National Women's Soccer League season awards

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annual award association football award sports award women's sports award

The National Women's Soccer League season awards are annual honors recognizing the league's top teams, players, and coaches for their performances each season.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
NWSL annual awards	4
National Women's Soccer League awards	2
National Women's Soccer League season awards canonical	2
NWSL Golden Boot	1
NWSL Most Valuable Player Award	1
National Women's Soccer League trophies and awards	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2730507 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: National Women's Soccer League season awards
Context triple: [NWSL Shield, partOf, National Women's Soccer League season awards]

A. NWSL Best XI
The NWSL Best XI is an annual all-star team recognizing the top-performing players in the National Women's Soccer League each season.
B. NWSL Most Valuable Player Award 2018
The NWSL Most Valuable Player Award 2018 is the National Women's Soccer League's annual honor recognizing the league's top-performing player for the 2018 season.
C. NWSL Defender of the Year
NWSL Defender of the Year is an annual National Women's Soccer League honor recognizing the league's top-performing defensive player for that season.
D. NWSL Shield
The NWSL Shield is the annual trophy awarded to the National Women's Soccer League team that finishes the regular season with the best overall record.
E. 2019 NWSL Shield
The 2019 NWSL Shield was the National Women's Soccer League's regular-season title awarded to the team with the best record during the 2019 season.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: National Women's Soccer League season awards
Target entity description: The National Women's Soccer League season awards are annual honors recognizing the league's top teams, players, and coaches for their performances each season.

A. NWSL Best XI
The NWSL Best XI is an annual all-star team recognizing the top-performing players in the National Women's Soccer League each season.
B. NWSL Most Valuable Player Award 2018
The NWSL Most Valuable Player Award 2018 is the National Women's Soccer League's annual honor recognizing the league's top-performing player for the 2018 season.
C. NWSL Defender of the Year
NWSL Defender of the Year is an annual National Women's Soccer League honor recognizing the league's top-performing defensive player for that season.
D. NWSL Shield
The NWSL Shield is the annual trophy awarded to the National Women's Soccer League team that finishes the regular season with the best overall record.
E. 2019 NWSL Shield
The 2019 NWSL Shield was the National Women's Soccer League's regular-season title awarded to the team with the best record during the 2019 season.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	annual award ⓘ association football award ⓘ sports award ⓘ women's sports award ⓘ
appliesToLeague	National Women's Soccer League ⓘ
awardedFor	coaching performance in a National Women's Soccer League season ⓘ individual performance in a National Women's Soccer League season ⓘ team performance in a National Women's Soccer League season ⓘ
competitionLevel	top-division women's professional soccer in the United States ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
eligibleRecipients	NWSL coaches ⓘ NWSL players ⓘ NWSL teams ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genderCategory	women ⓘ
hasPart	NWSL Best XI ⓘ NWSL Championship MVP ⓘ NWSL Coach of the Year Award ⓘ linked to: NWSL Coach of the Year NWSL Defender of the Year Award ⓘ linked to: NWSL Defender of the Year NWSL Goalkeeper of the Year Award ⓘ linked to: NWSL Goalkeeper of the Year NWSL Golden Boot ⓘ NWSL Most Valuable Player Award ⓘ NWSL Rookie of the Year Award ⓘ linked to: NWSL Rookie of the Year NWSL Second XI ⓘ
inception	2013 ⓘ
languageOfName	English ⓘ
leagueAbbreviation	NWSL ⓘ linked to: National Women's Soccer League
leagueType	professional sports league ⓘ
notableAwardCategory	Best XI ⓘ Coach of the Year ⓘ Defender of the Year ⓘ Goalkeeper of the Year ⓘ Golden Boot ⓘ Most Valuable Player ⓘ Rookie of the Year ⓘ
organizer	National Women's Soccer League ⓘ
partOf	National Women's Soccer League season ⓘ linked to: National Women's Soccer League
purpose	to recognize the league's top coaches each season ⓘ to recognize the league's top players each season ⓘ to recognize the league's top teams each season ⓘ
region	North America ⓘ
selectionMethod	voting ⓘ
sport	association football ⓘ soccer ⓘ
temporalCoverage	end of each NWSL season ⓘ

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