MLS Young Player of the Year Award
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Template:Use mdy dates Template:Use American English The MLS Young Player of the Year Award (known as the Rookie of the Year Award from 1996 to 2019) is an annual award given to the top player in Major League Soccer under the age of 22.
The award was initially awarded to a rookie, or a player who no prior professional experience, usually to players that had previously played in MLS youth team academies or played college soccer. This practice is fairly common in other American sports leagues, such as the MLB Rookie of the Year (baseball), NASCAR Rookie of the Year (motorsports), NFL Rookie of the Year Award (American football), the Eddie Gottlieb Trophy (basketball), and the Calder Memorial Trophy (ice hockey).
In 2020, MLS replaced the Rookie of the Year Award with the MLS Young Player of the Year Award, given to the best player in the league aged 22 and under, regardless of prior professional playing experience.[1]
Winners
Rookie of the Year Award (1996–2019)
| Season | Player | Position | Team | Draft Pick |
Draft Class | College |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". | Midfielder | Tampa Bay Mutiny | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1996 MLS College Draft | Florida International |
| 1997 | Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". | Defender | Tampa Bay Mutiny | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1996 MLS Inaugural Draft | UNLV |
| 1998 | Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". | Midfielder | D.C. United | Script error: No such module "sort". | Project-40 | Virginia |
| 1999 | Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". | Defender | Miami Fusion | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1999 MLS College Draft | Duke |
| 2000 | Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". | Defender | Chicago Fire | Script error: No such module "sort". | 2000 MLS SuperDraft | UCLA |
| 2001 | Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". | Forward | MetroStars | Script error: No such module "sort". | 2001 MLS SuperDraft | Concordia College |
| 2002 | Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". | Midfielder | Columbus Crew | Script error: No such module "sort". | 2002 MLS SuperDraft | Virginia |
| 2003 | Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". | Forward | Chicago Fire | Script error: No such module "sort". | 2003 MLS SuperDraft | Connecticut |
| 2004 | Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". | Midfielder | New England Revolution | Script error: No such module "sort". | 2004 MLS SuperDraft | Furman |
| 2005 | Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". | Defender | New England Revolution | Script error: No such module "sort". | 2005 MLS SuperDraft | Wake Forest |
| 2006 | Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". | Defender | Chivas USA | Script error: No such module "sort". | 2006 MLS SuperDraft | UCLA |
| 2007 | Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". | Midfielder | Toronto FC | Script error: No such module "sort". | 2007 MLS SuperDraft | Maryland |
| 2008 | Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". | Defender | LA Galaxy | Script error: No such module "sort". | 2008 MLS SuperDraft | Cal State Northridge |
| 2009 | Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". | Defender | LA Galaxy | Script error: No such module "sort". | 2009 MLS SuperDraft | Maryland |
| 2010 | Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". | Midfielder | D.C. United | N/A | Homegrown Player | N/A |
| 2011 | Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". | Forward | Sporting Kansas City | Script error: No such module "sort". | 2011 MLS SuperDraft | James Madison |
| 2012 | Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". | Defender | Chicago Fire | Script error: No such module "sort". | 2012 MLS SuperDraft | Louisville |
| 2013 | Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". | Midfielder | Colorado Rapids | Script error: No such module "sort". | 2013 MLS SuperDraft | Notre Dame |
| 2014 | Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". | Forward | FC Dallas | Script error: No such module "sort". | 2014 MLS SuperDraft | Colorado School of Mines |
| 2015 | Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". | Forward | Orlando City SC | Script error: No such module "sort". | 2015 MLS SuperDraft | Connecticut |
| 2016 | Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". | Forward | Seattle Sounders FC | Script error: No such module "sort". | Homegrown Player | Stanford |
| 2017 | Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". | Midfielder | Atlanta United FC | Script error: No such module "sort". | 2017 MLS SuperDraft | Providence College |
| 2018 | Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". | Forward | Real Salt Lake | Script error: No such module "sort". | Homegrown Player | Stanford |
| 2019 | Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". | Forward | Colorado Rapids | Script error: No such module "sort". | 2019 MLS SuperDraft | Denver |
Young Player of the Year Award (2020–present)
| Season | Player | Position | Team | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". | Forward | Los Angeles FC | 22 |
| 2021 | Template:Flagicon Ricardo Pepi | Forward | FC Dallas | 18 |
| 2022 | Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". | Forward | 21 | |
| 2023 | Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". | Midfielder | Atlanta United FC | 22 |
| 2024 | Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". | Midfielder | Real Salt Lake | 21 |
| 2025 | Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". | Defender | Orlando City SC | 21 |
Wins by playing position
| Position | Number of winners |
|---|---|
| Defender | 9 |
| Forward | 9 |
| Midfielder | 10 |
| Goalkeeper | 0 |
Wins by nationality
| Nationality | Number of winners |
|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "flag". | 20 |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | 2 |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | 2 |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | 1 |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | 1 |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | 1 |
| Script error: No such module "flag". | 1 |
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Wins by team
| Team | Number of winners |
|---|---|
| Chicago Fire | 3 |
| FC Dallas | 3 |
| Colorado Rapids | 2 |
| D.C. United | 2 |
| Los Angeles Galaxy | 2 |
| New England Revolution | 2 |
| Tampa Bay Mutiny | 2 |
| Atlanta United FC | 2 |
| Real Salt Lake | 2 |
| Orlando City SC | 2 |
| Chivas USA | 1 |
| Columbus Crew | 1 |
| MetroStars | 1 |
| Miami Fusion | 1 |
| Seattle Sounders FC | 1 |
| Sporting Kansas City | 1 |
| Toronto FC | 1 |
| Los Angeles FC | 1 |
References
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