2024 Kansas City Current season

Kansas City Current
2024 season
Owners	Angie Long; Chris Long; Brittany Mahomes; Patrick Mahomes;
President	Raven Jemison
Head coach and Sporting Director	Vlatko Andonovski
Stadium	CPKC Stadium; (capacity: 11,500)
2024	4th
NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup	Champions
Playoffs	Semifinals
Top goalscorer	League: Temwa Chawinga (20); All: Temwa Chawinga (21)
Highest home attendance	11,500
Lowest home attendance	11,500
Average home league attendance	11,500
Biggest win	3 goals (8 times)
Biggest defeat	1–4; (Aug 25 at WAS)
Home colors	Away colors
	← 2023 2025 →
	All statistics correct as of November 17, 2024.

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

The Current finished fourth in the 2024 National Women's Soccer League season and qualified for the NWSL playoffs as the fourth seed, where they defeated the fifth-seeded North Carolina Courage in the quarterfinals before losing to the top-seeded Orlando Pride in the semifinals.^[1]

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.

Stadium and facilities

The KC Current began 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.

CPKC Stadium held its first match between the Kansas City Current and the Portland Thorns on March 16, 2024. Kansas City won the match 5–4 in front of a sell-out crowd.^[2]

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.^[3]

Team

Technical staff

As of March 14, 2024.^[4]

General manager	Camille Levin Ashton
Head coach	Vlatko Andonovski
Assistant coach	Freya Coombe
Assistant coach	Lucas Rodríguez
Assistant coach	Milan Ivanovic
Goalkeeping coach	Ljupčo Kmetovski
Director of Performance	Garga Caserta
Head Strength Coach	Joseph Potts
Medical Director	Carlos Jiminez

Squad

As of March 14, 2024.^[5]^[6]

No.	Pos.	Player	Nation
2	DF	Regan Steigleder	United States
3	DF	Hanna Glas	Sweden
4	DF	Hailie Mace	United States
5	DF	Ellie Wheeler	United States
6	FW	Temwa Chawinga	Malawi
7	DF	Elizabeth Ball	United States
8	FW	Nichelle Prince	Canada
9	FW	Bia Zaneratto	Brazil
10	MF	Lo'eau LaBonta	United States
11	MF	Desiree Scott	Canada
12	DF	Stine Ballisager Pedersen	Denmark
13	MF	Sophia Braun	Argentina
14	MF	Claire Hutton	United States
16	MF	Vanessa DiBernardo	United States
17	FW	Michelle Cooper	United States
18	DF	Izzy Rodriguez	United States
20	DF	Mallory Weber	United States
21	GK	Adrianna Franch	United States
22	MF	Bayley Feist	United States
24	DF	Gabrielle Robinson	United States
25	FW	Kristen Hamilton	United States
29	GK	Jordan Silkowitz	United States
30	GK	Hope Hisey	United States
47	FW	Alex Pfeiffer	United States
77	FW	Alexa Spaanstra	United States
78	DF	Lauren	Brazil
94	MF	Claire Lavogez	France
99	MF	Debinha	Brazil

Competitions

Regular season

Matches

March 16, 2024 (2024-03-16) 1	Kansas City Current	5–4	Portland Thorns FC	Kansas City, Missouri
12:00 p.m. CDT	DiBernardo 22' Wheeler 25' Bia 34' Hamilton 64' Pfeiffer 68'	Report	Smith 43', 74' Beckie 71', 90+1' Sugita 79' Hubly 85'	Stadium: CPKC Stadium Attendance: 11,500* Referee: Alex Billeter

March 23, 2024 (2024-03-23) 2	San Diego Wave FC	1–2	Kansas City Current	San Diego, California
7:00 p.m. PDT	Jakobsson 17'	Report	Hutton 24' Rodriguez 44' LaBonta 71' Lavogez 90+9'	Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium Attendance: 32,066

March 30, 2024 (2024-03-30) 3	Kansas City Current	4–2	Angel City FC	Kansas City, Missouri
2:30 p.m. CDT	DiBernardo 6' Wheeler 40' Spaanstra 45+3' Chawinga 51' Bia 90+2'	Report	Leroux 50' Nielsen 75' Curry 78' Emslie 90+6'	Stadium: CPKC Stadium Attendance: 11,500*

