Monthly soccer award given to players in Major League Soccer
The Major League Soccer Player of Month is a monthly soccer award given to players in Major League Soccer . The honor is given to the player deemed to have had the best cumulative performance in each month by a panel of journalists from the North American Soccer Reporters organization.[1] The award was formerly voted on by the Professional Soccer Reporters Association.[2]
Since 2014, the award has been sponsored by Etihad Airways and named the Etihad Airways Player of the Month .
Winners [ ]
2021 [ ]
2020 [ ]
2019 [ ]
Month
Player
Club
Stats
Ref.
March
Carlos Vela
Los Angeles FC
5 GP, 6 G, 3 A
[11]
April
Carlos Vela
Los Angeles FC
5 GP, 5 G, 2 A
[12]
May
Chris Wondolowski
San Jose Earthquakes
2 GP, 6 G
[13]
June
Maximiliano Moralez
New York City FC
3 GP, 3 G, 6 A
[14]
July
Josef Martínez
Atlanta United FC
5 GP, 7 G
[15]
August
Josef Martínez
Atlanta United FC
5 GP, 6 G
[16]
September
Carlos Vela
Los Angeles FC
5 GP, 7 G
[17]
2018 [ ]
Month
Player
Club
Stats
Ref.
March
Felipe Gutiérrez
Sporting Kansas City
5 GP, 5 G
[18]
April
Miguel Almirón
Atlanta United FC
4 GP, 5 G, 2 A
[19]
May
Zack Steffen
Columbus Crew SC
5 GP, 0 GA
[20]
June
Adama Diomande
Los Angeles FC
5 GP, 7 G
[21]
July
Josef Martínez
Atlanta United FC
5 GP, 9 G, 1 A
[22]
August
Josef Martínez
Atlanta United FC
4 GP, 4 G, 1 A
[23]
September
Luciano Acosta
D.C. United
5 GP, 4 G, 6 A
[24]
October
Wayne Rooney
D.C. United
5 GP, 5 G
[25]
2017 [ ]
2016 [ ]
2015 [ ]
2014 [ ]
2013 [ ]
2012 [ ]
2011 [ ]
2010 [ ]
2009 [ ]
2008 [ ]
2007 [ ]
2006 [ ]
2005 [ ]
2004 [ ]
2003 [ ]
2002 [ ]
2001 [ ]
2000 [ ]
1999 [ ]
1998 [ ]
1997 [ ]
1996 [ ]
References [ ]
^ "Wondolowski named MLS Player of the Month" . San Jose Earthquakes. July 5, 2012. Retrieved December 18, 2016 .
^ "Guevara named MLS Player of Month for Oct" . MLSsoccer.com. January 23, 2010. Retrieved December 18, 2016 .
^ "LA Galaxy star Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez voted MLS Player of the Month for April/May" . Major League Soccer. June 3, 2021. Retrieved June 8, 2021 .
^ "New England Revolution star Carles Gil named MLS Player of the Month for June" . Major League Soccer. July 1, 2021. Retrieved July 1, 2021 .
^ "New England Revolution forward Gustavo Bou bags MLS Player of the Month for July" . Major League Soccer. August 6, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2021 .
^ "NYCFC's Valentin Castellanos named MLS Player of the Month for August" . Major League Soccer. September 7, 2021. Retrieved September 7, 2021 .
^ "San Jose's Eduardo "Chofis" Lopez named MLS Player of the Month for September" . Major League Soccer. October 6, 2021. Retrieved October 18, 2021 .
^ "Orlando City SC forward Daryl Dike named MLS Player of the Month for August" . Major League Soccer. September 9, 2020. Retrieved September 9, 2020 .
^ "Toronto FC midfielder Alejandro Pozuelo named MLS Player of the Month for September" . Major League Soccer. October 1, 2020. Retrieved October 3, 2020 .
^ "NYCFC forward Valentin Castellanos named MLS Player of the Month for October, November" . Major League Soccer. November 11, 2020. Retrieved November 11, 2020 .
^ MLSsoccer staff (April 9, 2019). "LAFC's Carlos Vela named March MLS Player of the Month pres. by EA Sports" . Major League Soccer. Retrieved April 13, 2019 .
^ Boehm, Charles (May 7, 2019). "Carlos Vela wins second straight MLS Player of the Month pres. by EA Sports" . Major League Soccer. Retrieved May 8, 2019 .
^ Boehm, Charles (June 10, 2019). "Chris Wondolowski wins MLS Player of the Month pres. by EA Sports for May" . Major League Soccer. Retrieved June 11, 2019 .
^ MLSsoccer staff (July 9, 2019). "Maxi Moralez wins MLS Player of the Month pres. by EA Sports for June" . Major League Soccer. Retrieved July 10, 2019 .
^ Boehm, Charles (August 6, 2019). "Josef Martinez named MLS Player of the Month pres. by EA SPORTS for July" . Major League Soccer. Retrieved August 6, 2019 .
^ "Josef Martinez named MLS Player of the Month pres. by EA SPORTS for August" . Major League Soccer. September 10, 2019. Retrieved September 10, 2019 .
^ Boehm, Charles (October 14, 2019). "LAFC's Carlos Vela wins his third MLS Player of the Month honor of 2019" . Major League Soccer. Retrieved October 20, 2019 .
