Kansas Metropolis Present ahead Temwa Chawinga has been named the 2024 NWSL MVP, .
Chawinga scored 20 targets this season, setting a brand new NWSL single-season file by surpassing the 18 targets scored by Sam Kerr in 2019. She additionally turned the primary participant in league historical past to attain towards each workforce in a season with 10 or extra groups.
In one other record-setting feat, Chawinga scored in eight consecutive matches throughout a run the place she netted targets in 13 of the Present’s last 14 matches.
“From the second Temwa got here to Kansas Metropolis, we knew she was able to enjoying at an MVP stage,” normal supervisor Caitlin Carducci mentioned in a press release.
“Not solely has she been an unbelievable participant on the pitch, she’s additionally been an unbelievable teammate and consultant of the group off it. Temwa laid an unbelievable basis along with her play in 2024, and we’re so excited for what’s to come back within the years forward.”
The 26-year-old Malawi worldwide is in her first season within the NWSL and helped the Present to a 16-3-7 file and a spot within the league semifinals, the place they misplaced to the Orlando Pleasure. She is the eighth Golden Boot winner to additionally take house the MVP award in the identical season and he or she is the primary African worldwide to win the award.