The CONCACAF Awards are an association football award given annually to honor players, match officials and coaches from the North American region. It was established in 2013.[1]

CONCACAF Awards
Current: 2022 CONCACAF Awards
First awarded2013
Websitewww.concacaf.com

Criteria edit

Players, Coaches and Referees of any nationality are eligible to be nominated, so long as they meet at least one of the following criteria:

  • 1. Have played/coached/refereed in an official CONCACAF tournament at club or national level
  • 2. Have played/coached/refereed for a CONCACAF member national team in a FIFA-sanctioned international competition
  • 3. Have played/coached/refereed in a domestic league within CONCACAF's territory.

For each award, an initial shortlist of 20 nominees was established by CONCACAF's 41 Member Associations and CONCACAF competitions' Technical Study Groups.

The final shortlist is voted on by three groups; Member Associations' national team coaches and captains, media, and fans. Each group's votes will provide a third of the total outcome.

Male award winners edit

Player of the Year edit

Year Rank Player Club
2013 1st   Oribe Peralta   Santos Laguna
2nd   Landon Donovan   LA Galaxy
3rd   Clint Dempsey   Seattle Sounders FC
2014 1st   Keylor Navas   Real Madrid
2nd   Bryan Ruiz   Fulham
3rd   Tim Howard   Everton
2015 1st   Javier Hernández   Bayer Leverkusen
2nd   Bryan Ruiz   Sporting CP
3rd   Andrés Guardado   PSV Eindhoven
2016 1st   Bryan Ruiz   Sporting CP
2nd   Hirving Lozano   Pachuca
3rd   Keylor Navas   Real Madrid
2017 1st   Keylor Navas   Real Madrid
2nd   Hirving Lozano   PSV Eindhoven
3rd   Andre Blake   Philadelphia Union
2018 1st   Hirving Lozano   PSV Eindhoven
2nd   Keylor Navas   Real Madrid
3rd   Sebastian Giovinco   Toronto FC
2021 1st   Alphonso Davies   Bayern Munich
2022 1st   Alphonso Davies   Bayern Munich

Goalkeeper of the Year edit

Year Rank Player Club
2013 1st   Tim Howard   Everton
2nd   Raúl Gudiño   Guadalajara
3rd   Keylor Navas   Levante
2014 1st   Tim Howard   Everton
2nd   Guillermo Ochoa   Málaga
3rd   Keylor Navas   Real Madrid
2015 1st   Tim Howard   Everton
2nd   Jaime Penedo   Saprissa
3rd   Guillermo Ochoa   Málaga
2016 1st   Keylor Navas   Real Madrid
2nd   Alfredo Talavera   Toluca
3rd   Nahuel Guzmán   UANL
2017 1st   Keylor Navas   Real Madrid
2nd   Andre Blake   Philadelphia Union
3rd   Jaime Penedo   Dinamo București
2018 1st   Keylor Navas   Real Madrid
2nd   Guillermo Ochoa   Standard Liège
3rd   Cody Laurendi   Oklahoma City Energy

Coach of the Year edit

Year Rank Coach Team
2013 1st   Jürgen Klinsmann   United States
2nd   Miguel Herrera   América
  Mexico
3rd   Luis Fernando Suárez   Honduras
2014 1st   Jorge Luis Pinto   Costa Rica
2nd   Luis Fernando Suárez   Honduras
3rd   Oscar Ramírez   Alajuelense
2015 1st   Hernán Darío Gómez   Panama
2nd   Caleb Porter   Portland Timbers
3rd   Miguel Herrera   Mexico
  Tijuana
2016 1st   Óscar Ramírez   Costa Rica
2nd   Ricardo Ferretti   UANL
3rd   Diego Alonso   Pachuca
2017 1st   Greg Vanney   Toronto FC
2nd   Hernán Darío Gómez   Panama
3rd   Juan Carlos Osorio   Mexico
2018 1st   Matías Almeyda   Guadalajara
  San Jose Earthquakes
2nd   Remko Bicentini   Curaçao
3rd   Juan Carlos Osorio   Mexico
  Paraguay

Referee of the Year edit

Year Rank Referee
2013 1st   Marco Antonio Rodríguez
2nd   Roberto García
3rd   Courtney Campbell
2014 1st   Mark Geiger
2nd   Marco Antonio Rodríguez
3rd   Walter Quesada
2015 1st   Joel Aguilar
2nd   Roberto Garcia
3rd   Fernando Guerrero
2016 1st   César Ramos
2nd   Joe Fletcher
3rd   Joel Aguilar
2017 1st   César Ramos
2nd   Joel Aguilar
3rd   Kimbell Ward
2018 1st   César Ramos
2nd   Mark Geiger
3rd   Joel Aguilar

