KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Current forward Temwa Chawinga was named the 2024 National Women’s Soccer League MVP on Friday after winning the Golden Boot with a league record 20 goals this season.
Since the league’s launch in 2013, Chawinga is the eighth NWSL Golden Boot winner to also win MVP in the same season. She is the first African international to win either award.
“We are so proud of Temwa for earning this award,” Current head coach Vlatko Andonovski said in a statement. “Temwa has come so far this season in a short amount of time and is so important to our team, she is the clear MVP of both our team and the league. She does so much for us both offensively and defensively and, most importantly, she is a great teammate. I am so excited to watch Temwa continue to grow with our club.”
Chawinga registered 24 goals and eight assists in all competitions this year. She clinched the Current’s spot in the semifinals with her game-winning goal in the team’s 1-0 quarterfinal victory over the North Carolina Courage earlier this month.
Remarkably, Chawinga scored in 13 of the Current’s final 14 matches of the regular season, including goals in eight straight games, which was a league record. She also scored a goal against all 13 other NWSL teams this season — another record — and she added five assists to the Current’s league-record 57 goals.
Chawinga’s 20 goals broke Sam Kerr’s previous record of 18 in a season, which Kerr scored in 21 games. Chawinga played in 25 regular-season games this year.
