North American Soccer League other awards

The North American Soccer League operated from 2011 to 2017 and presented several awards for individual performance at the end of each season.

Awards

The Golden Ball is the league MVP award.

Year	Name	Nationality	Club	Ref.
2011	Etienne Barbara	Malta	Carolina RailHawks	[1]
2012	Pablo Campos	Brazil	San Antonio Scorpions	[2]
2013	Georgi Hristov	Bulgaria	Tampa Bay Rowdies	[3]
2014	Miguel Ibarra	United States	Minnesota United FC	[4]
2015	Stefano Pinho	Brazil	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	[5]
2016	Juan Arango	Venezuela	New York Cosmos	[6]
2017	Stefano Pinho	Brazil	Miami FC	[7]

The Golden Boot is the league's leading scorer.

Year	Name	Nationality	Club	Ref.
2011	Etienne Barbara	Malta	Carolina RailHawks	[8]
2012	Pablo Campos	Brazil	San Antonio Scorpions	[9]
2013	Brian Shriver	United States	Carolina RailHawks	[10]
2014	Christian Ramirez	United States	Minnesota United FC	[11]
2015	Stefano Pinho	Brazil	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	[12]
2016	Christian Ramirez	United States	Minnesota United FC	[6]
2017	Stefano Pinho	Brazil	Miami FC	[13]

The Golden Glove is the league Goalkeeper of the year award.

Year	Name	Nationality	Club	Ref.
2011	Evan Bush	United States	Montreal Impact	[1]
2012	Daryl Sattler	United States	San Antonio Scorpions	[14]
2013	Kyle Reynish	United States	New York Cosmos	[15]
2014	John Smits	Canada	FC Edmonton	[15]
2015	Romuald Peiser	France	Ottawa Fury FC	[16]
2016	Matt Van Oekel	United States	FC Edmonton	[6]
2017	Mario Daniel Vega	Argentina	Miami FC	[17]

The Coach of the Year award was initiated in 2011 with an independent panel. In 2012 the NASL adopted it as an official award.

Year	Name	Nationality	Club	Ref.
2011	Manny Lagos	United States	NSC Minnesota Stars	[18]
2012	Ricky Hill	England	Tampa Bay Rowdies	[19]
2013	Brian Haynes	Trinidad and Tobago	Atlanta Silverbacks	[20]
2014	Manny Lagos	United States	Minnesota United FC	[21]
2015	Marc Dos Santos	Canada	Ottawa Fury FC	[22]
2016	Tim Hankinson	United States	Indy Eleven	[6]
2017	Marc Dos Santos	Canada	San Francisco Deltas	[23]

Awarded to the team with the lowest point total from Yellow and Red cards throughout the season.

Award voted on by the fans over the internet for the best goal of the season.

Year	Name	Nationality	Club	Ref.
2011	not awarded	-	-
2012	not awarded	-	-
2013	Pedro Mendes	Brazil	Atlanta Silverbacks	[29]
2014	Christian Ramirez	United States	Minnesota United FC	[30]
2015	Junior Burgos	El Salvador	Atlanta Silverbacks	[31]
2016	Duke Lacroix	United States	Indy Eleven	[6]
2017	Zach Steinberger	United States	Jacksonville Armada	[32]

Award given to the league's top player under the age of 24.

Year	Name	Nationality	Club	Ref.
2011	not awarded	-	-
2012	not awarded	-	-
2013	not awarded	-	-
2014	Christian Ramirez	United States	Minnesota United FC
2015	Leo Fernandes	Brazil	New York Cosmos
2016	Papé Diakité	Senegal	FC Edmonton	[6]
2017	Jack Blake	Scotland	Jacksonville Armada	[33]

Award given to the player who most positively impact the lives of others.

Year	Name	Nationality	Club	Ref.
2011	not awarded	-	-
2012	not awarded	-	-
2013	not awarded	-	-
2014	Chris Nurse	Guyana	Fort Lauderdale Strikers
2015	Drew Beckie	Canada	Ottawa Fury
2016	Michael Lahoud	Sierra Leone	Miami FC	[6]
2017	Austin da Luz	United States	North Carolina FC	[34]

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