National Women's Soccer League award
2025 winnerLorena TheNWSL Goalkeeper of the Year award is presented annually to the bestgoalkeeper in theNational Women's Soccer League (NWSL).
Nicole Barnhart (2013) won the first Goalkeeper of the Year award in the NWSL's inaugural season. The most recent winner isLorena (2025).
As of 2025,[update] the NWSL's individual end-of-year awards are voted upon in two rounds: in the first round, players (50%), owners/general managers/coaches (25%), and media (25%) vote to determine the nominees; in the second round, players (40%), owners/general managers/coaches (25%), media (25%), and fans (10%) vote among the nominees to determine the winner.[ 1]
Season Player Nationality Club Other finalists Ref. 2013 Nicole Barnhart United States FC Kansas City [ 2] 2014 Alyssa Naeher United States Boston Breakers Ashlyn Harris ,Hope Solo [ 3] 2015 Michelle Betos United States Portland Thorns FC Nicole Barnhart ,Brittany Cameron [ 4] 2016 Ashlyn Harris United States Orlando Pride Michelle Betos ,Alyssa Naeher [ 5] 2017 Adrianna Franch United States Portland Thorns FC Alyssa Naeher ,Katelyn Rowland [ 6] 2018 Adrianna Franch (2) United States Portland Thorns FC Lydia Williams ,Aubrey Bledsoe [ 7] 2019 Aubrey Kingsbury United States Washington Spirit Casey Murphy ,Kailen Sheridan [ 8] 2020 2020 regular season cancelled dueCOVID-19 pandemic [ 9] 2021 Aubrey Kingsbury (2) United States Washington Spirit Bella Bixby ,Kailen Sheridan [ 10] 2022 Kailen Sheridan Canada San Diego Wave FC Adrianna Franch ,Phallon Tullis-Joyce [ 11] 2023 Jane Campbell United States Houston Dash Katie Lund ,Kailen Sheridan [ 12] 2024 Ann-Katrin Berger Germany NJ/NY Gotham FC Mandy Haught ,Anna Moorhouse [ 13] 2025 Lorena Brazil Kansas City Current Ann-Katrin Berger ,Claudia Dickey [ 14]
Wins by nationality [ edit ]
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