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 2016.[1] The results were announced on 22 January 2016.[2]

CONCACAF Awards 2015
Date22 January 2016 (2016-01-22)
Websiteconcacaf.com
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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

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Player of the Year

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Rank Name Position Club
1st   Carli Lloyd MF   Houston Dash
2nd   Alex Morgan FW   Orlando Pride
3rd   Shirley Cruz MF   Paris Saint-Germain
    Becky Sauerbrunn DF   FC Kansas City
  Christine Sinclair FW   Portland Thorns FC
  Hope Solo GK   Seattle Reign
  Julie Johnston DF   Chicago Red Stars
  Kadeisha Buchanan DF
  Megan Rapinoe MF   Seattle Reign
  Raquel Rodríguez FW

Goalkeeper of the Year

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Rank Name Team
1st   Hope Solo   Seattle Reign
2nd   Dinnia Díaz   Moravia
3rd   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

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Rank Name Club or National Team
1st   Jill Ellis   United States
2nd   Amelia Valverde   Costa Rica
3rd   Raiza Gutiérrez   Panama
  Panama U-20
    Akeilah Hillhouse   Freeman’s Village FC
  Georgetta Lewis   Urlings
  Laura Harvey   Seattle Reign
  Michelle French   United States

Referee of the Year

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Rank Name
1st   Kimberly Moreira
2nd   Lucila Venegas
3rd   Carol Anne Chenard
    Karen Abt
  Katja Koroleva
  Margaret Domka
  Maureese Skeete
  Melissa Borjas
  Michelle Pye
  Quetzalli Alvarado

Best XI

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GK
  • Hope Solo (GK/USA), Seattle Reign (USA)
DF
MF
FW

Male awards

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Player of the Year

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Rank Name Position Club
1st   Javier Hernández FW   Bayer Leverkusen
2nd   Bryan Ruiz FW   Sporting CP
3rd   Andrés Guardado MF   PSV Eindhoven
    Clint Dempsey FW   Seattle Sounders FC
  Cyle Larin FW   Orlando City SC
  Hirving Lozano FW   Pachuca
  Jesús Corona MF   Porto
  Michael Bradley MF   Toronto FC
  Oribe Peralta FW   América
  Rodolph Austin MF   Brøndby

Goalkeeper of the Year

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Rank Name Team
1st   Tim Howard   Everton
2nd   Jaime Penedo   LA Galaxy
3rd   Guillermo Ochoa   Málaga
    Andre Blake   Philadelphia Union
  Bill Hamid   D.C. United
  Brad Guzan   Aston Villa
  Dwayne Miller   Syrianska
  Esteban Alvarado   Trabzonspor
  Evan Bush   Montreal Impact
  Moisés Muñoz   América

Coach of the Year

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Rank Name Team
1st   Hernán Darío Gómez   Panama
2nd   Caleb Porter   Portland Timbers
3rd   Miguel Herrera   Tijuana
    Gustavo Matosas   América
  Jesse Marsch   New York Red Bulls
  Jürgen Klinsmann   United States
  Marc Collat   Haiti
  Raúl Gutiérrez   Mexico U-23
  Stephen Hart   Trinidad and Tobago
  Winfried Schäfer   Jamaica

Referee of the Year

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Rank Name
1st   Joel Aguilar
2nd   Roberto García
3rd   Fernando Guerrero
    David Gantar
  Héctor Francisco Rodríguez
  Henry Bejarano
  Ricardo Montero
  Sherwin Moore
  Walter López
  Yadel Martínez

Best XI

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GK
  • Tim Howard (GK/USA); Everton (ENG)
DF
MF
  • Andrés Guardado (MF/MEX), PSV (NED);
  • Michael Bradley (MF/USA), Toronto FC (CAN)
  • Joel Campbell (MF/CRC), Arsenal (ENG)
  • Jesús Corona (MF/MEX), Porto (POR)
FW
  • Javier Hernández (FW/MEX), Bayer Leverkusen (GER)
  • Bryan Ruiz (FW/CRC), Sporting CP (POR)

Mixed-sex

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Goal of the Year

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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 Player Date Participants Minute scored Competition
1st   Carli Lloyd July 5, 2015 (2015-07-05) USA vs. Japan 16' 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
2nd   Paul Aguilar October 10, 2015 (2015-10-10) Mexico vs. USA 122' 2015 CONCACAF Cup
3rd   Darwin Quintero August 19, 2015 (2015-08-19) Club America vs. Walter Ferretti 13' 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League
    Andrés Guardado July 26, 2015 (2015-07-26) Jamaica vs. Mexico 31' 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup
  Carlos Ruiz July 9, 2015 (2015-07-09) Trinidad & Tobago vs. Guatemala 62' 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup
  Karla Villalobos June 13, 2015 (2015-06-13) South Korea vs. Costa Rica 88' 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
  Lauren Holiday July 5, 2015 (2015-07-05) USA vs. Japan 14' 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
  Javier Hernández October 10, 2015 (2015-10-10) Mexico vs. USA 10' 2015 CONCACAF Cup
  Arichel Hernández October 6, 2015 (2015-10-06) Canada vs. Cuba 87' 2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship
  Víctor Guzmán October 14, 2015 (2015-10-14) Honduras vs. Mexico 68' 2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship

References

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  1. ^ "Shortlists Announced for Third-Annual CONCACAF Awards". CONCACAF.com. 12 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Javier Hernandez and Carli Lloyd Named 2015 CONCACAF Players of the Year". CONCACAF. Archived from the original on 19 August 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2016.