3 goals; POR 1–4 KC; (Jun 23); SD 0–3 CHI; (Jun 28); LA 0–3 ORL; (Jun 30); SD 1–4 NC; (Sep 8)
Highest scoring	9 goals; KC 5–4 POR; (Mar 16)
Longest winning run	8 wins; Orlando Pride; (April 12 – June 7)
Longest unbeaten run	23 matches; Orlando Pride; (Mar 16 – Oct 11)
Longest winless run	12 matches; San Diego Wave FC; (May 12 – Sep 8)
Longest losing run	6 losses; Utah Royals; (May 3 – Jun 16)
Highest attendance	35,038; CHI 1–2 BAY; (June 8)
Lowest attendance	2,137; LOU 1–3 SD; (Nov 3)
Total attendance	2,044,848
Average attendance	11,235
	← 2023 2025 → All statistics correct as of November 3, 2024.

The 2024 National Women's Soccer League season was the twelfth season of the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States. Including the NWSL's two professional predecessors, Women's Professional Soccer (2009–2011) and the Women's United Soccer Association (2001–2003), it was the 18th overall season of FIFA and USSF-sanctioned top division women's soccer in the United States. The league had 14 teams following the addition of expansion teams Bay FC and Utah Royals—the latter being the revival of a team that had played in the league from 2018 to 2020.

Season2024

DatesMarch 16 – November 23

ChampionsOrlando Pride
(1st title)

NWSL ShieldOrlando Pride
(1st shield)

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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. Each team played 26 matches during the regular season, an increase of four from the 2023 season. The playoffs comprised the top eight teams and ran from November 9 to November 23.^[2]^[3] The Orlando Pride finished in first place during the regular season, accumulating a record 60 points, and also won the playoffs, defeating the Washington Spirit in the final.

In addition to league play, 2024 marked the debut of the NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup, an international competition between clubs from the NWSL and Liga MX Femenil of Mexico. The inaugural edition was played from July to October and won by the Kansas City Current.^[4]^[5]

The 2024 season was the first under new broadcast agreements with CBS Sports, ESPN, Amazon Prime Video and Scripps Sports; 118 of the total 182 matches were televised or streamed nationally.^[2] Attendance averaged 11,235 per game, a record, and total attendance for the year was just over two million, also a record.

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Team	Stadium	Capacity
Angel City FC	BMO Stadium	22,000
Bay FC	PayPal Park	18,000
Chicago Red Stars	SeatGeek Stadium	20,000
Houston Dash	Shell Energy Stadium	22,039
Kansas City Current	CPKC Stadium	11,500
NJ/NY Gotham FC	Red Bull Arena	25,000
North Carolina Courage	WakeMed Soccer Park	10,000
Orlando Pride	Inter&Co Stadium	25,500
Portland Thorns FC	Providence Park	25,218
Racing Louisville FC	Lynn Family Stadium	11,700^[a]
San Diego Wave FC	Snapdragon Stadium	35,000
Seattle Reign FC	Lumen Field	10,000^[b]
Utah Royals	America First Field	20,213
Washington Spirit	Audi Field	20,000

Team	Head coach	Captain(s)	Shirt sponsor
Angel City FC	Becki Tweed	Ali Riley	DoorDash
Bay FC	Albertin Montoya	Emily Menges	Sutter Health^[9]
Chicago Red Stars	Lorne Donaldson	Alyssa Naeher	Wintrust^[10]
Houston Dash	Ricky Clarke (interim)	Sophie Schmidt	MD Anderson Cancer Center
Kansas City Current	Vlatko Andonovski	Lo'eau LaBonta	United Way of Greater Kansas City^[11]
NJ/NY Gotham FC	Juan Carlos Amorós	Lynn Williams	CarMax^[12]
North Carolina Courage	Sean Nahas	Denise O'Sullivan	Merz Aesthetics
Orlando Pride	Seb Hines	Marta	Orlando Health
Portland Thorns FC	Rob Gale	Becky Sauerbrunn	Providence Health & Services
Racing Louisville FC	Bev Yanez	Abby Erceg	GE Appliances
San Diego Wave FC	Landon Donovan (interim)		Kaiser Permanente
Seattle Reign FC	Laura Harvey	Lauren Barnes	Black Future Co-op Fund
Utah Royals	Jimmy Coenraets	Paige Monaghan^[13]	America First Credit Union^[14]
Washington Spirit	Jonatan Giráldez	Aubrey Kingsbury	CVS Health

