2015 CONCACAF Awards

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 2015.[1] The results were announced on 22 January 2015.[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

Player of the Year

Rank Name Position Club
1 United States Carli Lloyd MF United States Houston Dash
2 United States Alex Morgan FW United States Orlando Pride
3 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

Rank Name Team
1 United States Hope Solo United States Seattle Reign
2 Costa Rica Dinnia Díaz Costa Rica Moravia
3 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

Rank Name Club or National Team
1 England Jill Ellis  United States
2 Costa Rica Amelia Valverde  Costa Rica
3 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

Rank Name
1 Costa Rica Kimberly Moreira
2 Mexico Lucila Venegas
3 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

GK
DF
MF
FW

Male awards

Player of the Year

Rank Name Position Club
1 Mexico Javier Hernández FW Germany Bayer Leverkusen
2 Costa Rica Bryan Ruiz FW Portugal Sporting CP
3 Mexico Andrés Guardado MF Netherlands PSV
  United States Clint Dempsey FW United States Seattle Sounders
Canada Cyle Larin FW United States Orlando City
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

Rank Name Team
1 United States Tim Howard England Everton
2 Panama Jaime Penedo United States LA Galaxy
3 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

Rank Name Team
1 Colombia Hernán Darío Gómez  Panama
2 United States Caleb Porter United States Portland Timbers
3 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

Rank Name
1 El Salvador Joel Aguilar
2 Mexico Roberto García
3 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

GK
DF
MF
FW

Mixed-sex

Goal of the Year

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

References

  1. ↑ http://www.concacaf.com/article/shortlists-announced-for-third-annual-concacaf-awards
  2. ↑ http://www.concacaf.com/article/javier-hernandez-and-carli-lloyd-named-2015-concacaf-players-of-the-year
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