April 14, 2024 (2024-04-14) 4	NJ/NY Gotham FC	1–1	Kansas City Current	Harrison, New Jersey
6:00 p.m. EDT	Martin 34' Gonzalez 51'	Report	Chawinga 17' Lavogez 71'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 8,573

April 20, 2024 (2024-04-20) 5	Kansas City Current	5–2	Bay FC	Kansas City, Missouri
6:30 p.m. CDT	Bia 2', 73' Feist 6' Chawinga 56' 62'	Report	Sharples 17', 23' Boade 78' Princess 87'	Stadium: CPKC Stadium Attendance: 11,500*

April 26, 2024 (2024-04-26) 6	Angel City FC	1–3	Kansas City Current	Los Angeles, California
9:00 p.m. CDT	Emslie 34' Hammond 55' Reid 77'	Report	Hutton 28' DiBernardo 54' Cooper 85' Lavogez 90', 90+3' Robinson 90+7'	Stadium: BMO Stadium Attendance: 19,178 Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva

May 5, 2024 (2024-05-05) 7	Houston Dash	1–1	Kansas City Current	Houston, Texas
12:00 p.m. CDT	Bachmann 61' West 71'	Report	Chawinga 24'	Stadium: Shell Energy Stadium Attendance: 5,099 Referee: Calin Radosav

May 8, 2024 (2024-05-08) 8	Seattle Reign FC	0–0	Kansas City Current	Seattle, Washington
9:00 p.m. CDT		Report		Stadium: Lumen Field Attendance: 5,083 Referee: Anya Voigt

May 12, 2024 (2024-05-12) 9	Kansas City Current	1–0	North Carolina Courage	Kansas City, Missouri
5:00 p.m. CDT	DiBernardo 51' Debinha 52'	Report	Rauch 90'	Stadium: CPKC Stadium Attendance: 11,500* Referee: Adam Kilpatrick

May 18, 2024 (2024-05-18) 10	Kansas City Current	3–3	Racing Louisville FC	Kansas City, Missouri
8:30 p.m. CDT	Rodriguez 12' Mace 33' LaBonta 45+3' (pen.) Cooper 56' Robinson 72', 90+2'	Report	Sears 18' Fischer 23' Erceg 68' Flint 89' DeMelo 90+13'	Stadium: CPKC Stadium Attendance: 11,500* Referee: Nabil Bensalah

May 25, 2024 (2024-05-25) 11	Utah Royals FC	0–1	Kansas City Current	Salt Lake City, Utah
9:00 p.m. CDT	Tejada 3'	Report	Ball 58' Spaanstra 90+6' Mace 90+9'	Stadium: America First Field Attendance: 7,491 Referee: Danielle Chesky

June 9, 2024 (2024-06-09) 12	Kansas City Current	5–2	Seattle Reign FC	Kansas City, Missouri
5:00 p.m. CDT	Chawinga 28', 47' Lauren 45+2' DiBernardo 46' LaBonta 67' (pen.)	Report	Huitema 24', 41' Ivory 66'	Stadium: CPKC Stadium Attendance: 11,500* Referee: Brad Jensen

June 14, 2024 (2024-06-14) 13	Kansas City Current	2–2	Chicago Red Stars	Kansas City, Missouri
7:00 p.m. CDT	Bia 51' Chawinga 58' Mace 72'	Report	Swanson 6' Staab 90' Curran 90+3'	Stadium: CPKC Stadium Attendance: 11,500* Referee: Gerald Flores

June 23, 2024 (2024-06-23) 14	Portland Thorns FC	1–4	Kansas City Current	Portland, Oregon
3:00 p.m. CDT	Hubly 62' Smith 73'	Report	LaBonta 30', 40' Ballisager 38' Chawinga 47'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 20,024 Referee: Brandon Stevis

June 28, 2024 (2024-06-28) 15	Kansas City Current	2–0	Houston Dash	Kansas City, Missouri
7:00 p.m. CDT	Chawinga 77', 80'	Report	Puntigam 75'	Stadium: CPKC Stadium Attendance: 11,500* Referee: Katherine McCormick

July 6, 2024 (2024-07-06) 16	Kansas City Current	1–2	Orlando Pride	Kansas City, Missouri
6:30 p.m. CDT	Hutton 28' Chawinga 39' LaBonta 47' Mace 57' Franch 61'	Report	Lawrence 14' 42' Marta 23', 63' Banda 37'	Stadium: CPKC Stadium Attendance: 11,500* Referee: Joshua Encarnacion