Team	Outgoing coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming coach	Date of appointment	Ref.
Utah Royals	N/a	N/a	N/a	Preseason	Amy Rodriguez	April 19, 2023	^[15]
Bay FC	N/a	N/a	N/a	Preseason	Albertin Montoya	September 27, 2023	^[16]
Chicago Red Stars	Ella Masar (interim)	End of interim period	October 16, 2023	Preseason	Lorne Donaldson	December 20, 2023	^[17]
Houston Dash	Sarah Lowdon (interim)	End of interim period	October 16, 2023	Preseason	Fran Alonso	December 22, 2023	^[18]
Kansas City Current	Caroline Sjöblom (interim)	End of interim period	October 16, 2023	Preseason	Vlatko Andonovski	October 23, 2023	^[19]
Washington Spirit	Mark Parsons	Fired	October 17, 2023	Preseason	Adrián González (interim)	January 23, 2024	^[20]^[21]
Angel City FC	Becki Tweed (interim)	End of interim period	October 21, 2023	Preseason	Becki Tweed	November 2, 2023	^[22]
Racing Louisville FC	Kim Björkegren	Mutual separation	October 27, 2023	Preseason	Bev Yanez	November 30, 2023	^[23]^[24]
Portland Thorns FC	Mike Norris	Promoted to technical director	April 16, 2024	14th	Rob Gale (interim)	April 16, 2024	^[25]
San Diego Wave FC	Casey Stoney	Fired	June 24, 2024	9th	Paul Buckle (interim)	June 24, 2024	^[26]
Utah Royals	Amy Rodriguez	Fired	June 30, 2024	14th	Jimmy Coenraets (interim)	June 30, 2024	^[27]
Washington Spirit	Adrián González (interim)	End of interim period	July 7, 2024^[a]	3rd	Jonatan Giráldez	January 9, 2024	^[21]^[29]
Portland Thorns FC	Rob Gale (interim)	End of interim period	July 19, 2024	5th	Rob Gale	July 19, 2024	^[30]
San Diego Wave FC	Paul Buckle (interim)	End of interim period	August 16, 2024	10th	Landon Donovan (interim)	August 16, 2024	^[31]
Houston Dash	Fran Alonso	Mutual separation	October 1, 2024	14th	Ricky Clarke (interim)	June 28, 2024^[b]	^[33]
Utah Royals	Jimmy Coenraets (interim)	End of interim period	October 24, 2024	10th	Jimmy Coenraets	October 24, 2024	^[34]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Orlando Pride (C, S)	26	18	6	2	46	20	+26	60	NWSL Shield, playoffs, and CONCACAF W Champions Cup
2	Washington Spirit	26	18	2	6	51	28	+23	56	Playoffs, and CONCACAF W Champions Cup
3	NJ/NY Gotham FC	26	17	5	4	41	20	+21	56	Playoffs, and CONCACAF W Champions Cup^[a]
4	Kansas City Current	26	16	7	3	57	31	+26	55	Playoffs
5	North Carolina Courage	26	12	3	11	34	28	+6	39
6	Portland Thorns FC	26	10	4	12	37	35	+2	34
7	Bay FC	26	11	1	14	31	41	−10	34
8	Chicago Red Stars	26	10	2	14	31	38	−7	32
9	Racing Louisville FC	26	7	7	12	33	39	−6	28
10	San Diego Wave FC	26	6	7	13	24	35	−11	25
11	Utah Royals	26	7	4	15	22	40	−18	25
12	Angel City FC	26	7	6	13	29	42	−13	24^[b]
13	Seattle Reign FC	26	6	5	15	27	44	−17	23
14	Houston Dash	26	5	5	16	20	42	−22	20

Home \ Away	BAY	CHI	HOU	KC	LA	LOU	NC	NJY	ORL	POR	SD	SEA	UTA	WAS
Bay FC	—	1–2	2–3	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–2	0–1	2–3	2–1	3–2	0–1	0–3
Chicago Red Stars	1–2	—	1–0	1–3	0–1	0–1	1–3	0–2	0–1	0–2	1–0	2–1	3–1	2–4
Houston Dash	2–3	0–2	—	1–1	0–0	0–0	3–0	0–1	0–1	0–2	0–0	1–0	1–3	1–3
Kansas City Current	5–2	2–2	2–0	—	4–2	3–3	1–0	1–1	1–2	5–4	4–1	5–2	1–0	3–0
Angel City FC	0–1	2–1	0–1	1–3	—	3–2	2–1	1–2	0–3	2–2	0–0	2–3	1–1	1–2
Racing Louisville FC	0–1	3–1	2–0	0–2	2–1	—	2–1	0–2	2–2	1–0	0–0	2–3	5–1	1–2
North Carolina Courage	1–1	3–1	5–1	2–1	1–1	3–1	—	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–1
NJ/NY Gotham FC	5–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	—	3–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–2
Orlando Pride	1–0	1–1	3–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	4–1	2–0	—	2–1	1–0	3–2	6–0	2–0
Portland Thorns FC	1–3	0–1	4–1	1–4	3–0	2–2	1–0	0–1	2–0	—	1–0	4–0	1–2	2–1
San Diego Wave FC	2–1	0–3	0–2	1–2	1–2	3–1	1–4	1–1	1–1	2–0	—	1–0	2–0	1–1
Seattle Reign FC	0–1	1–2	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–2	2–3	0–0	2–1	—	1–1	1–0
Utah Royals	2–1	0–2	0–0	0–1	1–2	1–0	2–1	1–4	0–1	0–0	1–2	3–0	—	0–1
Washington Spirit	2–1	2–0	3–0	4–1	4–2	4–1	0–1	2–0	2–3	2–1	1–1	3–2	2–1	—

