2022 NWSL season
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The 2022 NWSL season was a professional women’s soccer campaign in the United States featuring the National Women’s Soccer League’s regular season and playoffs to determine the league champion.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 2022 NWSL season canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5497522 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: 2022 NWSL season Context triple: [2021 NWSL season, followedBy, 2022 NWSL season]
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2020 NWSL season
The 2020 NWSL season was the National Women's Soccer League campaign heavily disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to the creation of the NWSL Challenge Cup as a replacement for a traditional regular season.
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2021 NWSL season
The 2021 NWSL season was the ninth campaign of the National Women's Soccer League, featuring professional women's soccer clubs from across the United States competing in regular-season and playoff competition.
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C.
2018 NWSL season
The 2018 NWSL season was the sixth campaign of the top-tier professional women’s soccer league in the United States, featuring nine clubs competing for the league championship.
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2017 NWSL season
The 2017 NWSL season was the fifth campaign of the National Women's Soccer League, featuring top-tier professional women's soccer clubs in the United States competing for the league title and culminating in the 2017 NWSL Championship.
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2022 NWSL Championship
The 2022 NWSL Championship was the National Women's Soccer League's title match for the 2022 season, culminating in Portland Thorns FC winning the league championship.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: 2022 NWSL season Target entity description: The 2022 NWSL season was a professional women’s soccer campaign in the United States featuring the National Women’s Soccer League’s regular season and playoffs to determine the league champion.
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A.
2020 NWSL season
The 2020 NWSL season was the National Women's Soccer League campaign heavily disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to the creation of the NWSL Challenge Cup as a replacement for a traditional regular season.
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B.
2021 NWSL season
The 2021 NWSL season was the ninth campaign of the National Women's Soccer League, featuring professional women's soccer clubs from across the United States competing in regular-season and playoff competition.
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C.
2018 NWSL season
The 2018 NWSL season was the sixth campaign of the top-tier professional women’s soccer league in the United States, featuring nine clubs competing for the league championship.
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D.
2017 NWSL season
The 2017 NWSL season was the fifth campaign of the National Women's Soccer League, featuring top-tier professional women's soccer clubs in the United States competing for the league title and culminating in the 2017 NWSL Championship.
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E.
2022 NWSL Championship
The 2022 NWSL Championship was the National Women's Soccer League's title match for the 2022 season, culminating in Portland Thorns FC winning the league championship.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
National Women’s Soccer League season
ⓘ
sports season ⓘ |
| attendanceTrend | increasing compared to 2021 ⓘ |
| broadcastPartners |
CBS Sports
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Paramount+ NERFINISHED ⓘ Twitch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| champion | Portland Thorns FC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| championshipMVP | Sophia Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coachOfTheYear | Casey Stoney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| competitionLevel | top division of women’s professional soccer in the United States ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| defenderOfTheYear | Naomi Girma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endDate | 2022-10-29 ⓘ |
| expansionTeam |
Angel City FC
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
San Diego Wave FC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| finalCity | Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| finalMatch | 2022 NWSL Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| finalScore | Portland Thorns FC 2–0 Kansas City Current ⓘ |
| finalVenue | Audi Field NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | women ⓘ |
| goalkeeperOfTheYear | Kailen Sheridan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| goldenBootGoals | 15 ⓘ |
| goldenBootWinner | Alex Morgan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBody | National Women’s Soccer League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
2022 NWSL Challenge Cup
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
2022 NWSL playoffs NERFINISHED ⓘ 2022 NWSL regular season ⓘ |
| league | National Women’s Soccer League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mostValuablePlayer | Sophia Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nextSeason | 2023 NWSL season ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
NWSL Championship hosted at a predetermined neutral site
ⓘ
first NWSL seasons for Angel City FC and San Diego Wave FC ⓘ |
| numberOfPlayoffTeams | 6 ⓘ |
| numberOfRegularSeasonGamesPerTeam | 22 ⓘ |
| numberOfTeams | 12 ⓘ |
| playoffByesAwardedTo | top two seeds ⓘ |
| playoffFormat | single-elimination ⓘ |
| previousSeason | 2021 NWSL season NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rookieOfTheYear | Naomi Girma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runnerUp | Kansas City Current NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seasonNumber | 10 ⓘ |
| shieldWinner | OL Reign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sport | soccer ⓘ |
| startDate | 2022-04-29 ⓘ |
| topSeedInPlayoffs | OL Reign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: 2022 NWSL season Description of subject: The 2022 NWSL season was a professional women’s soccer campaign in the United States featuring the National Women’s Soccer League’s regular season and playoffs to determine the league champion.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.