2014 NWSL Championship

Women's soccer match in Washington, US August 2025 August 2025 2014 NWSL Championship NWSL Championship Seattle Reign FC 1 FC Kansas City 2 2014 08 31 Starfire Stadium Tukwila, Washington, U.S. Lauren Holiday(FC Kansas City) Most Valuable Player Margaret Domka 4,252 2013 2015 The 2014 NWSL Championship was the second edition of the NWSL Championship, the championship match of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), and took place on August 31, 2014. FC Kansas City won 2–1 against NWSL Shield holders Seattle Reign FC, becoming NWSL champions for the first time. The match took place at Seattle's home Starfire Stadium in Tukwila, Washington.https://www.kansascity.com/sports/mls/fc-kansas-city/article1336697.html FC Kansas City beats Seattle 2-1, wins National Women's Soccer League title Wood Terry 2014-08-31 Kansas City Star https://web.archive.org/web/20140901111121/https://www.kansascity.com/sports/mls/fc-kansas-city/article1336697.html 2014-09-01 livehttp://seattletimes.com/html/reign/2024435623_reign01xml.html NWSL title game: Reign FC falls, 2-1, to FC Kansas City Evans Jayda 2014-08-31 The Seattle Times https://web.archive.org/web/20140904105912/http://seattletimes.com/html/reign/2024435623_reign01xml.html 2014-09-04 deadhttps://equalizersoccer.com/2014/08/31/fc-kansas-city-beats-seattle-reign-fc-wins-2014-nwsl-championship/ Rodriguez, Holiday combine to lift FC Kansas City past Seattle Reign, to 2014 NWSL Championship Kassouf Jeff 2014-08-31 The Equalizer 2025-08-19 Road to the final Seattle Reign FC 2014 Seattle Reign FC season After missing the playoffs in the NWSL's inaugural season, Seattle Reign FC won the NWSL Shield in the 2014 season with the best record in the league. They were led by NWSL Most Valuable Player and NWSL Golden Boot winner Kim Little along with NWSL Team of the Year selections Jess Fishlock and Nahomi Kawasumi. In the playoff semifinals, a penalty scored by Little, a penalty saved by Hope Solo, and a goal scored by Megan Rapinoe gave the Reign a 2–1 win over the fourth seed Washington Spirit. FC Kansas City 2014 FC Kansas City season After sweeping the NWSL's inaugural major awards,https://equalizersoccer.com/2013/08/27/lauren-holiday-cheney-named-2013-nwsl-mvp-fc-kansas-city/ Holiday named 2013 NWSL MVP; KC sweeps awards Kassouf Jeff 2013-08-27 The Equalizer 2025-08-19 FC Kansas City repeated their success in the 2014 season and again placed second in the league standings.https://fbref.com/en/comps/182/2014/2014-NWSL-Stats 2014 NWSL Stats FBref.com 2025-08-19 They were led by returning NWSL Most Valuable Player Lauren Holiday, repeating NWSL Defender of the Year Becky Sauerbrunn, and NWSL Golden Boot runner-up Amy Rodriguez. In the playoff semifinals, a rematch from the previous year's playoffs, Rodriguez and Holiday each scored as Kansas City won 2–0 against the defending champion and third seed Portland Thorns FC. Match Details August 31, 2014 12:00pm PDT Seattle Reign FC FC Kansas City 1–2 Report Rapinoe 86 Rodriguez 23 56 Starfire Stadium Tukwila, Washington 4,252 Margaret Domka _wide_black_cuff _SeattleReignFC_14h _wide_black_cuff 1269d0 000000 1269d0 000000 000000 Seattle Reign FC_2_transparent_hoops _2_transparent_hoops 0000ff ffffff 0000ff 0000ff ffffff FC Kansas City GK 1USA Hope Solo 90+3DF 14USA Stephanie CoxDF 3USA Lauren BarnesDF 13USA Kendall FletcherDF 7USA Elli Reed 84MF 11USA Keelin WintersMF 8SCO Kim LittleMF 9JPN Nahomi KawasumiMF 10WAL Jess FishlockMF 15USA Megan RapinoeFW 2USA Sydney Leroux 67Substitutes:FW 17USA Beverly Goebel 67MF 20SAM Mariah Nogueira 84Manager:USA Laura Harvey GK 18USA Nicole BarnhartDF 14USA Kassey KallmanDF 4USA Becky SauerbrunnDF 13USA Leigh Ann RobinsonDF 23POL Nikki PhillipsMF 6USA Jen BuczkowskiMF 7USA Jenna RichmondMF 15USA Erika Tymrak 76FW 9USA Merritt Mathias 71FW 8USA Amy Rodriguez 64FW 12USA Lauren HolidaySubstitutes:FW 5USA Liz Bogus 76DF 17USA Amy LePeilbet 79 71FW 24USA Sarah Hagen 64Manager:MKD Vlatko Andonovski Most Valuable Player: USA Lauren Holiday Assistant referees: Marlene Duffy (United States) Danielle Chesky (United States) Fourth official: Katja Koroleva (United States)Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shootout if scores still level. Maximum of three substitutions. References 2014 * Category:Seattle Reign FC Category:FC Kansas City Category:August 2014 sports events in the United States Category:2014 in sports in Washington (state) Category:Soccer in Seattle Category:Soccer competitions in Washington (state)