Fútbol de Primera Player of the Year

Soccer award

The Fútbol de Primera Player of the Year, formerly known as the Honda Player of the Year, recognizes the best player on the United States Men's National Soccer Team, as chosen by the national sports media.

The award was created by Fútbol de Primera in 1991. Hugo Pérez was the first player to win this award. In order to celebrate the tenth anniversary of this award in 2000, Fútbol de Primera organized a special Honda Player of the Decade Award, which was won by Eric Wynalda. In 2009, Landon Donovan was named Player of the Decade for the 2000s.

Robert M. Garcia, Argentinian-born master jeweler from the San Francisco Bay Area, California, is the artist who created the original one-of-a-kind bronze trophy used for this award. After hand-drawing many possible male soccer players, one was chosen. Then, using a centuries-old bronze sculpture-making technique, the soccer player figure on this unique and beautiful award was created.

This award should not be confused with the U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year, given annually by the United States Soccer Federation.

## Winners[edit]

Fútbol de Primera Player of the Year  Year | Winner | 2nd | 3rd | Ref

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1991 | Hugo Pérez | Tony Meola | Marcelo Balboa |
1992 | Eric Wynalda | Marcelo Balboa | Tab Ramos |
1993 | Thomas Dooley | Alexi Lalas | Tab Ramos |
1994 | Marcelo Balboa | Alexi Lalas | Tony Meola |
1995 | Alexi Lalas | John Harkes | Marcelo Balboa |
1996 | Eric Wynalda | Kasey Keller | Roy Lassiter |
1997 | Eddie Pope | Claudio Reyna | Kasey Keller |
1998 | Cobi Jones | Kasey Keller | Eddie Pope |
1999 | Kasey Keller | Claudio Reyna | Cobi Jones |
2000 | Claudio Reyna | Tony Meola | Joe-Max Moore |
2001 | Earnie Stewart | Claudio Reyna | Jeff Agoos |
2002 | Landon Donovan | Brad Friedel | Claudio Reyna |
2003 | Landon Donovan | Brian McBride | Carlos Bocanegra |
2004 | Landon Donovan | DaMarcus Beasley | Carlos Bocanegra |
2005 | Kasey Keller | Landon Donovan | DaMarcus Beasley |
2006 | Clint Dempsey | Kasey Keller | Brian McBride | [1]
2007 | Landon Donovan | Tim Howard | Carlos Bocanegra |
2008 | Landon Donovan | Tim Howard | Clint Dempsey |
2009 | Landon Donovan | Tim Howard | Jozy Altidore |
2010 | Landon Donovan | Michael Bradley | Clint Dempsey | [2]
2011 | Clint Dempsey | Tim Howard | Landon Donovan | [3]
2012 | Clint Dempsey | Michael Bradley | Tim Howard | [4]
2013 | Jozy Altidore | Michael Bradley | Landon Donovan | [5]
2014 | Tim Howard | Jermaine Jones | Clint Dempsey | [6]
2015 | Michael Bradley | Clint Dempsey | Jozy Altidore | [7]
2016 | Jozy Altidore | Christian Pulisic | Michael Bradley | [8]
2017 | Christian Pulisic | Jozy Altidore | Michael Bradley | [9]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "CLINT DEMPSEY NAMED FUTBOL DE PRIMERA PLAYER OF THE YEAR". US Soccer. October 4, 2006. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
2. ^ "Donovan named Fútbol de Primera's Player of Year". LA Galaxy. January 5, 2011. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
3. ^ "Dempsey wins Futbol de Primera award as U.S. Soccer player of the year". SBI Soccer. November 2, 2011. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
4. ^ "Dempsey Awarded US Soccer Player Of The Year For 2nd Straight Year". CBS Los Angeles. December 12, 2012. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
5. ^ "USMNT: Jozy Altidore awarded Futbol de Primera 2013 Player of the Year". Major League Soccer. December 3, 2013. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
6. ^ "Tim Howard wins Futbol de Primera Player of the Year award". Sports Illustrated. December 4, 2014. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
7. ^ "USA's Bradley wins Futbol de Primera Player of the Year award". Fox Sports. December 18, 2015. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
8. ^ "Awards: Altidore named U.S. Player of the Year again". Soccer America. December 23, 2016. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
9. ^ "RUNAWAY WINNER: Pulisic named Fútbol de Primera player of the year". Front Row Soccer. January 11, 2018. Retrieved April 21, 2018.

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Fútbol de Primera Player of the Year

* 1991: Pérez
* 1992: Wynalda
* 1993: Dooley
* 1994: Balboa
* 1995: Lalas
* 1996: Wynalda
* 1997: Pope
* 1998: Jones
* 1999: Keller
* 2000: Reyna
* 2001: Stewart
* 2002: Donovan
* 2003: Donovan
* 2004: Donovan
* 2005: Keller
* 2006: Dempsey
* 2007: Donovan
* 2008: Donovan
* 2009: Donovan
* 2010: Donovan
* 2011: Dempsey
* 2012: Dempsey
* 2013: Altidore
* 2014: Howard
* 2015: Bradley
* 2016: Altidore
* 2017: Pulisic

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