CONCACAF Awards

CONCACAF Awards
2016 CONCACAF Awards
First awarded	2013
Website	http://www.concacaf.com

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]

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.

Female award winners

Player of the Year

Year	Rank	Player	Team
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

Goalkeeper of the Year

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

Coach of the Year

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

Referee of the Year

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

Male award winners

Player of the Year

Year	Rank	Player	Club
2013	1st	Oribe Peralta	Santos Laguna
	2nd	Landon Donovan	LA Galaxy
	3rd	Clint Dempsey	Seattle Sounders
2014	1st	Keylor Navas	Real Madrid
	2nd	Bryan Ruiz	Fulham
	3rd	Tim Howard	Everton
2015	1st	Javier Hernández	Bayer Leverkusen
	2nd	Bryan Ruiz	Sporting
	3rd	Andrés Guardado	PSV
2016	1st	Bryan Ruiz	Sporting
	2nd	Hirving Lozano	Pachuca
	3rd	Keylor Navas	Real Madrid

Goalkeeper of the Year

Year	Rank	Goalkeeper	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	Tigres UANL

Coach of the Year

Year	Rank	Coach	Club/National 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	Tigres UANL
	3rd	Diego Alonso	Pachuca

Referee of the Year

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 Arturo Ramos
	2nd	Joe Fletcher
	3rd	Joel Aguilar

Mixed

Goal of the Year

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

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