MVP Tracker 4.0: Chawinga, Esther fighting for the crown

The National Women's Soccer League's postseason is eerily adjacent with conscionable six rounds of games remaining, which makes this 4th variation of ESPN's MVP Tracker the last section earlier we formed our existent votes -- and plentifulness has changed.

Orlando Pride guardant Barbra Banda, 1 of the league's apical scorers, sustained a season-ending wounded successful August. Forward Alyssa Thompson, who mightiness person been the champion American successful the NWSL this season, transferred from Angel City FC to Chelsea connected England's Deadline Day. Those are 2 salient subtractions from the NWSL MVP race.

So, who volition beryllium the MVP astatine the extremity of the season? That is starting to travel into absorption with three-quarters of the regular play done. Let's instrumentality a look.

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10. Manaka Matsukubo, North Carolina Courage forward

Manaka ranks 4th successful the NWSL successful combined goals and assists, and she has genuinely been the agleam spot of a Courage squad that mostly mislaid its mode this year. Manaka's superb cutback extremity against Angel City this play was a reminder of conscionable however talented she is.

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9. Taylor Flint, Racing Louisville midfielder

We've tried to spare you repetition here, but not overmuch has changed: Flint is simply a unit successful the midfield who ranks archetypal successful the ...