{{Short description|Women's soccer match in Oregon, US}} {{Use American English|date=August 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2025}} {{Infobox football match | title = 2015 NWSL Championship | event = NWSL Championship | image = | imagesize = | team1 = Seattle Reign FC | team1score = 0 | team2 = FC Kansas City | team2score = 1 | date = {{Start date|2015|10|01}} | stadium = Providence Park | city = Portland, Oregon, U.S. | player_of_the_match1 = Amy Rodriguez<br />(FC Kansas City) | player_of_the_match1name = Most Valuable Player | referee = Katja Koroleva | attendance = 13,264 | weather = | previous = 2014 | next = 2016 }}

The '''2015 NWSL Championship''' was the third edition of the NWSL Championship, the championship match of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), and took place on October 1, 2014. In a rematch of the 2014 NWSL Championship, FC Kansas City defended their title by winning 1–0 against NWSL Shield holders Seattle Reign FC. The match took place at Providence Park in Portland, Oregon.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/report/_/gameId/435632|title=Amy Rodriguez goal helps FC Kansas City beat Seattle Reign in NWSL final|date=2023-05-17|publisher=ESPN|access-date=2025-08-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.si.com/soccer/2015/10/02/fc-kansas-city-tops-seattle-reign-nwsl-championship|title=FC Kansas City edges Seattle for second straight NWSL championship|last=Bird|first=Liviu|date=2015-10-02|website=Sports Illustrated|access-date=2025-08-19}}</ref>

==Road to the final==

===Seattle Reign FC=== {{See also|2015 Seattle Reign FC season}}

After falling short of the league double in the 2014 NWSL Championship, Seattle Reign FC repeated as NWSL Shield winners in the 2015 season with the best record in the league.<ref name="fbr">{{cite web|url=https://fbref.com/en/comps/182/2015/2015-NWSL-Stats|title=2015 NWSL Stats|website=FBref.com|access-date=2025-08-19}}</ref> They were led by returning NWSL Most Valuable Player Kim Little and other NWSL Team of the Year selections Lauren Barnes, Jess Fishlock, and Beverly Goebel.<ref name="fbr"/> In the playoffs, Reign defeated fourth seed Washington Spirit in the semifinals for the second consecutive year, with goals scored by Goebel, Megan Rapinoe, and Mariah Bullock.<ref name="fbr"/>

===FC Kansas City=== {{See also|2015 FC Kansas City season}}

Coming off their 2014 NWSL Championship victory, FC Kansas City placed third in the 2015 regular-season standings.<ref name="fbr"/> Three-time NWSL Defender of the Year Becky Sauerbrunn and NWSL Team of the Year selection Amy LePeilbet led a defense that conceded the fewest goals in the league.<ref name="fbr"/> In the playoff semifinals, Amy Rodriguez scored twice and Erika Tymrak also scored within the opening half hour as Kansas City won 3–0 against the second seed Chicago Red Stars.<ref name="fbr"/>

==Match==

===Details=== {{Football box | date = October 1, 2015 | time = 6:30pm PDT | team1 = Seattle Reign FC | team2 = FC Kansas City | score = 0–1 | report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20151003033229/http://nwslsoccer.com/home/896018.html Report] | goals2 = Rodriguez {{goal|78}} | stadium = Providence Park<br />Portland, Oregon | attendance = 13,264 | referee = Katja Koroleva }}

