The MLS Goal of the Year Award (currently commercially termed "AT&T MLS Goal of the Year") is handed out annually since its inception in 1996 to a player in Major League Soccer (MLS) whose goal is selected in an on-line fan vote including the season's Goal of the Week Award winners.

Winners

Season Scorer Nationality For Opponent Stadium Date Ref.
1996 Eric Wynalda  United States San Jose Clash D.C. United Spartan Stadium April 6, 1996
1997 Marco Etcheverry  Bolivia D.C. United New England Revolution RFK Stadium August 27, 1997
1998 Brian McBride  United States Columbus Crew Chicago Fire Ohio Stadium July 9, 1998
1999 Marco Etcheverry (2)  Bolivia D.C. United Miami Fusion Lockhart Stadium May 22, 1999
2000 Marcelo Balboa  United States Colorado Rapids Columbus Crew Columbus Crew Stadium April 22, 2000
2001 Clint Mathis  United States MetroStars Dallas Burn Giants Stadium April 28, 2001
2002 Carlos Ruiz  Guatemala LA Galaxy Columbus Crew Rose Bowl July 27, 2002
2003 Damani Ralph  Jamaica Chicago Fire Columbus Crew Columbus Crew Stadium August 13, 2003
2004 Dwayne De Rosario  Canada San Jose Earthquakes D.C. United Spartan Stadium August 7, 2004
2005 Dwayne De Rosario (2)  Canada San Jose Earthquakes LA Galaxy The Home Depot Center October 15, 2005
2006 Brian Ching  United States Houston Dynamo D.C. United Robertson Stadium September 30, 2006
2007 Cuauhtémoc Blanco  Mexico Chicago Fire Real Salt Lake Rice-Eccles Stadium August 18, 2007
2008 Will Johnson  Canada Real Salt Lake FC Dallas Rio Tinto Stadium October 18, 2008
2009 Landon Donovan  United States LA Galaxy New England Revolution Gillette Stadium August 8, 2009
2010 Marco Pappa  Guatemala Chicago Fire San Jose Earthquakes Toyota Park April 10, 2010 [1]
2011 Darlington Nagbe  United States Portland Timbers Sporting Kansas City Jeld-Wen Field July 2, 2011 [2]
2012 Patrick Ianni  United States Seattle Sounders FC Sporting Kansas City CenturyLink Field June 20, 2012 [3]
2013 Camilo Sanvezzo  Brazil Vancouver Whitecaps FC Portland Timbers BC Place October 6, 2013 [4]
2014 Obafemi Martins  Nigeria Seattle Sounders FC San Jose Earthquakes CenturyLink Field May 17, 2014 [5]
2015 Krisztián Németh  Hungary Sporting Kansas City Portland Timbers Providence Park October 3, 2015 [6]
2016 Shkëlzen Gashi  Albania Colorado Rapids Vancouver Whitecaps FC BC Place September 24, 2016 [7]
2017 Héctor Villalba  Paraguay Atlanta United FC Orlando City SC Orlando City Stadium July 21, 2017 [8]
2018 Zlatan Ibrahimović  Sweden LA Galaxy Los Angeles FC StubHub Center March 31, 2018 [9]
2019 Josef Martínez  Venezuela Atlanta United FC FC Cincinnati Nippert Stadium September 18, 2019 [10]
2020 Darlington Nagbe (2)  United States Columbus Crew Chicago Fire Mapfre Stadium August 20, 2020 [11]
2021 Rubio Rubin  Guatemala Real Salt Lake San Jose Earthquakes Rio Tinto Stadium May 7, 2021 [12]
2022 Josef Martínez (2)  Venezuela Atlanta United FC New England Revolution Gillette Stadium October 1, 2022 [13]
2023 Luciano Acosta  Argentina FC Cincinnati Charlotte FC TQL Stadium September 23, 2023 [14]

References

  1. ^ "AT&T Goal of the Year winner: Marco Pappa". MLSsoccer.com. November 17, 2010. Retrieved December 5, 2013.
  2. ^ "Timbers' Darlington Nagbe wins AT&T Goal of the Year". MLSsoccer.com. Archived from the original on November 19, 2011.
  3. ^ "Stunner from Seattle's Ianni voted AT&T Goal of the Year". MLSsoccer.com. November 29, 2012. Retrieved December 5, 2013.
  4. ^ "Vancouver Whitecaps' Camilo Sanvezzo wins 2013 AT&T Goal of the Year award". MLSsoccer.com. Retrieved December 5, 2013.
  5. ^ "Seattle Sounders forward Obafemi Martins captures 2014 AT&T Goal of the Year for Week 11 chip". MLSsoccer.com. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
  6. ^ "Sporting KC's Krisztian Nemeth wins 2015 AT&T Goal of the Year". MLSsoccer.com. December 3, 2015.
  7. ^ "Colorado Rapids' Shkelzen Gashi wins 2016 AT&T MLS Goal of the Year". MLSsoccer.com. November 11, 2016.
  8. ^ "Atlanta's Hector Villalba wins 2017 AT&T Goal of the Year". MLSsoccer.com. November 15, 2017.
  9. ^ "LA Galaxy's Zlatan Ibrahimovic claims 2018 AT&T Goal of the Year". MLSsoccer.com. November 13, 2018.
  10. ^ "Atlanta United's Josef Martinez wins 2019 AT&T Goal of the Year". Major League Soccer. October 23, 2019.
  11. ^ "Columbus Crew SC's Darlington Nagbe wins 2020 AT&T Goal of the Year". Major League Soccer. November 20, 2020.
  12. ^ "Real Salt Lake's Rubio Rubin wins 2021 AT&T MLS Goal of the Year fan vote". MLSsoccer.com. November 23, 2021.
  13. ^ "Atlanta United's Josef Martinez wins 2022 AT&T 5G MLS Goal of the Year fan vote". MLSsoccer.com. October 20, 2022. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
  14. ^ "FC Cincinnati's Luciano Acosta wins 2023 AT&T 5G MLS Goal of the Year". Major League Soccer. November 9, 2023. Retrieved November 9, 2023.
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