2018 CONCACAF Awards

The shortlists for the 2018 CONCACAF Awards were announced on 11 December 2018.

CONCACAF Awards 2018
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The awards are for performances between 1 January and 10 December 2018.^[1] The results were announced on 15 January 2019.

Women's football awards

Player of the Year

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Rank	Player	Team
1	Alex Morgan	Orlando Pride
2	Khadija Shaw	University of Tennessee
3	Lindsey Horan	Portland Thorns FC
	Yenith Bailey	Tauro
	Melchie Dumonay	Haiti U-17
	Julie Ertz	Chicago Red Stars
	Alison González	UANL
	Rose Lavelle	Washington Spirit
	Adriana Leon	Seattle Reign FC
	Megan Rapinoe	Seattle Reign FC

Women's Football Coach of the Year

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Rank	Coach	Team
1	Hue Menzies	Jamaica Florida Kraze Krush
2	Jill Ellis	United States
3	Monica Vergara	Mexico U-17
	Vance Brown	Bermuda U-15
	Marc Collat	Haiti U-20
	Christopher Cuéllar	Mexico U-20
	Alana Francois	Grenada U-15
	Kenneth Heiner-Møller	Canada
	Victor Suárez	Panama
	Rhian Wilkinson	Canada U-17

Referee of the Year

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Rank	Referee name
1	Lucila Venegas
2	Crystal Sobers
3	Carol Anne Chénard
	Marie-Soleil Beaudoin
	Melissa Borjas
	Marianela Araya Cruz
	Francia González
	Tatiana Guzman
	Odette Hamilton
	Cardella Samuels

Goalkeeper of the Year

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Rank	Player name	Team name
1	Alyssa Naeher	Chicago Red Stars
2	Yenith Bailey	San Miguelito
3	Stephanie Labbé	Linköpings FC
	Emily Alvarado	Texas Christian University
	Naphtaline Clerméus	Tigresse
	Rylee Foster	West Virginia Mountaineers
	Anna Karpenko	Ontario REX
	Mandy McGlynn	Virginia Tech Hokies
	Sydney Schneider	UNC Wilmington Seahawks
	Fabiana Solano	Desampa 2000

Best XI

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Shortlist

Defenders			Midfielders			Forwards
Player name	Team name		Player name	Team name		Player name	Team name
Becky Sauerbrunn	Utah Royals FC		Rose Lavelle	Washington Spirit		Alex Morgan	Orlando Pride
Crystal Dunn	NC Courage		Lindsey Horan	Portland Thorns		Adriana Leon	Seattle Reign
Kadeisha Buchanan	Olympique Lyonnais		Khadija Shaw	University of Tennessee		Christine Sinclair	Portland Thorns
Quinn[a]	Washington Spirit		Julie Ertz	Chicago Red Stars		Jordyn Huitema	Vancouver Whitecaps FC Girls Elite BC Soccer REX
Sashana Campbell	Maccabi Kishronot Hadera		Shirley Cruz	Jiangsu Suning F.C.		Megan Rapinoe	Seattle Reign
Michela Agresti	United States FC Stars of Mass		Sophie Schmidt	1. FFC Frankfurt		Tobin Heath	Portland Thorns
Kelley O'Hara	Utah Royals FC		Melchie Dumonay	Haiti Camp Nous		Alison Gonzalez	Mexico Tigres UANL
Abby Dahlkemper	NC Courage		Jessie Fleming	University of California, Los Angeles		Jody Brown	AS Roma
Tanna Sanchez	Mexico Tecnológico de Monterrey Campus Puebla		Marta Cox	Deportes Quindío		Lineth Cedeño	Tauro FC
Olivia Cooke	Canada Ontario REX		Nicole Perez	Mexico CD Guadalajara		Nichelle Prince	Houston Dash

Final Selection

Goalkeeper
Alyssa Naeher
Defenders
Kadeisha Buchanan Crystal Dunn Tanna Sanchez Becky Sauerbrunn
Midfielders
Lindsey Horan Khadija Shaw Nicole Perez
Forwards
Alex Morgan Christine Sinclair Jody Brown

Men's football awards

Player of the Year

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Rank	Player	Team
1	Hirving Lozano	PSV Eindhoven
2	Keylor Navas	Real Madrid
3	Sebastian Giovinco	Toronto FC
	Román Castillo	Motagua
	Héctor Herrera	Porto
	Kemar Lawrence	New York Red Bulls
	Keylor Navas	Real Madrid
	Jonathan Osorio	Toronto FC
	Alan Pulido	Guadalajara
	Yendrick Ruiz	Herdiano
	Carlos Vela	Los Angeles FC

