The NWSL regular season is over, and with the close of the regular season come regular season awards. These awards are a subject of controversy every year, but more than that, they’re often not reflective of what the league has been like that year.
Many sports, of course, have quite bad individual awards. Many leagues in which writers are far better compensated for their time feature voters who do not watch all of the games. That’s all part of the reality of how sports are perceived. To some extent all individual awards are popularity contests. Why get so worked up about it?