Sam Kerr topped the scoring charts once more to earn her third consecutive NWSL Golden Boot, finishing as the league’s top scorer in the regular season with 18 goals and five assists in 21 games. The 18 tallies for the Chicago Red Stars forward set the record for most goals by a player in a […]

Sam Kerr topped the scoring charts once more to earn her third consecutive NWSL Golden Boot, finishing as the league’s top scorer in the regular season with 18 goals and five assists in 21 games. The 18 tallies for the Chicago Red Stars forward set the record for most goals by a player in a single season. Kerr already held the record, setting the mark when she scored 17 goals for Sky Blue FC in 2017.Kerr is the first player in league history to finish three straight seasons as the league’s Golden Boot recipient. The Australian international scored her record-tying and then record-breaking goals in a 3-1 win over the Washington Spirit on September 22 in the Red Stars’ penultimate contest of the regular season. [Youtube oembed has failed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VewmlA9RpII] North Carolina Courage forward Lynn Williams finished as runners up in the scoring race for a second consecutive season with 12 goals. During her three-peat of earning the Golden Boot, Kerr has scored a total of 51 league goals during that stretch.

Key Stats:

• Seven of Kerr’s goals this season have been assisted by Yuki Nagasato

• Nine came at home, eight came on the road

• Kerr played 1,862 minutes scoring a rate of 103.4 minutes per goal

• 15 goals with her right foot, 3 with her left foot

• 16 goals were inside the box, 2 goals were outside the box

• Scored against every other team in the league

• Scored a hat trick in the 2019 season, on the road vs. Orlando Pride

• She took 80 total shots (excluding blocked shots) and 53 were on target, according to Opta

Every Sam Ker Goal Scored in 2019 Season:

Goal 1: April 13 at North Carolina, 1-1 draw | 26′ | Assist: Yuki Nagasato Goal 2: April 20 vs. Portland Thorns, 4-4 draw | 20’ | Unassisted Goal 3: May 12 vs. North Carolina Courage, 3-1 win | 13’ | Assist: Yuki Nagasato Goal 4: May 12 vs. North Carolina Courage, 3-1 win | 90+3 | Unassisted Goal 5: May 19 at Houston Dash, 2-1 win | 8’ | Assist: Michele Vasconcelos Goal 6: May 19 at Houston Dash, 2-1 win | 13’ | Assist: Vanessa DiBernardo Goal 7: June 30 at Orlando Pride, 3-2 win | 7’ | Unassisted Goal 8: June 30 at Orlando Pride, 3-2 win | 45 + 2 |Assist: Yuki Nagasato Goal 9: June 30 at Orlando Pride, 3-2 win | 55’ | Assist: Michele Vasconcelos Goal 10: July 21 vs. North Carolina Courage, 2-1 win | 58’ | Assist: Katie Jonson Goal 11: July 28 at Reign FC, 4-0 win | 81’ | Assist: Katie Johnson Goal 12: August 3 vs. Utah Royals, 2-0 win | 5’ | Unassisted Goal 13: August 14 at Sky Blue, 1-0 loss | 90 + 1’ | Assist: Yuki Nagasato Goal 14: September 8 vs. Houston Dash, 3-0 win | 7’ | Assis: Morgan Brian Goal 15: September 8 vs. Houston Dash, 3-0 win | 44’ | Assist: Yuki Nagasato Goal 16: September 15 at Sky Blue, 3-0 win | 33’ | Assist: Yuki Nagasato Goal 17: September 21 vs. Washington Spirit, 3-1 win | 9’ | Assist: Kate Johnson Goal 18: September 21 vs. Washington Spirit, 3-1 win | 49’ | Assist: Yuki Nagasato