Men's Football Coach of the Year

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Rank	Coach	Team
1	Matías Almeyda	San Jose Earthquakes (formerly Guadalajara)
2	Remko Bicentini	Curaçao
3	Juan Carlos Osorio	Paraguay (formerly  Mexico)
	Willie Donachie	Montserrat
	Ricardo Ferretti	UANL
	Jesse Marsch	RB Leipzig (formerly New York Red Bulls)
	Jacques Passy	Saint Kitts and Nevis
	Tab Ramos	United States U-20
	Greg Vanney	Toronto FC
	Diego Vásquez	Motagua

Referee of the Year

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Rank	Referee
1	César Arturo Ramos
2	Mark Geiger
3	Joel Aguilar
	Ivan Barton
	Mario Escobar
	Jair Marrufo
	Ricardo Montero
	Oshane Nation
	Marco Ortíz
	John Pitti

Goalkeeper of the Year

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Rank	Player	Team
1	Keylor Navas	Real Madrid
2	Guillermo Ochoa	Standard Liège
3	Cody Laurendi	OKC Energy FC
	Alex Bono	Toronto FC
	Rodolfo Cota	León (formerly Guadalajara)
	Miguel Lloyd	Árabe Unido
	Leonel Moreira	Herediano
	Luis Robles	New York Red Bulls
	Olivier Rosa-Arsene	Club Franciscain
	Jonathan Felipe Rougier	Motagua

Best XI

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Shortlist

Defenders			Midfielders			Forwards
Player name	Team name		Player name	Team name		Player name	Team name
Edson Álvarez	América		Jonathan Osorio	Toronto FC		Sebastian Giovinco	Toronto FC
Oswaldo Alanis	Oviedo (formerly Guadalajara)		Mateus Uribe	América		Hirving Lozano	PSV Eindhoven
Atiba Harris	OKC Energy FC		Yendrick Ruiz	Herediano		André-Pierre Gignac	UANL
Jair Pereira	Guadalajara		Nicolás Lodeiro	Seattle Sounders FC		Carlos Vela	Los Angeles FC
Juan Pablo Montes	Motagua		Óscar Cerén	Alianza		Román Castillo	Motagua
Hugo Ayala	UANL		Andrés Guardado	Real Betis		Alan Pulido	Guadalajara
Francisco Calvo	Minnesota United FC		Randall Azofeifa	Herediano		Duckens Nazon	Sint-Truiden
Kemar Lawrence	New York Red Bulls		Luis Paradela	Pinar del Río		Bradley Wright-Phillips	New York Red Bulls
Ashtone Morgan	Toronto FC		Héctor Herrera	Porto		Alphonso Davies	Bayern Munich (formerly Vancouver Whitecaps FC)
Cuco Martina	Stoke City		Michael Bradley	Toronto FC		Raúl Jiménez	Wolverhampton Wanderers

Final Selection

Goalkeeper
Keylor Navas
Defenders
Edson Álvarez Hugo Ayala Cuco Martina Francisco Calvo
Midfielders
Héctor Herrera Michael Bradley Andrés Guardado
Forwards
Hirving Lozano Bradley Wright-Phillips Sebastian Giovinco

Mixed-sex

Goal of the Year

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Rank	Player	Competition	Match	Minute scored
1	Joe Corona	2018 CONCACAF Champions League	Club América vs Tauro FC	19'
2	Alan Pulido	2018 CONCACAF Champions League	CD Guadalajara vs Toronto FC	72'
3	Khadija Shaw	2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship	Jamaica vs  Cuba	2'
	Shacaylah Williams	2018 CONCACAF Girls' U-15 Championship	Guyana vs  Bahamas	72'
	Alexis Méndez	2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship	United States vs  Costa Rica	15'
	Spencer Weir-Daley	2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualifying	Montserrat vs  Belize	74'
	Blas Pérez	2018 CONCACAF League	C.D. Árabe Unido vs C.D. FAS	51'
	Jimmy Marín	2018 CONCACAF League	FC Motagua vs CS Herediano	85'
	Rose Lavelle	2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship	United States vs  Canada	2'
	Ruensley Leuteria	2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualifying	Curaçao vs  Grenada	91'

Outstanding Performance Award

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•  Jamaica national women's football team

Notes

1. Then known as Rebecca Quinn

References

1. "Rules and Process for the Concacaf Awards | 2018". www.concacaf.com. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
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