Draft:2024 Kansas City NWSL season

Kansas City Current
2024 season
Owners	Angie Long; Chris Long; Brittany Mahomes; Patrick Mahomes;
General manager	Camille Levin Ashton
Head coach	Vlatko Andonovski
Stadium	CPKC Stadium; (capacity: 11,500)
Home colors	Away colors
	← 2023 2025 →
	All statistics correct as of March 12, 2024.

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The 2024 Kansas City Current season is the team's fourth season as a professional soccer team. The Current play in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the top tier of women's soccer in the United States.

Background

Despite making it to the championship match in the 2022 season, the Current did not qualify for the 2023 playoffs. They ended the 2023 regular season 11th out of 12 teams. In 2021, they ended their inaugural season in last place.

Summary

Draft, trades, and transfers

NWSL Draft

In the 2024 NWSL Draft, the KC Current drafted Ellie Wheeler from Penn State, Halle Mackiewicz from Clemson, and Hope Hisey from Arizona University.

Stadium and facilities

The KC Current will begin playing in their new home stadium, CPKC Stadium, the first stadium in the world stadium built solely for a women's professional sports team. The stadium has a seating capacity of 11,500 with additional standing-room capacity on its north-end. The stadium is located in the Berkley Riverfront of Kansas City along the banks of the Missouri River, the namesake of the team.

The Current continue to train in their dedicated practice facility in Riverside, Missouri, which opened in June 2022. It was the first purpose-built practice facility for an NWSL team.^[1]

Team

Technical staff

As of June 14, 2023.^[2]

General manager	Camille Levin Ashton
Head coach	Vlatko Andonovski
Assistant coach	Lee Nguyen
Assistant coach	Lucas Rodríguez
Assistant coach	Lloyd Yaxley
High performance director	Ben Donachie
Lead analyst	Donna Newberry

Squad

As of July 3, 2023.^[2]^[3]

No.	Pos.	Player	Nation
2	MF	Morgan Gautrat	United States
3	DF	Hanna Glas	Sweden
4	DF	Hailie Mace	United States
5	FW	Cece Kizer	United States
6	MF	Ryan Childers	United States
7	DF	Elizabeth Ball	United States
8	DF	Kate Del Fava	United States
9	FW	Mimmi Larsson	Sweden
10	MF	Lo'eau LaBonta	United States
11	MF	Desiree Scott (co-captain)	Canada
12	DF	Stine Ballisager Pedersen	Denmark
14	MF	Chardonnay Curran	United States
15	MF	Sam Mewis (co-captain)	United States
16	MF	Vanessa DiBernardo	United States
17	FW	Michelle Cooper	United States
18	DF	Izzy Rodriguez	United States
19	DF	Jenna Winebrenner	United States
20	DF	Mallory Weber	United States
21	GK	Adrianna Franch	United States
22	DF	Alex Loera	United States
23	DF	Croix Soto	United States
24	DF	Gabrielle Robinson	United States
25	FW	Kristen Hamilton	United States
26	DF	Addisyn Merrick	United States
29	GK	Jordan Silkowitz	United States
38	GK	Cassie Miller	United States
77	FW	Alexa Spaanstra	United States
94	FW	Claire Lavogez	France
99	MF	Debinha	Brazil

Competitions

Regular season

Matches

March 16, 2024 (2024-03-16) 1	Kansas City Current	v	Portland Thorns FC	Kansas City, Missouri
12:00 p.m. CDT				Stadium: CPKC Stadium

March 23, 2024 (2024-03-23) 2	San Diego Wave FC	v	Kansas City Current	San Diego, California
9:00 p.m. CDT				Stadium: Snap Dragon Stadium

March 30, 2024 (2024-03-30) 3	Kansas City Current	v	Angel City FC	Kansas City, Missouri
1:30 p.m. CDT				Stadium: CPKC Stadium

April 14, 2024 (2024-04-14) 4	NJ/NY Gotham FC	v	Kansas City Current	Harrison, New Jersey
5:00 p.m. CDT				Stadium: Red Bull Arena

April 20, 2024 (2024-04-20) 5	Kansas City Current	v	Bay FC	Kansas City, Missouri
6:30 p.m. CDT				Stadium: CPKC Stadium

April 26, 2024 (2024-04-26) 6	Angel City FC	v	Kansas City Current	Los Angeles, California
9:00 p.m. CDT				Stadium: BMO Stadium

May 5, 2024 (2024-05-05) 8	Houston Dash FC	v	Kansas City Current	Houston, Texas
12:00 p.m. CDT				Stadium: Shell Energy Stadium

May 8, 2024 (2024-05-08) 9	Seattle Reign FC	v	Kansas City Current	Seattle, Washington
9:00 p.m. CDT				Stadium: Lumen Field

May 12, 2024 (2024-05-12) 9	Kansas City Current	v	North Carolina Courage	Kansas City, Missouri
5:00 p.m. CDT				Stadium: CPKC Stadium

May 18, 2024 (2024-05-18) 10	Kansas City Current	v	Racing Louisville FC	Kansas City, Missouri
8:30 p.m. CDT				Stadium: CPKC Stadium

May 25, 2024 (2024-05-25) 11	Utah Royals FC	v	Kansas City Current	Salt Lake City, Utah
9:00 p.m. CDT				Stadium: America First Field