2024 National Women's Soccer League season

Teams, stadiums, and personnel

Stadiums and locations

Personnel and sponsorship

Coaching changes

Regular season

Standings

Tiebreakers

Results

Positions by week

Attendance

Average home attendances

Highest attendances

Statistical leaders

Top scorers

Top assists

Clean sheets

Hat-tricks

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Championship

Challenge Cup

NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup

Individual awards

Annual awards

Teams of the Year

Monthly awards

Player of the Month

Rookie of the Month

Team of the Month

Weekly awards

References

External links

Related Articles

Team \ Week	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Team \ Week
Orlando Pride	6	9	8	5	5	4	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Washington Spirit	12	6	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
NJ/NY Gotham FC	8	4	7	7	11	11	9	7	7	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Kansas City Current	3	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
North Carolina Courage	1	3	3	2	4	2	6	6	6	7	8	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Portland Thorns FC	10	14	13	14	9	7	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	6
Bay FC	5	7	10	6	8	10	12	13	11	12	10	12	11	11	8	8	10	8	7	8	9	8	8	8	8	7
Chicago Red Stars	2	1	2	4	3	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	6	6	6	6	6	8
Racing Louisville FC	7	10	9	9	6	6	8	11	10	8	7	8	8	8	9	9	8	10	11	9	8	9	9	9	9	9
San Diego Wave FC	9	13	6	8	10	8	10	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	10	10	12	13	10
Utah Royals	13	8	12	13	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	12	10	10	11
Angel City FC	11	11	14	10	7	9	7	9	9	11	12	11	10	10	11	11	9	9	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	12
Seattle Reign FC	4	5	11	12	13	14	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	10	11	11	12	13	13	12	13
Houston Dash	14	12	5	11	12	12	13	10	12	10	11	10	12	12	12	12	13	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14

Team	GP	Attendance	High	Low	Average
San Diego Wave FC	12^[a]	234,896	32,066	10,289	19,575
Angel City FC	13	251,073	22,000	16,023	19,313
Portland Thorns FC	13	243,428	23,212	16,688	18,725
Washington Spirit	13	181,187	19,897	8,182	13,937
Bay FC	13	177,027	18,000	10,367	13,617
Kansas City Current	13	149,500	11,500	11,500	11,500
Utah Royals	13	133,949	20,370	7,491	10,304
NJ/NY Gotham FC	13	111,660	11,662	5,883	8,589
Seattle Reign FC	13	110,536	16,598	5,083	8,503
Orlando Pride	13	108,424	17,087	4,702	8,340
Chicago Red Stars	13	93,030	35,038	2,999	7,156
Racing Louisville FC	14^[a]	86,916	11,365	2,137	6,208
North Carolina Courage	13	82,702	10,026	4,528	6,362
Houston Dash	13	80,520	8,600	4,438	6,194
Total	182	2,044,848	35,038	2,137	11,235

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Championship

1	Orlando Pride	4

8	Chicago Red Stars	1
			1	Orlando Pride	3

			4	Kansas City Current	2
4	Kansas City Current	1

5	North Carolina Courage	0
						1	Orlando Pride	1

						2	Washington Spirit	0
2	Washington Spirit	2

7	Bay FC	1
			2	Washington Spirit (p)	1 (3)

			3	NJ/NY Gotham FC	1 (0)
3	NJ/NY Gotham FC	2

6	Portland Thorns FC	1

Washington Spirit	1–1 (a.e.t.)	NJ/NY Gotham FC
Hershfelt 90+3' Krueger 97' Rodman 102'	Report	Carter 17' Sheehan 23' González 56' Bruninha 72' 101' Nighswonger 90+2' Zerboni 116'
Penalties
Hatch Silano McKeown	3–0	González Zerboni Nighswonger

