2017 CONCACAF Awards

The shortlists for the 2017 CONCACAF Awards were announced on 22 November 2017. The results were announced on 18 and 19 December 2017.

CONCACAF Awards 2017
Website	concacaf.com

Women's football awards

Player of the Year

Rank	Player name	Playing position	Team name
1	Alex Morgan	FW	Orlando Pride
2	Sam Kerr	FW	Sky Blue FC
3	Christine Sinclair	FW	Portland Thorns
	Becky Sauerbrunn	DF	FC Kansas City
	Carli Lloyd	MF	Houston Dash
	Jessie Fleming	MF	UCLA Bruins
	Julie Ertz	MF	Chicago Red Stars
	Megan Rapinoe	FW	Seattle Reign FC
	Samantha Mewis	MF	North Carolina Courage
	Tobin Heath	MF	Portland Thorns

Goalkeeper of the Year

Rank	Player name	Team name
1	Adrianna Franch	Portland Thorns FC
2	Ashlyn Harris	Orlando Pride
3	Cecilia Santiago	América
	Alyssa Naeher	Chicago Red Stars
	Dinnia Diaz	Unión Deportiva Moravia
	Jane Campbell	Houston Dash
	Kailen Sheridan	Sky Blue FC
	Nicole Barnhart	FC Kansas City
	Sabrina D'Angelo	North Carolina Courage
	Stephanie Labbé	Washington Spirit

Best XI

Shortlist

Defenders			Midfielders			Forwards
Player name	Team name		Player name	Team name		Player name	Team name
Abby Dahlkemper	North Carolina Courage		Allie Long	Portland Thorns FC		Alex Morgan	Orlando Pride
Ali Krieger	Orlando Pride		Carli Lloyd	Houston Dash		Christen Press	Chicago Red Stars
Allysha Chapman	Boston Breakers		Desiree Scott	FC Kansas City		Christine Sinclair	Portland Thorns FC
Becky Sauerbrunn	FC Kansas City		Jessie Fleming	UCLA Bruins		Fernanda Barrantes	Deportivo Saprissa
Casey Short	Chicago Red Stars		Julie Ertz	Chicago Red Stars		Janine Beckie	Houston Dash
Diana Saenz	Unión Deportiva Moravia		Karla Nieto	Pachuca		Marta	Orlando Pride
Emily Menges	Portland Thorns FC		Lindsey Horan	Portland Thorns FC		Karla Villalobos	Unión Deportiva Moravia
Kelley O'Hara	Sky Blue FC		Morgan Brian	Chicago Red Stars		Megan Rapinoe	Seattle Reign FC
Meghan Klingenberg	Portland Thorns FC		Sam Mewis	North Carolina Courage		Sam Kerr	Sky Blue FC
Quinn	Duke Blue Devils		Tobin Heath	Portland Thorns FC		Sydney Leroux	FC Kansas City

Final selection

Goalkeeper
Adrianna Franch
Defenders
Abby Dahlkemper Ali Krieger Becky Sauerbrunn Emily Menges
Midfielders
Allie Long Carli Lloyd Jessie Fleming Lindsey Horan
Forwards
Alex Morgan Marta

Coach of the Year

Rank	Player name	Team name
1	Eva Espejo	Pachuca
2	Roberto Medina	Mexico
3	Amelia Valverde	Costa Rica
	Bernal Castillo	Unión Deportiva Moravia
	Jill Ellis	United States
	John Herdman	Canada
	Laura Harvey	Seattle Reign FC
	Mark Parsons	Portland Thorns FC
	Paul Riley	North Carolina Courage
	Tom Sermanni	Orlando Pride

Referee of the Year

Rank	Referee name
1	Lucila Venegas
2	Carol Anne Chenard
3	Marianela Araya Cruz
	Ekaterina Koroleva
	Marie-Soleil Beaudoin
	Maurees Skeete
	Melissa Borjas
	Michelle Pye
	Odette Hamilton
	Quetzalli Alvarado

