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 2016.[1] The results were announced on 22 January 2016.[2]

CONCACAF Awards 2015
Date22 January 2016 (2016-01-22)
Websiteconcacaf.com

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

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

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

Referee of the Year
Rank Name
1st Kimberly Moreira
2nd Lucila Venegas
3rd Carol Anne Chenard
  Karen Abt
Katja Koroleva
Margaret Domka
Maureese Skeete
Melissa Borjas
Michelle Pye
Quetzalli Alvarado

Best XI
GK
  • Hope Solo (GK/USA), Seattle Reign (USA)
DF
  • Kenti Robles (DF/MEX), Atlético Madrid (ESP);
  • Becky Sauerbrunn (DF/USA), FC Kansas City (USA);
  • Lixy Rodriguez (DF/CRC), UCEM Alajuela (CRC);
  • Diana Saenz (DF/CRC), University of South Florida (USA)
MF
FW

Male awards

Player of the Year
Rank Name Position Club
1st Javier Hernández FW Bayer Leverkusen
2nd Bryan Ruiz FW Sporting CP
3rd Andrés Guardado MF PSV Eindhoven
  Clint Dempsey FW Seattle Sounders
Cyle Larin FW Orlando City
Hirving Lozano FW Pachuca
Jesús Corona MF Porto
Michael Bradley MF Toronto FC
Oribe Peralta FW América
Rodolph Austin MF Brøndby

Goalkeeper of the Year
Rank Name Team
1st Tim Howard Everton
2nd Jaime Penedo LA Galaxy
3rd Guillermo Ochoa Málaga
  Andre Blake Philadelphia Union
Bill Hamid D.C. United
Brad Guzan Aston Villa
Dwayne Miller Syrianska
Esteban Alvarado Trabzonspor
Evan Bush Montreal Impact
Moisés Muñoz América

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

Referee of the Year
Rank Name
1st Joel Aguilar
2nd Roberto García
3rd Fernando Guerrero
  David Gantar
Héctor Francisco Rodríguez
Henry Bejarano
Ricardo Montero
Sherwin Moore
Walter López
Yadel Martínez

Best XI
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

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 Player Date Participants Minute scored Competition
1st Carli Lloyd July 5, 2015 (2015-07-05) USA vs. Japan 16' 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
2nd Paul Aguilar October 10, 2015 (2015-10-10) Mexico vs. USA 122' 2015 CONCACAF Cup
3rd Darwin Quintero August 19, 2015 (2015-08-19) Club America vs. Walter Ferretti 13' 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League
  Andrés Guardado July 26, 2015 (2015-07-26) Jamaica vs. Mexico 31' 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Carlos Ruiz July 9, 2015 (2015-07-09) Trinidad & Tobago vs. Guatemala 62' 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Karla Villalobos June 13, 2015 (2015-06-13) South Korea vs. Costa Rica 88' 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
Lauren Holiday July 5, 2015 (2015-07-05) USA vs. Japan 14' 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
Javier Hernández October 10, 2015 (2015-10-10) Mexico vs. USA 10' 2015 CONCACAF Cup
Arichel Hernández October 6, 2015 (2015-10-06) Canada vs. Cuba 87' 2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship
Víctor Guzmán October 14, 2015 (2015-10-14) Honduras vs. Mexico 68' 2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship
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References
  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.com. 22 January 2016.
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