MLS Defender of the Year Award

Major League Soccer — the highest professional soccer league in the United States and Canada — has handed out a Defender of the Year award since the league's inception in 1996.

Winners

Season	Winner	Team	Second	Third	Fourth
1996	John Doyle	San Jose Clash
1997	Eddie Pope	D.C. United
1998	Luboš Kubík	Chicago Fire
1999	Robin Fraser	Los Angeles Galaxy
2000	Peter Vermes	Kansas City Wizards
2001	Jeff Agoos	San Jose Earthquakes
2002	Carlos Bocanegra	Chicago Fire
2003	Carlos Bocanegra (2)	Chicago Fire
2004	Robin Fraser (2)	Columbus Crew
2005	Jimmy Conrad	Kansas City Wizards
2006	Bobby Boswell	D.C. United
2007	Michael Parkhurst	New England Revolution
2008	Chad Marshall	Columbus Crew
2009	Chad Marshall (2)	Columbus Crew
2010	Jámison Olave	Real Salt Lake
2011	Omar Gonzalez	Los Angeles Galaxy	Jámison Olave	Nat Borchers	Carlos Valdés
2012	Matt Besler	Sporting Kansas City	Víctor Bernárdez	Aurélien Collin	Jay DeMerit
2013	José Gonçalves	New England Revolution	Matt Besler	Omar Gonzalez	Jámison Olave
2014	Chad Marshall (3)	Seattle Sounders FC	Bobby Boswell	Omar Gonzalez	Michael Parkhurst
2015	Laurent Ciman	Montreal Impact	Kendall Waston	Matt Hedges	Matt Miazga

References

MLS Defender of the Year

1996: Doyle 1997: Pope 1998: Kubík 1999: Fraser 2000: Vermes 2001: Agoos 2002: Bocanegra 2003: Bocanegra 2004: Fraser 2005: Conrad 2006: Boswell 2007: Parkhurst 2008: Marshall 2009: Marshall 2010: Olave 2011: Gonzalez 2012: Besler 2013: Gonçalves 2014: Marshall 2015: Ciman

Major League Soccer awards

Most Valuable Player Coach of the Year Golden Boot Goalkeeper of the Year Rookie of the Year Defender of the Year Best XI Goal of the Year Comeback Player of the Year Newcomer of the Year Referee of the Year Fair Play MLS Championship ring

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, November 11, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.