Sam Kerr finishes NWSL season with bushel of scoring records

• by Paul Kennedy  @pkedit, Oct 1, 2017

Sam Kerr topped the greatest season a player has ever had in the NWSL with her record-setting 17th goal in the season finale.

NWSL Semifinals:
OCTOBER 7
Portland vs. Orlando, 3:30 pm ET, Lifetime
OCTOBER 8
North Carolina vs. Chicago, 3:30 pm ET, Lifetime
Final: Oct. 14 in Orlando, 4:30 pm ET, Lifetime

Her goal in Sky Blue FC's 4-3 win over the Boston Breakers broke the single-season record she shared with Kim Little (Seattle Reign 2013). She also extended her NWSL career record for goals, now at 43 in five seasons.

Kerr also set records for most hat tricks in a season (2) and goals in a game (4).

Sam Kerr in NWSL:
GP/G TEAM (YEAR)
22/17 Sky Blue FC (2017)
9/5 Sky Blue FC (2016)
9/6 Sky Blue FC (2016)
20/9 WNY Flash (2014)
21/6 WNY Flash (20130

If that wasn't enough, Kerr scored four goals in three games as Australia won the Tournament of Nations in August and three goals in two friendly wins for the Matildas against Brazil in September



Final NWSL Standings:
PTS TEAM W-L-T GF/GA
49 North Carolina 16-7-1 38/22
47 Portland 14-5-5 37/20
40 Orlando 11-6-7 45/31
39 Chicago 11-7-6 33/30
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34 Seattle 9-8-7 43/37
33 Sky Blue FC 10-11-3 42/51
31 FC Kansas City 8-9-7 29/31
24 Houston 7-14-3 23/39
19 Boston 4-13-7 24/35
19 Washington 5-15-4 30/48

Final NWSL Leading Scorers:
17 Sam Kerr (Sky Blue FC)
13 Marta (Orlando)
12 Megan Rapinoe (Seattle)
11 Christen Press (Chicago)
9 Lynn Williams (North Carolina)