Award	Winner		Nominees	Ref.
Golden Boot	Temwa Chawinga	Kansas City Current	N/A	^[43]
Most Valuable Player	Temwa Chawinga	Kansas City Current	Barbra Banda, Orlando Pride Marta, Orlando Pride Trinity Rodman, Washington Spirit Sophia Smith, Portland Thorns FC	^[44]^[45]^[46]
Defender of the Year	Emily Sams	Orlando Pride	Kaleigh Kurtz, North Carolina Courage Tara McKeown, Washington Spirit Naomi Girma, San Diego Wave FC Kylie Strom, Orlando Pride	^[44]^[45]^[47]
Midfielder of the Year	Croix Bethune	Washington Spirit	Vanessa DiBernardo, Kansas City Current Lo'eau LaBonta, Kansas City Current Marta, Orlando Pride Ashley Sanchez, North Carolina Courage	^[44]^[45]^[48]^[49]
Goalkeeper of the Year	Ann-Katrin Berger	NJ/NY Gotham FC	Anna Moorhouse, Orlando Pride Mandy Haught, Utah Royals	^[44]^[45]^[50]
Rookie of the Year	Croix Bethune	Washington Spirit	Ally Sentnor, Utah Royals Claire Hutton, Kansas City Current	^[44]^[45]^[51]
Coach of the Year	Seb Hines	Orlando Pride	Juan Carlos Amorós, NJ/NY Gotham FC Vlatko Andonovski, Kansas City Current	^[44]^[45]^[52]

Pos.	Player	Team
GK	Ann-Katrin Berger	NJ/NY Gotham FC
DF	Jenna Nighswonger	NJ/NY Gotham FC
	Kaleigh Kurtz	North Carolina Courage
	Emily Sams	Orlando Pride
	Casey Krueger	Washington Spirit
MF	Marta	Orlando Pride
MF	Croix Bethune	Washington Spirit
FW	Trinity Rodman	Washington Spirit
	Temwa Chawinga	Kansas City Current
	Barbra Banda	Orlando Pride
	Sophia Smith	Portland Thorns FC

Pos.	Player	Team
GK	Anna Moorhouse	Orlando Pride
DF	Kerry Abello	Orlando Pride
	Naomi Girma	San Diego Wave FC
	Tara McKeown	Washington Spirit
	Ryan Williams	North Carolina Courage
MF	Lo'eau LaBonta	Kansas City Current
	Hal Hershfelt	Washington Spirit
	Vanessa DiBernardo	Kansas City Current
	Rose Lavelle	NJ/NY Gotham FC
	Yazmeen Ryan	NJ/NY Gotham FC
FW	Esther González	NJ/NY Gotham FC

Month	Player	Team	Ref.
March/April	Bia Zaneratto	Kansas City Current	^[54]
May	Barbra Banda	Orlando Pride	^[55]
June	Temwa Chawinga	Kansas City Current	^[56]
July	Ally Sentnor	Utah Royals	^[57]
August	Ella Stevens	NJ/NY Gotham FC	^[58]
September	Temwa Chawinga (2)	Kansas City Current	^[59]
October/November	Temwa Chawinga (3)	Kansas City Current	^[60]

