Malawian female footballer Temwa Chawinga made history on Wednesday, when the Kansas City Current forward became the first player ever to win consecutive National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) Most Valuable Player awards.

Chawinga scored a league-high 15 goals in 23 games this year in the US top flight football league, after producing a league-record 20 goals in 25 games during 2024.

The 27-year-old Malawi international joins Sam Kerr (2017, 2019) as the lone two-time MVP honorees in the history of the league, which began play in 2013.

The other nominees for MVP were Kansas City forward Bia Zaneratto, North Carolina Courage midfielder Manaka Matsukubo, Gotham FC forward Esther Gonzalez and San Diego Wave forward Delphine Cascarino.

Chawinga's historic honor was the final award given out in a ceremony at San Jose, where the Washington Spirit will oppose Gotham FC on Saturday in the league's playoff finale.

The league-leading Current picked up another prize when Lorena was chosen goalkeeper of the year after recording an NWSL-best 14 clean sheets.

Racing Louisville's Bev Yanez was honored as the Coach of the Year - ahead of Kansas City's Vlatko Andonovski, whose side established NWSL records with 21 victories and 65 points.

Louisville came in seventh place to make the playoffs for the first time in its five-year history.

Defender of the Year went to Washington's Tara McKeown, and the Midfielder of the Year was Matsukubo.

Gotham's Lilly Reale was chosen as the Rookie of the Year.