MLS Newcomer of the Year Award

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The MLS Newcomer of the Year Award is awarded by Major League Soccer to a player who has professional experience in another league and has an outstanding season in his first season of play in MLS.

Winners[]

Season	Player	Club
2007	Luciano Emilio	D.C. United
2008	Darren Huckerby	San Jose Earthquakes
2009	Fredy Montero	Seattle Sounders FC
2010	Álvaro Saborío	Real Salt Lake
2011	Mauro Rosales	Seattle Sounders FC
2012	Federico Higuaín	Columbus Crew SC
2013	Diego Valeri	Portland Timbers
2014	Pedro Morales	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
2015	Sebastian Giovinco	Toronto FC
2016	Nicolás Lodeiro	Seattle Sounders FC
2017	Miguel Almirón	Atlanta United FC
2018	Zlatan Ibrahimović	LA Galaxy
2019	Carles Gil	New England Revolution
2020	Lucas Zelarayán	Columbus Crew SC
2021	Cristian Arango	Los Angeles FC