Kansas City Current forward Temwa Chawinga won the National Women's Soccer League's Most Valuable Player Award for the second straight year Wednesday after leading the league's top team in goals this season.

Chawinga is the first player to win MVP in consecutive seasons. Although she was sidelined following adductor injury to her right leg in October, Chawinga also won the NWSL's Golden Boot with 15 goals and three assists over 23 matches.

Six of her 15 goals were game-winners, tying her own record set last year, her first in the league. The 27-year-old tied the league record by scoring in eight straight NWSL regular-season games.

The Ballon d'Or nominee from Malawi became the fastest player to reach 25 regular-season goals in May.

The Current finished the regular season atop the leagu

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