African players dominate the USA National Women’s Soccer League goal chart, with Nigerian stars Asisat Oshoala and Uchenna Kanu faring worst.
The 14-team league is quickly taking shape after 18 rounds of competition, and players are vying for individual awards as well.
With five goals in 12 games, Kanu of Racing Louisville is the player with the best ranking among the two, coming in at number eight on the list.
Kanu scored her fifth of the season in Racing Louisville’s 3-1 win over the Chicago Red Stars last week.
Bay FC forward Oshoala has not been in her lethal form in the USA, sitting 32nd with just three goals in 17 appearances.
The Super Falcons star is known to be prolific, scoring 117 goals across 162 matches for former club Barcelona.
KC’s current striker and Malawi international Temwa Chawinga, is top of the chart with 14 goals in 18 appearances. She is followed by Zambia and Orlando Pride forward Barbra Banda.
Chawinga pulled clear of Banda by netting her 13th goal of the season in the Kansas City Current’s 4-1 defeat to the Washington Spirit last week. The Malawian also has six assists.
Oshoala’s Bay FC teammate and the most expensive player in women’s football history, Racheal Kundananji, has also scored three goals in 18 appearances, sitting 38th in the chart.
There are eight more rounds of matches to go in the NWSL season.
