Rose Lavelle Named 2025 U.S. Soccer Female Player of the Year as Lilly Reale Earns Young Award

A weighted vote across coaches, players, media rewarded her late-season, title-clinching form.

Overview

Lavelle topped the ballot with 29.2% of the weighted vote, finishing ahead of Sam Coffey at 23.9% and Catarina Macario at 22.3%.
After a long ankle layoff, she returned to make six USWNT appearances in 2025 and recorded three goals with three assists.
For Gotham FC, she scored the NWSL Championship winner against the Washington Spirit, claimed Championship MVP, and is the only player to score in a World Cup final and two NWSL title games.
Gotham rookie Lilly Reale won Young Female Player of the Year with 48% after logging 2,217 minutes across 29 matches and debuting for the USWNT in June en route to six caps.
U.S. Soccer said voting included national-team coaches, capped players, board and Athletes' Council members, NWSL head coaches, and select media, with men's winners Chris Richards and Benjamin Cremaschi named earlier in the week.