Female award winners edit

Player of the Year edit

Year Rank Player Club
2013[2] 1st   Alex Morgan   Portland Thorns
2nd   Abby Wambach   Western New York Flash
3rd   Shirley Cruz   Paris Saint-Germain
2014[3] 1st   Abby Wambach   Western New York Flash
2nd   Shirley Cruz   Paris Saint-Germain
3rd   Charlyn Corral   Merilappi United
2015[4] 1st   Carli Lloyd   Houston Dash
2nd   Alex Morgan   Orlando Pride
3rd   Shirley Cruz   Paris Saint-Germain
2016[5] 1st   Alex Morgan   Orlando Pride
2nd   Tobin Heath   Portland Thorns
3rd   Crystal Dunn   Washington Spirit
2017 1st   Alex Morgan   Orlando Pride
2nd   Samantha Kerr   Sky Blue FC
3rd   Christine Sinclair   Portland Thorns
2018 1st   Alex Morgan   Orlando Pride
2nd   Khadija Shaw   Tennessee Volunteers
3rd   Lindsey Horan   Portland Thorns
2021 1st   Crystal Dunn   Portland Thorns
2022 1st   Khadija Shaw   Manchester City

Goalkeeper of the Year edit

Year Rank Player Club
2015 1st   Hope Solo   Seattle Reign
2nd   Dinnia Díaz   Moravia
3rd   Cecilia Santiago   Apollon Limassol
2016 1st   Ashlyn Harris   Orlando Pride
2nd   Stephanie Labbé   Washington Spirit
3rd   Yoselin Franco   Unifut
2017 1st   Adrianna Franch   Portland Thorns
2nd   Ashlyn Harris   Orlando Pride
3rd   Cecilia Santiago   América
2018 1st   Alyssa Naeher   Chicago Red Stars
2nd   Yenith Bailey   San Miguelito
3rd   Stephanie Labbé   Linköpings

Coach of the Year edit

Year Rank Coach Team
2015 1st   Jill Ellis   United States
2nd   Amelia Valverde   Costa Rica
3rd   Raiza Gutierrez   Panama
2016 1st   Amelia Valverde   Costa Rica
2nd   Jill Ellis   United States
3rd   Michelle French   United States U20
2017 1st   Eva Espejo   Pachuca
2nd   Roberto Medina   Mexico
3rd   Amelia Valverde   Costa Rica
2018 1st   Hue Menzies   Florida Kraze Krush
  Jamaica
2nd   Jill Ellis   United States
3rd   Monica Vergara   Mexico U17

Referee of the Year edit

Year Rank Referee
2015 1st   Kimberly Moreira
2nd   Lucila Venegas
3rd   Carol Anne Chenard
2016 1st   Carol Anne Chenard
2nd   Quetzalli Alvarado
3rd   Kimberly Moreira
2017 1st   Lucila Venegas
2nd   Carol Anne Chenard
3rd   Marianela Araya Cruz
2018 1st   Lucila Venegas
2nd   Crystal Sobers
3rd   Carol Anne Chenard

Mixed edit

Goal of the Year edit

Year Rank Player Team Opponent Score Competition
2013 1st   Raúl Jiménez   Mexico   Panama 2–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
2nd   Juan Carlos García   Honduras   United States 2–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
3rd   Jozy Altidore   United States   Honduras 1–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
2014 1st   Bryan Ruiz   Costa Rica   Italy 1–0 2014 FIFA World Cup
2nd   Esteban Ramírez   Herediano   Saprissa 3–1 2014–15 FPD Invierno
3rd   Joel Campbell   Costa Rica   Uruguay 3–1 2014 FIFA World Cup
2015 1st   Carli Lloyd   United States   Japan 5–2 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
2nd   Paul Aguilar   Mexico   United States 3–2 2015 CONCACAF Cup
3rd   Darwin Quintero   América   Walter Ferretti 1–0 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League
2016 1st   Jesús Corona   Mexico   Venezuela 1–1 Copa América Centenario
2nd   Eduardo Herrera   UNAM   Honduras Progreso 2–0 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League
3rd   Alexander Larín   Alianza   New York Red Bulls 1–0 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League
2017 1st   Amaury Escoto   Lobos BUAP   Guadalajara 2–1 Liga MX Apertura 2017
2nd   Camila   Orlando Pride   Houston Dash 1–0 2017 National Women's Soccer League
3rd   Ernesto Sinclair   Plaza Amador   Árabe Unido 1–1 2017–18 Liga Panameña de Fútbol
2018 1st   Joe Corona   América   Tauro 1–0 2018 CONCACAF Champions League
2nd   Alan Pulido   Guadalajara   Toronto FC 2–1 2018 CONCACAF Champions League
3rd   Khadija Shaw   Jamaica   Cuba 1–0 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "2013 CONCACAF Awards". CONCACAF.com. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. ^ "Peralta, Morgan named 2013 CONCACAF Players of the Year". CONCACAF.com. 13 December 2013. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Navas, Wambach named 2014 CONCACAF Players of the Year". CONCACAF.com. 23 December 2014. Archived from the original on 28 February 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  4. ^ "Javier Hernandez and Carli Lloyd Named 2015 CONCACAF Players of the Year". CONCACAF.com. 22 January 2016.
  5. ^ "Bryan Ruiz and Alex Morgan Named 2016 CONCACAF Players of the Year". CONCACAF.com. 19 January 2017.