Inaugural Fleur-de-lis-FC Player of the Month Award

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Each month I will conduct a Twitter poll to let people vote on the Player of the Month. I will pretend to consider input from this poll then award the honor precisely to who I think deserves it.

June's Player of the Month, and frankly the Player of the Year so far is Michelle Betos. She received 75% of the votes via Twitter (including mine as well). Michelle has been a great Captain on and off the field. She was awarded with the NWSL Player of the Week on honor for her performance against Houston. She leads the league in Saves (43/27 in June) and is tied for the lead in Clean sheets (4/2 in June). Although there is not true way to measure this, she probably leads the league in fan engagement too. She often sticks around long after the match is over to take pictures and sign autographs.

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Several fans on Twitter have posted that she made their day after an interaction with her. She is a tremendous ambassador for the club and a great example to her young teammates as captain.

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I think Michelle and the fans would be happy if this was the last Player of the Month award she ever won. That would mean she didn't have to make as many great saves as she has consistently done so far this season. However, for this month I am very pleased to say the Michelle is #1 on her shirt and in our hearts. Congratulations Ms. Betos!