2014 NWSL Championship

2014 NWSL Championship
Event	NWSL Championship
Date	August 31, 2014 (2014-08-31)
Venue	Starfire Stadium, Tukwila, Washington, U.S.
Most Valuable Player	Lauren Holiday; (FC Kansas City)
Referee	Margaret Domka
Attendance	4,252
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Women's soccer match in Washington, US

Football match

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.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Road to the final

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.^[4] 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.^[4] 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.^[4]

After sweeping the NWSL's inaugural major awards,^[5] FC Kansas City repeated their success in the 2014 season and again placed second in the league standings.^[4] 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.^[4] 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.^[4]

August 31, 2014

12:00pm PDT

Seattle Reign FC	1–2	FC Kansas City
Rapinoe 86'	Report	Rodriguez 23', 56'

Attendance: 4,252

Seattle Reign FC

FC Kansas City

Most Valuable Player:
Lauren Holiday

Assistant referees:
Marlene Duffy (United States)
Danielle Chesky (United States)
Fourth official:
Katja Koroleva (United States)

Match rules

^ Wood, Terry (August 31, 2014). "FC Kansas City beats Seattle 2-1, wins National Women's Soccer League title". Kansas City Star. Archived from the original on September 1, 2014.
^ Evans, Jayda (August 31, 2014). "NWSL title game: Reign FC falls, 2-1, to FC Kansas City". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on September 4, 2014.
^ Kassouf, Jeff (August 31, 2014). "Rodriguez, Holiday combine to lift FC Kansas City past Seattle Reign, to 2014 NWSL Championship". The Equalizer. Retrieved August 19, 2025.
^ a b c d e f "2014 NWSL Stats". FBref.com. Retrieved August 19, 2025.
^ Kassouf, Jeff (August 27, 2013). "Holiday named 2013 NWSL MVP; KC sweeps awards". The Equalizer. Retrieved August 19, 2025.