The Major League Soccer Player of Month is a monthly soccer award given to players in Major League Soccer. The honor is given to the player deemed to have had the best cumulative performance in each month by a panel of journalists from the North American Soccer Reporters organization.[1] The award was formerly voted on by the Professional Soccer Reporters Association.[2]
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Since 2023, the award has been sponsored by energy drink company Celsius Holdings and named the MLS Player of the Month presented by CELSIUS.
Winners
editMultiple winners
editThe following table lists the number of awards won by players who have won at least two Player of the Month awards. Players in bold are still active in MLS.
- As of July 2024
Awards won by nationality
edit- As of July 2024
Nationality | Players | Wins |
---|---|---|
United States | 49 | 78 |
Argentina | 10 | 19 |
Colombia | 5 | 11 |
Mexico | 5 | 7 |
Venezuela | 2 | 7 |
Brazil | 4 | 6 |
Guatemala | 1 | 6 |
England | 5 | 5 |
Canada | 3 | 5 |
Ecuador | 3 | 3 |
El Salvador | 3 | 3 |
Spain | 3 | 3 |
Uruguay | 3 | 3 |
Honduras | 2 | 3 |
Italy | 2 | 3 |
Armenia | 2 | 2 |
Bolivia | 2 | 2 |
Costa Rica | 2 | 2 |
Denmark | 2 | 2 |
France | 2 | 2 |
Hungary | 2 | 2 |
Nigeria | 2 | 2 |
Poland | 2 | 2 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 2 |
Germany | 1 | 2 |
Ivory Coast | 1 | 2 |
Republic of Ireland | 1 | 2 |
Austria | 1 | 1 |
Bulgaria | 1 | 1 |
Chile | 1 | 1 |
Gabon | 1 | 1 |
Ghana | 1 | 1 |
Iraq | 1 | 1 |
Jamaica | 1 | 1 |
Norway | 1 | 1 |
Paraguay | 1 | 1 |
Sweden | 1 | 1 |
Switzerland | 1 | 1 |
Awards won by club
edit- As of July 2024
Club | Players | Wins |
---|---|---|
LA Galaxy[d] | 11 | 19 |
Columbus Crew | 13 | 18 |
San Jose Earthquakes[e] | 10 | 17 |
Sporting Kansas City[f] | 14 | 15 |
D.C. United | 9 | 12 |
Chicago Fire FC | 9 | 11 |
FC Dallas[g] | 8 | 11 |
New York Red Bulls[h] | 7 | 11 |
New England Revolution | 7 | 8 |
Atlanta United FC | 3 | 8 |
Real Salt Lake | 5 | 7 |
Seattle Sounders FC | 6 | 7 |
Los Angeles FC | 4 | 6 |
New York City FC | 4 | 5 |
FC Cincinnati | 2 | 5 |
Colorado Rapids | 4 | 4 |
CF Montréal[i] | 3 | 4 |
Miami Fusion[j] | 2 | 4 |
Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 2 | 4 |
Tampa Bay Mutiny[k] | 3 | 3 |
Philadelphia Union | 2 | 3 |
Toronto FC | 2 | 3 |
Houston Dynamo FC | 2 | 2 |
Inter Miami CF | 2 | 2 |
Orlando City SC | 2 | 2 |
Austin FC | 1 | 2 |
Nashville SC | 1 | 2 |
Chivas USA[l] | 1 | 1 |
Portland Timbers | 1 | 1 |
Awards won by position
edit- As of July 2024
Position | Wins |
---|---|
Forward | 123 |
Midfielder | 50 |
Goalkeeper | 20 |
Defender | 4 |
Notes
edit- ^ Each year is linked to an article on the particular season associated with the month of that year.
- ^ Represented Liberia at international level after the award was given.
- ^ Represented the United States at international level after the award was given.
- ^ Formerly named Los Angeles Galaxy.
- ^ Formerly named San Jose Clash.
- ^ Formerly named Kansas City Wizards.
- ^ Formerly named Dallas Burn.
- ^ Formerly named MetroStars.
- ^ Formerly named Montreal Impact.
- ^ Dissolved in 2002.
- ^ Dissolved in 2002.
- ^ Dissolved in 2014.
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- ^ "FC Dallas' Mauro Diaz runs away with Etihad Airways Player of the Month award for March". Major League Soccer. April 3, 2014. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
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- ^ "Salt Lake's Joao Plata wins Etihad Airways Player of the Month for March". Major League Soccer. Retrieved March 31, 2016.
- ^ "Portland's Fanendo Adi wins Etihad Airways Player of the Month for April". Major League Soccer. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
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- ^ "Chad Marshall wins Etihad Airways Player of the Month for September". Major League Soccer. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
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- ^ "Atlanta United's Miguel Almiron wins April MLS Player of the Month". Major League Soccer. May 3, 2018. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
- ^ "Columbus Crew SC's Zack Steffen wins May MLS Player of the Month". Major League Soccer. June 6, 2018. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
- ^ "LAFC's Adama Diomande wins June MLS Player of the Month pres. by EA Sports". Major League Soccer. July 5, 2018. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
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- ^ "Atlanta United star Thiago Almada named MLS Player of the Month". Major League Soccer. March 30, 2023. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
- ^ "San Jose Earthquakes forward Cristian Espinoza named MLS Player of the Month". Major League Soccer. May 4, 2023. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
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- ^ "Sporting Kansas City forward Alan Pulido named MLS Player of the Month". Major League Soccer. June 30, 2023. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
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