2024 Kansas City Current season

PresidentRaven JemisonHead coach and Sporting DirectorVlatko AndonovskiStadiumCPKC Stadium
(capacity: 11,500)NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer CupGroup stage

Home colors

Away colors

All statistics correct as of March 16, 2024.

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

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.^[1]

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.^[2]

Team

Technical staff

As of 14 March 2024.^[3]

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 14 March 2024.^[4][5]

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

Note: *Indicates a sell-out crowd

Regular season standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Orlando Pride	11	8	3	0	20	10	+10	27	NWSL Shield, playoffs
2	Kansas City Current	11	7	4	0	26	15	+11	25	Playoffs
3	Washington Spirit	11	8	0	3	25	16	+9	24
4	Portland Thorns FC	11	6	1	4	24	16	+8	19
5	NJ/NY Gotham FC	10	5	3	2	10	7	+3	18

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
10	6	4	0	25	15	+10	22	4	1	0	18	11	+7	2	3	0	7	4	+3

Results by matchday

NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts		KC	HOU	TIG	PAC
1	Kansas City Current	0	0		—	Jul 20	Aug 1	Jul 27
2	Houston Dash	0	0		—	—	Jul 28	Aug 1
3	UANL	0	0		—	—	—	Jul 19
4	Pachuca	0	0		—	—	—	—

References