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

CONCACAF Awards 2015
Date	22 January 2016 (2016-1-22)
Website	concacaf.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

Player of the Year

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

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

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

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

GK

• Hope Solo (GK/USA), Seattle Reign (USA)

DF

• Kenti Robles (DF/MEX), Atlético Madrid (ESP);
• Becky Sauerbrunn (DF/USA), FC Kansas City (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 (FRA);
• Katherine Alvarado (MF/CRC), Saprissa (CRC);
• Verónica Pérez (MF/MEX), Canberra United (AUS)

FW

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

Male awards

Player of the Year

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

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

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

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

GK

• Tim Howard (GK/USA); Everton (ENG)

DF

• Román Torres (DF/PAN), Seattle Sounders (USA)
• Giancarlo González (DF/CRC), Palermo (ITA)
• Héctor Moreno (DF/MEX), PSV (NED)
• Miguel Layún (DF/MEX), Porto (POR)

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

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	Player	Date	Participants	Minute scored	Competition
1st	Carli Lloyd	July 5, 2015 (2015-7-5)	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 (2015-8-19)	Club America vs. Walter Ferretti	13'	2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League
	Andrés Guardado	July 26, 2015 (2015-7-26)	Jamaica vs. Mexico	31'	2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup
	Carlos Ruiz	July 9, 2015 (2015-7-9)	Trinidad & Tobago vs. Guatemala	62'	2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup
	Karla Villalobos	June 13, 2015 (2015-6-13)	South Korea vs. Costa Rica	88'	2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
	Lauren Holiday	July 5, 2015 (2015-7-5)	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 (2015-10-6)	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