June 9, 2024 (2024-06-09) 12	Kansas City Current	v	Seattle Reign FC	Kansas City, Missouri
5:00 p.m. CDT				Stadium: CPKC Stadium

June 14, 2024 (2024-06-14) 13	Kansas City Current	v	Chicago Red Stars	Kansas City, Missouri
7:00 p.m. CDT				Stadium: CPKC Stadium

June 23, 2024 (2024-06-23) 14	Portland Thorns FC	v	Kansas City Current	Portland, Oregon
3:00 p.m. CDT				Stadium: Providence Park

June 28, 2024 (2024-06-28) 15	Kansas City Current	v	Houston Dash	Kansas City, Missouri
7:00 p.m. CDT				Stadium: CPKC Stadium

July 6, 2024 (2024-07-06) 16	Kansas City Current	v	Orlando Pride	Kansas City, Missouri
6:30 p.m. CDT				Stadium: CPKC Stadium

August 25, 2024 (2024-08-25) 17	Washington Spirit	v	Kansas City Current	Washington, D.C.
11:00 a.m. CDT				Stadium: Audi Field

September 1, 2024 (2024-09-01) 18	North Carolina Courage	v	Kansas City Current	Cary, North Carolina
1:00 p.m. CDT				Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park

September 7, 2024 (2024-09-07) 19	Kansas City Current	v	Utah Royals FC	Kansas City, Missouri
6:30 p.m. CDT				Stadium: CPKC Stadium

September 13, 2024 (2024-09-13) 20	Orlando Pride	v	Kansas City Current	Orlando, Florida
6:00 p.m. CDT				Stadium: Exploria Stadium

September 20, 2024 (2024-09-20) 21	Kansas City Current	v	Washington Spirit	Kansas City, Missouri
7:00 p.m. CDT				Stadium: CPKC Stadium

September 28, 2024 (2024-09-28) 22	Kansas City Current	v	NJ/NY Gotham FC	Kansas City, Missouri
12:00 p.m. CDT				Stadium: CPKC Stadium

October 5, 2024 (2024-10-05) 23	Racing Louisville FC	v	Kansas City Current	Louisville, Kentucky
6:30 p.m. CDT				Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium

October 12, 2024 (2024-10-12) 24	Bay FC	v	Kansas City Current	San Jose, California
9:00 p.m. CDT				Stadium: PayPal Park

October 19, 2024 (2024-10-19) 25	Kansas City Current	v	San Diego Wave FC	Kansas City, Missouri
12:00 p.m. CDT				Stadium: CPKC Stadium

November 3, 2024 (2024-11-03) 26	Chicago Red Stars	v	Kansas City Current	Chicago, Illinois
12:00 p.m. CDT				Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium

Regular season standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Washington Spirit	22	7	9	6	26	29	−3	30
9	Racing Louisville FC	22	6	9	7	25	24	+1	27
10	Houston Dash	22	6	8	8	16	18	−2	26
11	Kansas City Current	22	8	2	12	30	36	−6	26
12	Chicago Red Stars	22	7	3	12	28	50	−22	24

Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

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
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: March 12, 2024.
Source: NWSLsoccer.com

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
Result
Position

Updated to match(es) played on March 12, 2024. Source: NWSL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transactions

2024 NWSL Draft

2023 NWSL Draft selections, by round
R	P	Nat.	Player	Pos.	College	Status	Ref.
1	2

Transfers

Transfers in
Date	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Previous team	Fee/notes	Ref.

Transfers out
Date	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Destination team	Fee/notes	Ref.

Retirements

Date	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Ref.

Injury listings

Date	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Injury list	Notes	Ref.

References

^ Cash, Meredith (June 25, 2022). "Kansas City Current's sparkling new $18 million facility shows the luxury women's pro athletes have long missed out on". Insider. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Team - Kansas City Current". www.kansascitycurrent.com. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
^ @thekccurrent (March 18, 2022). "Champions. Captains.@sammymewy 👊 @MsDScott11" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[1] Cash, Meredith (June 25, 2022). "Kansas City Current's sparkling new $18 million facility shows the luxury women's pro athletes have long missed out on". Insider. Retrieved July 20, 2022.

[auto-2] "Team - Kansas City Current". www.kansascitycurrent.com. Retrieved June 14, 2023.

[3] @thekccurrent (March 18, 2022). "Champions. Captains.@sammymewy 👊 @MsDScott11" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

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Current teams	Angel City FC Bay FC Chicago Red Stars Houston Dash Kansas City Current NJ/NY Gotham FC North Carolina Courage Orlando Pride Portland Thorns FC Racing Louisville FC San Diego Wave FC Seattle Reign FC Utah Royals Washington Spirit
Future team	NWSL Boston (2026)
Former teams	Western New York Flash (2013–16) Boston Breakers (2013–17) FC Kansas City (2013–17)
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Competition	NWSL Shield Playoffs Challenge Cup Summer Cup Stadiums Attendance Expansion Broadcasters
Personnel	Players Association Draftees Drafts Foreign players Owners Federation players (2013–21) Jessica Berman
Awards	League awards Player of the Month Rookie of the Month Team of the Month Player of the Week Players' awards
Related articles	Sexual Harassment Yates Report
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