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{| style="width:100%;" |- | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| {| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" |- |colspan="4"| |- !width=25| !!width=25| |- |GK ||'''1'''||{{flagicon|USA}} Hope Solo |- |DF ||'''13'''||{{flagicon|USA}} Kendall Fletcher |- |DF ||'''4'''||{{flagicon|SCO}} Rachel Corsie |- |DF ||'''3'''||{{flagicon|USA}} Lauren Barnes |- |DF ||'''14'''||{{flagicon|USA}} Stephanie Cox || || {{suboff|77}} |- |MF ||'''11'''||{{flagicon|USA}} Keelin Winters (c) |- |MF ||'''8'''||{{flagicon|SCO}} Kim Little |- |MF ||'''10'''||{{flagicon|WAL}} Jess Fishlock |- |FW ||'''9'''||{{flagicon|USA}} Merritt Mathias || || {{suboff|72}} |- |FW ||'''15'''||{{flagicon|USA}} Megan Rapinoe |- |FW ||'''17'''||{{flagicon|USA}} Beverly Yanez |- |colspan=3|'''Substitutes:''' |- |GK ||'''8'''||{{flagicon|USA}} Haley Kopmeyer |- |DF ||'''7'''||{{flagicon|USA}} Elli Reed || || {{subon|77}} |- |FW ||'''18'''||{{flagicon|USA}} Danielle Foxhoven |- |MF ||'''20'''||{{flagicon|SAM}} Mariah Bullock |- |MF ||'''22'''||{{flagicon|USA}} Amber Brooks |- |FW ||'''24'''||{{flagicon|DEN}} Katrine Veje || || {{subon|72}} |- |DF ||'''25'''||{{flagicon|USA}} Kiersten Dallstream |- |colspan=3|'''Manager:''' |- |colspan=4|{{flagicon|USA}} Laura Harvey |} || {| style="font-size:90%; margin:auto" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" |- !width=25| !!width=25| |- |GK ||'''18'''||{{flagicon|USA}} Nicole Barnhart |- |DF ||'''13'''||{{flagicon|USA}} Leigh Ann Brown |- |DF ||'''17'''||{{flagicon|USA}} Amy LePeilbet |- |DF ||'''4'''||{{flagicon|USA}} Becky Sauerbrunn (c) || {{yel|76}} |- |DF ||'''3'''||{{flagicon|USA}} Becca Moros |- |MF ||'''6'''||{{flagicon|USA}} Jen Buczkowski |- |MF ||'''25'''||{{flagicon|USA}} Mandy Laddish || || {{suboff|90+2}} |- |MF ||'''15'''||{{flagicon|USA}} Erika Tymrak || || {{suboff|88}} |- |MF ||'''9'''||{{flagicon|USA}} Heather O'Reilly |- |MF ||'''12'''||{{flagicon|USA}} Lauren Holiday |- |FW ||'''8'''||{{flagicon|USA}} Amy Rodriguez || || {{suboff|90+3}} |- |colspan=3|'''Substitutes:''' |- |GK ||'''0'''||{{flagicon|USA}} Katelyn Rowland |- |MF ||'''2'''||{{flagicon|USA}} Shea Groom || || {{subon|88}} |- |FW ||'''5'''||{{flagicon|USA}} Liz Bogus |- |FW ||'''10'''||{{flagicon|USA}} Frances Silva |- |MF ||'''14'''||{{flagicon|USA}} Yael Averbuch || || {{subon|90+2}} |- |FW ||'''22'''||{{flagicon|USA}} Sarah Hagen || || {{subon|90+3}} |- |FW ||'''23'''||{{flagicon|USA}} Caroline Kastor |- |colspan=3|'''Manager:''' |- |colspan=4|{{flagicon|MKD}} Vlatko Andonovski |} |}

{| width=100% style="font-size:90%" | '''Most Valuable Player:''' <br />{{flagicon|USA}} Amy Rodriguez

'''Assistant referees:''' <br />Amanda Ross (United States) <br />Jennifer Garner (United States) <br />'''Fourth official:''' <br />Margaret Domka (United States) |style="width:60%; vertical-align:top;"| '''Match rules''' *90 minutes. *30 minutes of extra time if necessary. *Penalty shootout if scores still level. *Maximum of three substitutions. |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

{{2015 in American soccer}} 2015 * Category:Seattle Reign FC Category:FC Kansas City Category:October 2015 sports events in the United States Category:2015 in sports in Oregon Category:Sports competitions in Portland, Oregon Category:Soccer competitions in Oregon