August 25, 2024 (2024-08-25) 17	Washington Spirit	4–1	Kansas City Current	Washington, D.C.
11:00 a.m. CDT	Metayer 9' Sarr 14' Rodman 51' Santos 73' Ratcliffe 90+5'	Report	DiBernardo 48' Chawinga 64' Cook 71' LaBonta 84'	Stadium: Audi Field Referee: Brad Jensen

September 1, 2024 (2024-09-01) 18	North Carolina Courage	2–1	Kansas City Current	Cary, North Carolina
1:00 p.m. CDT	Vine 67' Kurtz 74' Pinto 90+2'	Report	Chawinga 62'	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 6,003 Referee: Elvis Osmanovic

September 7, 2024 (2024-09-07) 19	Kansas City Current	1–0	Utah Royals FC	Kansas City, Missouri
6:30 p.m. CDT	Chawinga 47'	Report		Stadium: CPKC Stadium Attendance: 11,500* Referee: Calin Radosav

September 13, 2024 (2024-09-13) 20	Orlando Pride	0–0	Kansas City Current	Orlando, Florida
6:00 p.m. CDT		Report		Stadium: Exploria Stadium Attendance: 9,396 Referee: Alyssa Nichols

September 20, 2024 (2024-09-20) 21	Kansas City Current	3–0	Washington Spirit	Kansas City, Missouri
7:00 p.m. CDT	Prince 3' Labonta 30' Chawinga 68'	Report Box	Silano 90+7'	Stadium: CPKC Stadium Attendance: 11,500* Referee: Matthew Thompson

September 28, 2024 (2024-09-28) 22	Kansas City Current	1–1	NJ/NY Gotham FC	Kansas City, Missouri
12:00 p.m. CDT	Chawinga 51', 80'	Report	Cook 15' (o.g.) Martin 14'	Stadium: CPKC Stadium Attendance: 11,500* Referee: Katja Koroleva

October 5, 2024 (2024-10-05) 23	Racing Louisville FC	0–2	Kansas City Current	Louisville, Kentucky
6:30 p.m. CDT		Report	Chawinga 2' DiBernardo 86'	Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium Attendance: 6,013 Referee: Matthew Corrigan

October 12, 2024 (2024-10-12) 24	Bay FC	0–1	Kansas City Current	San Jose, California
9:00 p.m. CDT	Hocking 33' Oshoala 35'	Report	Chawinga 34' Mace 40' DiBernardo 90+2' Wheeler 90+4'	Stadium: PayPal Park Referee: Danielle Chesky

October 19, 2024 (2024-10-19) 25	Kansas City Current	4–1	San Diego Wave FC	Kansas City, Missouri
12:00 p.m. CDT	Cooper 17' Sheridan 30' (o.g.) Chawinga 53' Debinha 79'	Report Report	Morroni 66' Cascarino 87'	Stadium: CPKC Stadium Attendance: 11,500* Referee: Iryna Petrunok

November 3, 2024 (2024-11-03) 26	Chicago Red Stars	1–3	Kansas City Current	Chicago, Illinois
12:00 p.m. CST	Schlegel 52'	Report	Cooper 23' Debinha 26' Prince 33' Magaia 81'	Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium Attendance: 5,595 Referee: Jaclyn Metz

Note: * Indicates a sell-out crowd

Last updated: November 3, 2024.
Source: NWSLsoccer.com

Regular season standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
2	Washington Spirit	26	18	2	6	51	28	+23	56	Playoffs
3	NJ/NY Gotham FC	26	17	5	4	41	20	+21	56
4	Kansas City Current	26	16	7	3	57	31	+26	55
5	North Carolina Courage	26	12	3	11	34	28	+6	39
6	Portland Thorns FC	26	10	4	12	37	35	+2	34

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
26	16	7	3	57	31	+26	55	9	3	1	37	19	+18	7	4	2	20	12	+8

Last updated: November 3, 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	23	24	25	26
Stadium	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	L	L	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W
Position	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4

Updated to match(es) played on November 3, 2024. Source: NWSL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Playoffs

The Current finished the regular season in fourth place and qualified for the NWSL playoffs as the fourth seed of eight teams.

