2020 MLS Year End Awards

[LionNYC]

NYCFC nominees listed below...

2020 Landon Donovan MLS MVP nominees
Sean Johnson (NYC)
Anton Tinnerholm (NYC)

AT&T Young Player of the Year
Valentín Castellanos (NYC)
James Sands (NYC)

Allstate Goalkeeper of the Year
Sean Johnson (NYC)

Defender of the Year
Alexander Callens (NYC)
Anton Tinnerholm (NYC)

Comeback Player of the Year
None

Newcomer of the Year
Gudmundur Thórarinsson (NYC)

MLS WORKS Humanitarian of the Year
Brad Stuver (NYC)

Sigi Schmid Coach of the Year
Ronny Deila (NYC)

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[moogoo]

i'm thinkin stuver might get the nod. otherwise, we're gonna get runover by the MLS hype machine elsewhere.

IF and big IF, we win CCL or MLS CUP, johnson might get the GK nod, but otherwise, blake probably has that locked up.

 

[LionNYC]

i'm thinkin stuver might get the nod. otherwise, we're gonna get runover by the MLS hype machine elsewhere.

IF and big IF, we win CCL or MLS CUP, johnson might get the GK nod, but otherwise, blake probably has that locked up.

These awards are for the regular season. Ballots are already in. They will be announced in the coming week(s).

 

[ZYanksRule]

Tinnerholm should win defender of the year, and I hope Johnson gets some votes for goalie.

 

[moogoo]

Tinnerholm should win defender of the year, and I hope Johnson gets some votes for goalie.

defender of the year is almost always a CB. though i would agree tinny should get the nod this year.

johnson has the best shot stopping % this year, i think. but philly's success puts blake over the line and his general ability to keep philly in big games.. like vs. us.

 

[LionNYC]

No NYCFC players...

Finalists Announced for 2020 MLS Awards | MLSSoccer.com

Finalists Announced for 2020 MLS Awards

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2020 Major League Soccer Awards Finalists
(Listed in alphabetical order by last name within each award category)

Landon Donovan MLS Most Valuable Player Finalists
Andre Blake (Philadelphia Union)
Nicolás Lodeiro (Seattle Sounders FC)
Jordan Morris (Seattle Sounders FC)
Alejandro Pozuelo (Toronto FC)
Diego Rossi (Los Angeles Football Club)

MLS Defender of the Year Finalists
Mark McKenzie (Philadelphia Union)
Jonathan Mensah (Columbus Crew SC)
Walker Zimmerman (Nashville SC)

Allstate MLS Goalkeeper of the Year Finalists
Andre Blake (Philadelphia Union)
Eloy Room (Columbus Crew SC)
Matt Turner (New England Revolution)

MLS Newcomer of the Year Finalists
For this award, “newcomer” is defined as a player with previous professional experience who made his MLS debut in 2020
Robert Berić (Chicago Fire FC)
Alan Pulido (Sporting Kansas City)
Lucas Zelarayan (Columbus Crew SC)

AT&T MLS Young Player of the Year Finalists
For this award, “young player” is defined as a player age 22 (born on or after Jan. 1, 1998)
Brenden Aaronson (Philadelphia Union)
Daryl Dike (Orlando City SC)
Diego Rossi (Los Angeles Football Club)

Sigi Schmid MLS Coach of the Year Finalists
Jim Curtin (Philadelphia Union)
Oscar Pareja (Orlando City SC)
Greg Vanney (Toronto FC)

MLS Comeback Player of the Year Finalists
Honors an MLS player who has overcome injuries and/or adversity in order to achieve success during the 2020 regular season
Kevin Molino (Minnesota United FC)
Milton Valenzuela (Columbus Crew SC)
Bradley Wright-Phillips (Los Angeles Football Club)

MLS WORKS Humanitarian of the Year
Jeremy Ebobisse (Portland Timbers)
Mark-Anthony Kaye (Los Angeles Football Club)
Justin Morrow (Toronto FC)

MLS Referee of the Year Finalists
Joe Dickerson
Ismail Elfath
Jair Marrufo

MLS Assistant Referee of the Year Finalists
Kathryn Nesbitt
Cory Richardson
Corey Rockwell

 

[Shwafta]

What the fuck! Defender of the year robbed.

 

[mgarbowski]

What the fuck! Defender of the year robbed.

Too defendery to win MVP. Too offensively productive to win defender of the year.

 

[SoupInNYC]

I definitely think Tinnerholm should've been a Defender of the Year finalist but I guess it's not too surprising that they went with central defenders.

I also thought Sean Johnson deserved a shout as a finalist for goalkeeper of the year, though don't think he should win it, so I guess I don't care about that all that much. But comparing him to Eloy Room, it seems like he deserved that spot more IMO.

Those don't do all the justice either as (even though he's had some real blunders), Sean's been one of the best keepers at GA when compared to xGA.

But again, I don't think he deserves keeper of the year over Turner at all, and perhaps Blake there's a bit of an argument as well, so all this posturing I'm doing just to have him named as a finalist is probably not worth it.

 

[mgarbowski]

NYCFC has one candidate for Goal of the Year voting. It's Medina's goal against Orlando in the tournament, which honestly I forgot about.

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Narrator: He has no shot of winning.

 

[LionNYC]

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