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

Goalkeeper of the Year

Rank	Name	Team
1	Hope Solo	Seattle Reign FC
2	Dinnia Diaz	Moravia
3	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
1	Jill Ellis	United States
2	Amelia Valverde	Costa Rica
3	Raiza Gutierrez	Panama  Panama U-20
	Akeilah Hillhouse	Freeman’s Village FC
	Georgetta Lewis	Urlings
	Laura Harvey	Seattle Reign FC
	Michelle French	United States

Referee of the Year

Rank	Name
1	Kimberly Moreira
2	Lucila Venegas
3	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 FC (USA)

DF

• Kenti Robles (DF/MEX), Atletico Madrid (ESP);
• Becky Sauerbrunn (DF/USA), FC Kansas City FC (USA);
• Lixy Rodriguez (DF/CRC), UCEM Alajuela (CRC);
• Diana Saenz (DF/CRC), University of South Florida (USA)

MF

• Carli Lloyd (MF/USA), Houston Dash (USA);
• Shirley Cruz (MF/CRC), Paris Saint-Germain FC (FRA);
• Katherine Alvarado (MF/CRC), Saprissa (CRC);
• Veronica Perez (MF/MEX), Canberra United FC (AUS)

FW

• Alex Morgan (FW/USA), Orlando Pride (USA);
• Raquel Rodriguez (FW/CRC), Penn State University (USA)

Male awards

Player of the Year

Rank	Name	Position	Club
1	Javier Hernandez	FW	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
2	Bryan Ruiz	FW	Sporting Clube de Portugal
3	Andres Guardado	MF	PSV Eindhoven
	Clint Dempsey	FW	Seattle Sounders FC
	Cyle Larin	FW	Orlando City SC
	Hirving Lozano	FW	C.F. Pachuca
	Jesus Corona	MF	FC Porto
	Michael Bradley	MF	Toronto FC
	Oribe Peralta	FW	Club America
	Rodolph Austin	MF	Brøndby IF

Goalkeeper of the Year

Rank	Name	Team
1	Tim Howard	Everton F.C.
2	Jaime Penedo	Los Angeles Galaxy
3	Guillermo Ochoa	Malaga CF
	Andre Blake	Philadelphia Union
	Bill Hamid	DC United
	Brad Guzan	Aston Villa FC
	Dwayne Miller	Syrianska FC
	Esteban Alvarado	Trabzonspor
	Evan Bush	Montreal Impact
	Moises Muñoz	Club America

Coach of the Year

Rank	Name	Team
1	Hernan Darío Gomez	Panama
2	Caleb Porter	Portland Timbers
3	Miguel Herrera	Club Tijuana
	Gustavo Matosas	Club America
	Jesse Marsch	New York Red Bulls
	Jurgen Klinsmann	United States
	Marc Collat	Haiti
	Raul Gutierrez	Mexico U-23
	Stephen Hart	Trinidad and Tobago
	Winfried Schäfer	Jamaica

Referee of the Year

Rank	Name
1	Joel Aguilar
2	Roberto García
3	Fernando Guerrero
	David Gantar
	Hector Francisco Rodríguez
	Henry Bejarano
	Ricardo Montero
	Sherwin Moore
	Walter Lopez
	Yadel Martinez

Best XI

GK

• Tim Howard (GK/USA); Everton FC (ENG)

DF

• Roman Torres (DF/PAN), Seattle Sounders FC (USA)
• Giancarlo Gonzalez (DF/CRC), US Citta di Palermo (ITA)
• Hector Moreno (DF/MEX), PSV Eindhoven (NED)
• Miguel Layun (DF/MEX), FC Porto (POR)

MF

• Andres Guardado (MF/MEX), PSV Eindhoven (NED);
• Michael Bradley (MF/USA), Toronto FC (CAN)
• Joel Campbell (MF/CRC), Arsenal FC (ENG
• Jesus Corona (MF/MEX), FC Porto (POR)

FW

• Javier Hernandez (FW/MEX), Bayer 04 Leverkusen (GER)
• Bryan Ruiz (FW/CRC), Sporting Clube de Portugal (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	Name	Match	Minute scored	Date	Competition
1	Carli Lloyd	USA vs. Japan	16'	July 5, 2015	2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
2	Paul Aguilar	Mexico vs. USA	122'	October 10, 2015	2015 CONCACAF Cup
3	Darwin Quintero	Club America vs. Walter Ferretti	13'	August 19, 2015	2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League
	Andres Guardado	Jamaica vs. Mexico	31'	July 26, 2015	2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup
	Carlos Ruiz	Trinidad & Tobago vs. Guatemala	62'	July 9, 2015	2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup
	Karla Villalobos	South Korea vs. Costa Rica	88'	June 13, 2015	2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
	Lauren Holiday	USA vs. Japan	14'	July 5, 2015	2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
	Javier Hernandez	Mexico vs. USA	10'	October 10, 2015	2015 CONCACAF Cup
	Arichel Hernandez	Canada vs. Cuba	87'	October 6, 2015	2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship
	Victor Guzman	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