^ "Sporting Kansas City's Felipe Gutierrez wins March MLS Player of the Month" . Major League Soccer. April 6, 2018. Retrieved April 6, 2018 .
^ "Atlanta United's Miguel Almiron wins April MLS Player of the Month" . Major League Soccer. May 3, 2018. Retrieved May 3, 2018 .
^ "Columbus Crew SC's Zack Steffen wins May MLS Player of the Month" . Major League Soccer. June 6, 2018. Retrieved June 6, 2018 .
^ "LAFC's Adama Diomande wins June MLS Player of the Month pres. by EA Sports" . Major League Soccer. July 5, 2018. Retrieved July 13, 2018 .
^ Boehm, Charles (August 3, 2018). "ATL's Josef Martinez wins July MLS Player of the Month pres. by EA Sports" . Major League Soccer. Retrieved August 3, 2018 .
^ Boehm, Charles (September 5, 2018). "Atlanta United's Josef Martinez named August MLS Player of the Month" . Major League Soccer. Retrieved September 5, 2018 .
^ "DC United's Luciano Acosta named September MLS Player of the Month" . Major League Soccer. October 4, 2018. Retrieved October 5, 2018 .
^ Butler, Dylan (November 1, 2018). "DC United's Wayne Rooney named October MLS Player of the Month" . Major League Soccer. Retrieved November 3, 2018 .
^ Stejskal, Sam (April 5, 2017). "Atlanta United FC's Josef Martinez named MLS Player of the Month for March" . Major League Soccer. Retrieved June 5, 2018 .
^ Stejskal, Sam (May 3, 2017). "Orlando GK Joe Bendik voted Alcatel MLS Player of the Month for April" . Major League Soccer. Retrieved June 5, 2018 .
^ Rosano, Nicholas (June 5, 2017). "Chicago FW Nemanja Nikolic voted Alcatel MLS Player of the Month for May" . Major League Soccer. Retrieved June 5, 2018 .
^ Boehm, Charles (July 5, 2017). "NYCFC's David Villa voted Alcatel MLS Player of the Month for June" . Major League Soccer. Retrieved June 5, 2018 .
^ Acero, Edgar (August 4, 2017). "Red Bulls' Daniel Royer voted Alcatel MLS Player of the Month for July" . Major League Soccer. Retrieved June 5, 2018 .
^ Stejskal, Sam (August 21, 2017). "Montreal's Ignacio Piatti voted Alcatel MLS Player of the Month for August" . Major League Soccer. Retrieved June 5, 2018 .
^ Stejskal, Sam (October 5, 2017). "Josef Martinez runs away with September honor | Alcatel Player of the Month" . Major League Soccer. Retrieved June 5, 2018 .
^ "Salt Lake's Joao Plata wins Etihad Airways Player of the Month for March" . Major League Soccer. Retrieved March 31, 2016 .
^ "Portland's Fanendo Adi wins Etihad Airways Player of the Month for April" . Major League Soccer. Retrieved May 5, 2016 .
^ "Bradley Wright-Phillips wins Etihad Airways MLS Player of the Month for May" . Major League Soccer. Retrieved May 5, 2016 .
^ "RSL's Yura Movsisyan wins Etihad Airways Player of the Month for June" . Major League Soccer. Retrieved July 1, 2016 .
^ "Frank Lampard wins Etihad Airways MLS Player of the Month for July" . Major League Soccer. Retrieved August 4, 2016 .
^ "Nicolas Lodeiro wins Etihad Airways Player of the Month for August" . Major League Soccer. Retrieved September 1, 2016 .
^ "Chad Marshall wins Etihad Airways Player of the Month for September" . Major League Soccer. Retrieved October 24, 2016 .
^ "Justin Meram wins MLS Etihad Airways Player of the Month for October" . Major League Soccer. October 26, 2016. Retrieved November 7, 2016 .
^ "Vancouver Whitecaps FC's Octavio Rivero wins Etihad Airways MLS Player of the Month for March" . Major League Soccer. Retrieved June 23, 2015 .
^ "Sporting Kansas City's Benny Feilhaber wins Etihad Airways Player of the Month for April" . Major League Soccer. Retrieved June 23, 2015 .
^ "Sporting Kansas City's Krisztian Nemeth wins Etihad Airways Player of the Month for May" . Major League Soccer. Retrieved June 23, 2015 .
^ "Vancouver Whitecaps goalkeeper David Ousted wins Etihad Airways Player of the Month for June" . Major League Soccer. Retrieved July 2, 2015 .
^ "Toronto FC attacker Sebastian Giovinco wins Etihad Airways Player of the Month award for July" . Major League Soccer. Retrieved August 7, 2015 .
^ "Toronto FC attacker Sebastian Giovinco wins Etihad Airways Player of the Month award for August" . Major League Soccer. September 3, 2015. Retrieved September 5, 2015 .
^ "Didier Drogba, Impact striker, named MLS player of the month" . CBC. October 2, 2015. Retrieved October 2, 2015 .
^ "Montreal Impact's Didier Drogba wins second straight Etihad Airways Player of the Month award" . Major League Soccer. October 28, 2015. Retrieved October 29, 2015 .