2022 Kansas City Current season
Kansas City Current's second season
Kansas City Current 2022 soccer season
The 2022 Kansas City Current season was the team's second season as a professional women's soccer team. The Current plays in the National Women's Soccer League , the top tier of women's soccer in the United States. The team was previously known as Kansas City NWSL .[ 1]
Background
After finishing in last place during the 2021 season, Kansas City moved head coach Huw Williams into a front-office role. On January 11, 2022, the team hired former United States women's national team assistant coach and U-23 head coach Matt Potter as the team's new head coach for 2022.[ 2] [ 3]
Stadium and facilities
In September 2021, the team announced that it was moving from its 2021 season venue, Legends Field baseball park , to Children's Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kansas , sharing it with Sporting Kansas City of Major League Soccer .[ 4] [ 5]
In June 2022, the Current opened its own dedicated practice facility in Riverside, Missouri . It is the first purpose-built facility for an NWSL team.[ 6]
Team
Technical staff
As of July 20, 2022. [ 7]
Squad
As of September 20, 2022. [ 7] [ 8]
Competitions
Challenge Cup
Group stage
Central Division standings
Source:
NWSL Rules for classification: 1) Total points; 2) Total goal differential; 3) Total number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points record; 5) Head-to-head goal differential; 6) Head-to-head number of goals scored; 7) Fewest disciplinary points; 8) Drawing of lots
Knockout stage
Regular season
Matches
Regular season standings
Results summary
Overall
Home
Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
22
10
6
6
29
29
0
36
5
5
1
17
12
+5
5
1
5
12
17
−5
Results by matchday
Matchday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Stadium A H A A A H H H H A A H H A A H H A A H H A Result L L D L L W D W D W W W D W W D W W L D W L Position 12 12 11 11 11 11 11 10 10 7 7 5 6 5 4 3 3 1 1 3 3 5
Updated to match(es) played on October 1, 2022. Source:
NWSL A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss
NWSL Playoffs
The top six teams from the regular season qualified for the NWSL Championship playoffs, with the top two teams receiving a first-round bye.[ 19]
Awards
NWSL weekly awards
Player of the Week
Save of the Week
Transactions
2022 NWSL Expansion Draft
The 2022 NWSL Expansion Draft was an expansion draft held by the NWSL on December 16, 2021, for two expansion teams, Angel City FC and San Diego Wave FC , to select players from existing teams in the league.[ 33] [ 34]
2022 NWSL Draft
Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. The 2022 NWSL Draft was held on December 18, 2021. The NWSL awarded Kansas City all of the defunct Utah Royals FC team's player rights and draft picks upon its dissolution in 2020.[ 35]
Transfers in
Date
Player
Previous club
Fee/notes
November 30, 2021
Sam Mewis MF
North Carolina Courage
Acquired in exchange for the third-overall pick in the 2023 NWSL Draft and Kiki Pickett .
[ 38]
January 10, 2022
Lynn Williams FW
North Carolina Courage
Acquired with North Carolina's natural second- and fourth-round picks in the 2023 NWSL Draft , in exchange for $200,000 in allocation money, Kansas City's natural first-round pick in the 2023 NWSL Draft, and Katelyn Rowland .
[ 38]
February 18, 2022
Cassie Miller GK
Chicago Red Stars
Acquired in exchange for $75,000 in allocation money.
[ 39]
March 23, 2022
Sydney Schneider GK
Washington Spirit
Signed off waivers to a one-year contract with one-year option.
[ 40]
June 9, 2022
Cece Kizer FW
Racing Louisville FC
Acquired in exchange for an international spot in 2022 and 2023 and $150,000 in allocation money, as well as a conditional $25,000 of allocation money based on Kizer's performance.
[ 41]
Addisyn Merrick DF
July 20, 2022
Claire Lavogez FW
FC Girondins de Bordeaux
Signed to one-year contract with one-year option.
[ 42]
Transfers out
References
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"Elyse Bennett @elyse_bennett99 (@thekccurrent) Christen Press @ChristenPress (@weareangelcity)" (Tweet ). Retrieved July 14, 2022 – via Twitter .^ a b National Women's Soccer League [@NWSL] (July 12, 2022). "Taylor Smith @taylornsmith11_ | @GothamFC Adrianna Franch @ADizzle23 | @thekccurrent" (Tweet ). Retrieved July 14, 2022 – via Twitter .^ a b National Women's Soccer League [@NWSL] (July 13, 2022). "🔥 A Force of Nature 🔥" (Tweet ). Retrieved July 14, 2022 – via Twitter .^ National Women's Soccer League [@NWSL] (August 17, 2022). "Lavogez scored the deciding goal and it was B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L!" (Tweet ). Retrieved September 7, 2022 – via Twitter .^ @NWSL (April 27, 2022). "This week's nominees:" (Tweet ) – via Twitter . ^ @NWSL (May 4, 2022). "DiDi Haračić @DIdeeds (@weareangelcity) Adrianna Franch @ADizzle23 (@kccurrent) Alyssa Naeher @AlyssaNaeher (@chicagoredstars) Aubrey Kingsbury @AubreyBledsoe (@WashSpirit)" (Tweet ) – via Twitter . ^ @NWSL (May 11, 2022). "Phallon Tullis-Joyce @phallon91 (@OLReign) Aubrey Kingsbury @AubreyBledsoe(@WashSpirit) Adrianna Franch @ADizzle23 (@kccurrent) Jane Campbell @jane_campbell1 (@HoustonDash)" (Tweet ) – via Twitter . ^ @NWSL (May 18, 2022). "Phallon Tullis-Joyce @phallon91 (@OLReign) Erin McLeod @erinmcleod18 (@ORLPride) Adrianna Franch @ADizzle23 (@thekccurrent) Aubrey Kingsbury @aubs_kingsbury (@WashSpirit)" (Tweet ) – via Twitter . ^ @NWSL (June 2, 2022). "Adrianna Franch @ADizzle23 (@thekccurrent) Alyssa Naeher @AlyssaNaeher (@chicagoredstars) Ashlyn Harris @Ashlyn_Harris (@GothamFC) Katie Lund @kt_lund (@RacingLouFC)" (Tweet ) – via Twitter . ^ @NWSL (June 8, 2022). "DiDi Haračić @DIdeeds (@weareangelcity) Alyssa Naeher @AlyssaNaeher (@chicagoredstars) Casey Murphy @CaseyMurph (@TheNCCourage) Adrianna Franch @ADizzle23 (@thekccurrent)" (Tweet ) – via Twitter . ^ @NWSL (July 6, 2022). 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