Matches

November 9, 2024 (2024-11-09) Quarterfinals	Kansas City Current	1–0	North Carolina Courage	Kansas City, Missouri
11:00 a.m. CST (UTC−6)	Chawinga 8' LaBonta 28' Wheeler 90+8'	Report	O'Sullivan 36' St-Georges 90+8'	Stadium: CPKC Stadium Referee: Brad Jensen

November 17, 2024 (2024-11-17) Semifinals	Orlando Pride	3–2	Kansas City Current	Orlando, Florida
3:00 p.m. EST (UTC−5)	Angelina 28' McCutcheon 41' 90+13' Banda 53' Moorhouse 81' Marta 82'	Report	Debinha 33' Mace 55' Sharples 90+9' DiBernardo 90+13' (pen.)	Stadium: Inter&Co Stadium Attendance: 14,524 Referee: Danielle Chesky

NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	KC	HOU	TIG	PAC
1	Kansas City Current	3	3	0	10	2	+8	9	Advances to knockout stage	—	3–1	4–1	3–0
2	Houston Dash	3	2	1	5	4	+1	6		1–3	—	2–1	2–0
3	Tigres UANL	3	1	2	6	8	−2	3		1–4	1–2	—	4–2
4	Pachuca	3	0	3	2	9	−7	0		0–3	0–2	2–4	—

Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: tiebreakers

July 20, 2024 (2024-07-20) 1	Kansas City Current	3–1	Houston Dash	Kansas City, Missouri
7:00 p.m. CDT (UTC-5)	Cooper 1' LaBonta 68' Hamilton 83'	Report	Nagasato 20' Olivieri 22' Chapman 67' Schmidt 86'	Stadium: CPKC Stadium Referee: Corbyn May

July 27, 2024 (2024-07-27) 2	Kansas City Current	3–0	C.F. Pachuca	Kansas City, Missouri
7:00 p.m. CDT (UTC-5)	Debinha 12', 28' Hamilton 32'	Report	Díaz 36' Ibarra 67' Valadez 77'	Stadium: CPKC Stadium Referee: Katarzyna Waslak

August 1, 2024 (2024-08-01) 3	Kansas City Current	4–1	Tigres UANL	Kansas City, Missouri
7:00 p.m. CDT (UTC-5)	LaBonta 23' Wheeler 29', 37' Debinha 57' Hutton 79'	Report	Villarreal 22' Reyes 44' Kgatlana 56' Rangel 67'	Stadium: CPKC Stadium Referee: Matt Geringer

August 6, 2024 (2024-08-06) SF	Kansas City Current	2–0	North Carolina Courage	Kansas City, Missouri
	Chawinga 2' Debinha 78'	Report		Stadium: CPKC Stadium Referee: Katja Koroleva

October 25, 2024 (2024-10-25) F	NJ/NY Gotham FC	0–2	Kansas City Current	San Antonio, Texas
	Bruninha 28' Stevens 48'	Report	Chawinga 24', 37' Cooper 43' Ball 82'	Stadium: Toyota Field Referee: Alyssa Nichols

References

^ Kassouf, Jeff (November 17, 2024). "Marta, Pride down K.C. Current to set up NWSL final with Spirit". ESPN. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
^ Kassouf, Jeff (March 16, 2024). "Kansas City Current open 'game-changing' stadium with 5-4 win". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 16, 2024.
^ 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.
^ "Kansas City Current Announce Changes to Soccer Staff Ahead of 2024 Season". Kansas City Current. January 10, 2024.
^ "Kansas City Current Set Opening Day Roster Ahead of Historic 2024 Season". Kansas City Current. March 13, 2024.
^ "Team - Kansas City Current". Kansas City Current.

[1] Kassouf, Jeff (November 17, 2024). "Marta, Pride down K.C. Current to set up NWSL final with Spirit". ESPN. Retrieved November 17, 2024.

[2] Kassouf, Jeff (March 16, 2024). "Kansas City Current open 'game-changing' stadium with 5-4 win". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 16, 2024.

[3] 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.

[4] "Kansas City Current Announce Changes to Soccer Staff Ahead of 2024 Season". Kansas City Current. January 10, 2024.

[5] "Kansas City Current Set Opening Day Roster Ahead of Historic 2024 Season". Kansas City Current. March 13, 2024.

[6] "Team - Kansas City Current". Kansas City Current.

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	16	7	3	57	31	+26	55	9	3	1	37	19	+18	7	4	2	20	12	+8

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	16	7	3	57	31	+26	55	9	3	1	37	19	+18	7	4	2	20	12	+8

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	16	7	3	57	31	+26	55	9	3	1	37	19	+18	7	4	2	20	12	+8