Men's football awards

Player of the Year

Rank	Player name	Position	Team name
1	Keylor Navas	GK	Real Madrid
2	Hirving Lozano	FW	PSV Eindhoven
3	Andre Blake	GK	Philadelphia Union
	Bryan Ruiz	MF	Sporting CP
	Christian Pulisic	MF	Borussia Dortmund
	Clint Dempsey	FW	Seattle Sounders FC
	Franco Jara	FW	Pachuca
	Héctor Moreno	DF	Roma
	Javier Hernández	FW	West Ham United
	Jozy Altidore	FW	Toronto FC

Notes

Goalkeeper of the Year

Rank	Player name	Team name
1	Keylor Navas	Real Madrid
2	Andre Blake	Philadelphia Union
3	Jaime Penedo	Dinamo București
	Alfonso Blanco	Pachuca
	Donis Escober	Olimpia
	Eloy Room	PSV Eindhoven
	Guillermo Ochoa	Standard Liège
	Miguel Lloyd	Árabe Unido
	Nahuel Guzmán	UANL
	Tim Howard	Colorado Rapids

Best XI

Shortlist

Defenders			Midfielders			Forwards
Name	Club		Name	Club		Name	Club
Cristian Gamboa	Celtic		Bryan Ruiz	Sporting CP		Alberth Elis	Houston Dynamo
Diego Reyes	Porto		Celso Borges	Deportivo La Coruña		Clint Dempsey	Seattle Sounders FC
Felipe Baloy	Municipal		Christian Pulisic	Borussia Dortmund		David Villa	New York City FC
Héctor Moreno	Roma		David Guzmán	Portland Timbers		Franco Jara	Pachuca
Joevin Jones	Seattle Sounders FC		Diego Valeri	Portland Timbers		Gabriel Torres	Lausanne-Sport
Kemar Lawrence	New York Red Bulls		Héctor Herrera	Porto		Hirving Lozano	PSV Eindhoven
Kendall Waston	Vancouver Whitecaps FC		Javier Aquino	UANL		Javier Hernández	West Ham United
Miguel Layún	Porto		José González	Árabe Unido		Jesús Corona	Porto
Omar Gonzalez	Pachuca		Michael Bradley	Toronto FC		Jozy Altidore	Toronto FC
Román Torres	Seattle Sounders FC		Wilde-Donald Guerrier	Qarabağ		Nemanja Nikolić	Chicago Fire

Final selection

Goalkeeper
Keylor Navas
Defenders
Cristian Gamboa Héctor Moreno Kendall Waston Román Torres
Midfielders
Bryan Ruiz Christian Pulisic Héctor Herrera Wilde-Donald Guerrier
Forwards
Alberth Elis Hirving Lozano

Coach of the Year

Rank	Coach name	Team name
1	Greg Vanney	Toronto FC
2	Hernán Darío Gómez	Panama
3	Juan Carlos Osorio	Mexico
	Diego Alonso	Pachuca
	Gerardo Martino	Atlanta United FC
	Jorge Luis Pinto	Honduras
	Óscar Ramirez	Costa Rica
	Ricardo Ferretti	UANL
	Sergio Guzmán	Árabe Unido
	Theodore Whitmore	Jamaica

Referee of the Year

Rank	Referee name
1	César Ramos
2	Joel Aguilar
3	Kimbell Ward
	Jair Marrufo
	John Pitti
	Mark Geiger
	Ricardo Montero
	Roberto Garcia
	Luis Santander
	Yadel Martinez

Mixed-sex

Goal Of The Year

Rank	Name	Date	Match	Minute scored
1	Amaury Escoto	September 26	Guadalajara vs BUAP	85'
2	Camila	June 17	Houston Dash vs Orlando Pride	16'
3	Ernesto Sinclair	August 20	Árabe Unido vs Plaza Amador	88'
	André-Pierre Gignac	April 5	UANL vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC	63'
	Junior Hoilett	July 20	Jamaica vs Canada	61'
	David Villa	April 14	Philadelphia Union vs New York City FC	90'
	Jonathan Urretaviscaya	February 28	Pachuca vs Saprissa	31'
	Jozy Altidore	July 26	United States vs Jamaica	45'
	Kemar Lawrence	July 23	Mexico vs Jamaica	88'
	Sam Kerr	August 28	Sky Blue FC vs Orlando Pride	46'

Outstanding Performance Award

The Outstanding Performance Award was excluded from the Nomination and Voting Processes, and was selected by CONCACAF.

• Panama national football team and Hernán Darío Gómez