Month	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards	Ref.
March/April	Alyssa Naeher, CHI	Malia Berkely, NC Naomi Girma, SD Casey Krueger, WAS Sam Staab, CHI	Croix Bethune, WAS Vanessa DiBernardo, KC Taylor Flint, LOU	Temwa Chawinga, KC Sophia Smith, POR Bia Zaneratto, KC	^[68]
May	Ann-Katrin Berger, NJY	Jenna Nighswonger, NJY Carson Pickett, LOU Emily Sams, ORL Sam Staab, CHI (2)	Croix Bethune, WAS (2) Sam Coffey, POR Savannah DeMelo, LOU	Barbra Banda, ORL Ouleymata Sarr, WAS Sophia Smith, POR (2)	^[69]
June	Anna Moorhouse, ORL	Elizabeth Ball, KC Casey Krueger, WAS (2) Jenna Nighswonger, NJY (2) Izzy Rodriguez, KC	Croix Bethune, WAS (3) Lo'eau LaBonta, KC Rose Lavelle, NJY	Barbra Banda, ORL (2) Temwa Chawinga, KC (2) Mallory Swanson, CHI	^[70]
July	Cassie Miller, NJY	Kerry Abello, ORL Madison Curry, LA Sarah Gorden, LA Meghan Klingenberg, POR	Debinha, KC Lo'eau LaBonta, KC (2) Meredith Speck, NC	Kristen Hamilton, KC Ashley Sanchez, NC Ally Sentnor, UTA	^[71]
August	DiDi Haračić, LA	Kerry Abello, ORL (2) Abby Dahlkemper, BAY Sarah Gorden, LA (2) Kylie Strom, ORL	Debinha, KC (2) Kayla Fischer, LOU Lo'eau LaBonta, KC (3)	Temwa Chawinga, KC (3) Ella Stevens, NJY Alyssa Thompson, LA	^[72]
September	Anna Moorhouse, ORL (2)	Malia Berkely, NC (2) Abby Dahlkemper, BAY (2) Naomi Girma, SD (2) Emily Sams, ORL (2)	Lo'eau LaBonta, KC (4) Marta, ORL Yazmeen Ryan, NJY	Temwa Chawinga, KC (4) Trinity Rodman, WAS Alyssa Thompson, LA (2)	^[73]
October/ November	Almuth Schult, KC	Abby Dahlkemper, BAY (3) Kaleigh Kurtz, NC Emily Sams, ORL (3) Kayla Sharples, KC	Rose Lavelle, NJY (2) Yazmeen Ryan, NJY (2) Claudia Zornoza, UTA	Temwa Chawinga, (5)KC Esther González, NJY Makenna Morris, WAS	^[74]

Week	Goal of the Week		Impact Save of the Week		Ref.
Week	Player	Club	Player	Club	Ref.
1	Asisat Oshoala	Bay FC	Alyssa Naeher	Chicago Red Stars	^[75]^[76]
2	Ji So-yun	Seattle Reign FC	Sarah Puntigam	Houston Dash	^[77]^[78]
3	Sam Coffey	Portland Thorns FC	Aubrey Kingsbury	Washington Spirit	^[79]^[80]
4	Alex Loera	Bay FC	Tatumn Milazzo	Chicago Red Stars	^[81]^[82]
5	Tziarra King	Seattle Reign FC	Tatumn Milazzo (2)	Chicago Red Stars	^[83]^[84]
6	Sophia Smith	Portland Thorns FC	Carson Pickett	Racing Louisville FC	^[85]^[86]
7	Veronica Latsko	Seattle Reign FC	Laurel Ivory	Seattle Reign FC	^[87]^[88]
8	Ella Stevens	NJ/NY Gotham FC	Kelli Hubly	Portland Thorns FC	^[89]^[90]
9	Emma Sears	Racing Louisville FC	Kiki Pickett	Bay FC	^[91]^[92]
10	Emma Sears (2)	Racing Louisville FC	Lauren Flynn	Utah Royals	^[93]^[94]
11	Rose Lavelle	NJ/NY Gotham FC	Mandy Haught	Utah Royals	^[95]^[96]
12	Croix Bethune	Washington Spirit	Kailen Sheridan	San Diego Wave	^[97]^[98]
13	Trinity Rodman	Washington Spirit	DiDi Haračić	Angel City FC	^[99]^[100]
14	Mallory Swanson	Chicago Red Stars	Alyssa Naeher (2)	Chicago Red Stars	^[101]^[102]
15	Mallory Swanson (2)	Chicago Red Stars	Claudia Dickey	Seattle Reign FC	^[103]^[104]
16	Jameese Joseph	Chicago Red Stars	DiDi Haračić (2)	Angel City FC	^[105]^[106]
17	Ji So-yun (2)	Seattle Reign FC	Mackenzie Arnold	Portland Thorns FC	^[107]^[108]
18	Marta	Orlando Pride	Natalia Kuikka	Chicago Red Stars	^[109]^[110]
19	Trinity Rodman (2)	Washington Spirit	Ann-Katrin Berger	NJ/NY Gotham FC	^[111]^[112]
20	Yūki Nagasato	Houston Dash	Anna Moorhouse	Orlando Pride	^[113]^[114]
21	Ana Tejada	Utah Royals	Aubrey Kingsbury (2)	Washington Spirit	^[115]^[116]
22	Manaka Matsukubo	North Carolina Courage	Kaleigh Kurtz	North Carolina Courage	^[117]^[118]
23	Christen Press	Angel City FC	Kayla Sharples	Kansas City Current	^[119]^[120]
24	Sydney Leroux	Angel City FC	Alyssa Naeher (3)	Chicago Red Stars	^[121]^[122]
25	Mandy Freeman	NJ/NY Gotham FC	Katie Lund	Racing Louisville FC	^[123]^[124]