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2015 CONCACAF Awards

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CONCACAF Awards 2015
Date22 January 2016 (2016-01-22)
Websiteconcacaf.com
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The 2015 CONCACAF Awards is the third year for CONCACAF's awards for the top region football players, coaches and referees of the year. The shortlists were published on 12 January 2016.[1] The results were announced on 22 January 2016.[2]

The eligibility criteria for these awards is:

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

Notes:

  1. ^ A player/coach/referee from the CONCACAF region, who does not meet the above criteria (i.e. a player whose only performances in the past year came in a European or Asian league etc.), would not be eligible;

Female awards

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Player of the Year

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Rank Name Position Club
1st United States Carli Lloyd MF United States Houston Dash
2nd United States Alex Morgan FW United States Orlando Pride
3rd Costa Rica Shirley Cruz MF France Paris Saint-Germain
  United States Becky Sauerbrunn DF United States FC Kansas City
Canada Christine Sinclair FW United States Portland Thorns FC
United States Hope Solo GK United States Seattle Reign
United States Julie Johnston DF United States Chicago Red Stars
Canada Kadeisha Buchanan DF
United States Megan Rapinoe MF United States Seattle Reign
Costa Rica Raquel Rodríguez FW

Goalkeeper of the Year

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Rank Name Team
1st United States Hope Solo United States Seattle Reign
2nd Costa Rica Dinnia Díaz Costa Rica Moravia
3rd Mexico Cecilia Santiago Cyprus Apollon Limassol
  United States Alyssa Naeher United States Chicago Red Stars
United States Ashlyn Harris United States Orlando Pride
Canada Erin McLeod United States Houston Dash
Trinidad and Tobago Kimika Forbes  Trinidad and Tobago
United States Michele Dalton United States Chicago Red Stars
United States Rosemary Chandler United States Concorde Fire
United States Michelle Betos United States Portland Thorns

Coach of the Year

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Rank Name Club or National Team
1st England Jill Ellis  United States
2nd Costa Rica Amelia Valverde  Costa Rica
3rd Panama Raiza Gutiérrez  Panama
 Panama U-20
  Antigua and Barbuda Akeilah Hillhouse Antigua and Barbuda Freeman’s Village FC
Antigua and Barbuda Georgetta Lewis Antigua and Barbuda Urlings
England Laura Harvey United States Seattle Reign
United States Michelle French  United States

Referee of the Year

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Rank Name
1st Costa Rica Kimberly Moreira
2nd Mexico Lucila Venegas
3rd Canada Carol Anne Chenard
  United States Karen Abt
United States Katja Koroleva
United States Margaret Domka
Guyana Maureese Skeete
Honduras Melissa Borjas
Canada Michelle Pye
Mexico Quetzalli Alvarado

Best XI

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GK
  • Hope Solo (GK/USA), Seattle Reign (USA)
DF
MF
FW

Male awards

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Player of the Year

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Rank Name Position Club
1st Mexico Javier Hernández FW Germany Bayer Leverkusen
2nd Costa Rica Bryan Ruiz FW Portugal Sporting CP
3rd Mexico Andrés Guardado MF Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
  United States Clint Dempsey FW United States Seattle Sounders FC
Canada Cyle Larin FW United States Orlando City SC
Mexico Hirving Lozano FW Mexico Pachuca
Mexico Jesús Corona MF Portugal Porto
United States Michael Bradley MF Canada Toronto FC
Mexico Oribe Peralta FW Mexico América
Jamaica Rodolph Austin MF Denmark Brøndby

Goalkeeper of the Year

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Rank Name Team
1st United States Tim Howard England Everton
2nd Panama Jaime Penedo United States LA Galaxy
3rd Mexico Guillermo Ochoa Spain Málaga
  Jamaica Andre Blake United States Philadelphia Union
United States Bill Hamid United States D.C. United
United States Brad Guzan England Aston Villa
Jamaica Dwayne Miller Sweden Syrianska
Costa Rica Esteban Alvarado Turkey Trabzonspor
United States Evan Bush Canada Montreal Impact
Mexico Moisés Muñoz Mexico América

Coach of the Year

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Rank Name Team
1st Colombia Hernán Darío Gómez  Panama
2nd United States Caleb Porter United States Portland Timbers
3rd Mexico Miguel Herrera Mexico Tijuana
  Uruguay Gustavo Matosas Mexico América
United States Jesse Marsch United States New York Red Bulls
Germany Jürgen Klinsmann  United States
France Marc Collat  Haiti
Mexico Raúl Gutiérrez  Mexico U-23
Trinidad and Tobago Stephen Hart  Trinidad and Tobago
Germany Winfried Schäfer  Jamaica

Referee of the Year

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Rank Name
1st El Salvador Joel Aguilar
2nd Mexico Roberto García
3rd Mexico Fernando Guerrero
  Canada David Gantar
Honduras Héctor Francisco Rodríguez
Costa Rica Henry Bejarano
Costa Rica Ricardo Montero
Guyana Sherwin Moore
Guatemala Walter López
Cuba Yadel Martínez

Best XI

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GK
  • Tim Howard (GK/USA); Everton (ENG)
DF
MF
  • Andrés Guardado (MF/MEX), PSV (NED);
  • Michael Bradley (MF/USA), Toronto FC (CAN)
  • Joel Campbell (MF/CRC), Arsenal (ENG)
  • Jesús Corona (MF/MEX), Porto (POR)
FW
  • Javier Hernández (FW/MEX), Bayer Leverkusen (GER)
  • Bryan Ruiz (FW/CRC), Sporting CP (POR)

Mixed-sex

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Goal of the Year

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Goal of the Year applies only to goals scored during CONCACAF or FIFA official competitions or a league game disputed within the CONCACAF region;

Rank Player Date Participants Minute scored Competition
1st United States Carli Lloyd July 5, 2015 (2015-07-05) USA vs. Japan 16' 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
2nd Mexico Paul Aguilar October 10, 2015 (2015-10-10) Mexico vs. USA 122' 2015 CONCACAF Cup
3rd Colombia Darwin Quintero August 19, 2015 (2015-08-19) Club America vs. Walter Ferretti 13' 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League
  Mexico Andrés Guardado July 26, 2015 (2015-07-26) Jamaica vs. Mexico 31' 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Guatemala Carlos Ruiz July 9, 2015 (2015-07-09) Trinidad & Tobago vs. Guatemala 62' 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Costa Rica Karla Villalobos June 13, 2015 (2015-06-13) South Korea vs. Costa Rica 88' 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
United States Lauren Holiday July 5, 2015 (2015-07-05) USA vs. Japan 14' 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
Mexico Javier Hernández October 10, 2015 (2015-10-10) Mexico vs. USA 10' 2015 CONCACAF Cup
Cuba Arichel Hernández October 6, 2015 (2015-10-06) Canada vs. Cuba 87' 2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship
Mexico Víctor Guzmán October 14, 2015 (2015-10-14) Honduras vs. Mexico 68' 2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship

References

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  1. ^ "Shortlists Announced for Third-Annual CONCACAF Awards". CONCACAF.com. 12 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Javier Hernandez and Carli Lloyd Named 2015 CONCACAF Players of the Year". CONCACAF. Archived from the original on 19 August 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2016.