Voting for the most effective of the season is all the time exhausting. There have been so many gamers who stood out and it’s all the time exhausting to choose only one nevertheless it was required.
As our editor and All For XI website supervisor, Phuoc Nguyen, already talked about, that is how votes are computed: Gamers (50%), Board/GMs/Head Coaches (25%), Media (25%). For the ultimate spherical, the Fan Vote (10%) will open on Tuesday, November 10, with Gamers (40%), Board/GMs/Head Coaches (25%), and Media (25%).
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For the preliminary spherical, the voting requested for the highest three for rookies, goalkeepers, and coaches. For MVP, midfielders, and defenders, it was a prime 5.
Rookie of the 12 months
My decide for ROTY is none apart from Sarah Schupansky. She has performed 23 video games for Gotham, beginning 16 of them. She’s among the many prime 3 concerning assists (5) after Delphine Cascarino and Izzy Rodríguez (each with six).
The rookie leads the league in Assists/90 with 0.35, she’s third in xAG/90 with 0.31, and 4th in xA/90 with 0.24. Her dribbling and 1v1 talents are additionally excellent, and she or he ranks fifth this season with 69.2%
Honorable mentions: Lilly Reale, Pietra Tordin.
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Goalkeeper of the 12 months
Lorena: It wasn’t exhausting to decide on the goalkeeper who solely conceded 12 targets in 23 matches performed. Such a low quantity in targets in opposition to helped her to complete with 14 clear sheets, essentially the most this season, and she or he’s first in targets in opposition to/90 with 0.54. She’s first in save proportion with 82.4%.
Honorable mentions: Ann-Katrin Berger and Claudia Dickey.
Defender of the 12 months
The workforce with the fewest targets in opposition to has additionally what I contemplate the most effective defender of the season in Izzy Rodríguez.
Workers author Phuoc Nguyen has already mentioned just about all the things about her , so I gained’t bore you with the identical stats. In compensation, I’ll put this chart right here, courtesy of FB Charts:
Honorable mentions: Tara McKeown, Kayla Sharples, Kate Del Fava, and Phoebe McClernon.
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Midfielder of the 12 months
The Portland Thorns wouldn’t have completed third this season if it weren’t for Olivia Moultrie. The teen got here alive this season and has helped the membership get key outcomes to assist in their playoff push.
Similar to with Izzy Rodríguez, let me add a hyperlink to the stats Phuoc already talked about. And now, take pleasure in her chart. There are literally two charts: One among Moultrie in comparison with different midfielders (proper) and one other of her in comparison with different attacking midfielders (left), courtesy of FB Charts:
Honorable mentions: Manaka Hayashi, Kenza Dali, Taylor Flint, and Sam Coffey.
Coach of the 12 months
In Vlatko Andonovski’s second season with Kansas Metropolis Present, he has taken this workforce to a complete different stage. Below his tenure, he has constructed what can arguably be the most effective workforce in NWSL historical past. Kansas has grow to be a teal machine that appears unstoppable within the closing third and virtually impenetrable within the preliminary third.
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Relating to stats, we are able to point out just a few, comparable to Kansas being the workforce that has set a league report on factors with 65, the one with essentially the most wins in a single season with 21, and essentially the most wins on the highway with 10. They’ll additionally boast of getting essentially the most clear sheets (16).
If Andonovski wins the NWSL Coach of the Yr award this season, it’ll be his third after having gained it in 2013 and 2019
Honorable mentions: Laura Harvey and Rob Gale.
MVP
Temwa Chawinga won’t have scored as many targets as final season, however that doesn’t imply she has run chilly. This 12 months, she’s tallied 15 targets — two greater than Gotham’s Esther González — and has gained the Golden Boot award back-to-back, one thing that solely Sam Kerr did whereas enjoying for the Chicago Stars.
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A few of her stats embrace: first in Targets/90 (0.75), first in Targets+Assists (18), tied first with Jess Fishlock in Targets + Assists/90 (0.90), first in Non-Penalty Targets (15) and Non-Penalty Targets/90 (0.75), tied first with Fishlock in Non-Penalty Targets + Assists/90 (0.90), first in xG (14.2) and xG/90 (0.70), first in Non-Penalty xG (14.2) and npxG/90 (0.70), and first in npxG/Shot (0.24).
When you obtained misplaced studying so many numbers, let’s simply say this: She’s too good, leads the run for MVP, and almost certainly will win it back-to-back… until Kansas Metropolis doesn’t win the championship this 12 months.
Honorable mentions: Esther González, Delphine Cascarino, Emma Sears, and Sam Coffey.