2016 CONCACAF Awards
# 2016 CONCACAF Awards

The shortlists were announced on 15 December 2016. The results were announced on 18 January 2017.

## Eligibility criteria

Players, coaches and referees of any nationality were eligible to be nominated for the awards, as long as they meet at least one of the following criteria:

* Have played/coached/refereed in an official CONCACAF tournament at club or national team level
* Have played/coached/refereed for a CONCACAF member national team in a FIFA-sanctioned international competition
* Have played/coached/refereed in a domestic league within CONCACAF's territory

## Female awards

### Player of the Year

| Rank | Player | Position | Club |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Alex Morgan (USA) | FW | Orlando Pride |
| 2 | Tobin Heath (USA) | MF | Portland Thorns FC |
| 3 | Crystal Dunn (USA) | FW | Washington Spirit |
| | Becky Sauerbrunn (USA) | DF | FC Kansas City |
| | Carli Lloyd (USA) | MF/FW | Houston Dash |
| | Christine Sinclair (CAN) | FW | Portland Thorns FC |
| | Janine Beckie (CAN) | FW | Houston Dash |
| | Karla Villalobos (CRC) | FW | Unión Deportiva Moravia |
| | Mallory Pugh (USA) | FW | Real Colorado |
| | Shirley Cruz (CRC) | MF | Paris Saint-Germain |

### Goalkeeper of the Year

| Rank | Player | Club |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Ashlyn Harris (USA) | Orlando Pride |
| 2 | Stephanie Labbé (CAN) | Washington Spirit |
| 3 | Yoselin Franco (GUA) | Unifut |
| | Alyssa Naeher (USA) | Chicago Red Stars |
| | Cecilia Santiago (MEX) | Þór Akureyri |
| | Dinnia Diaz (CRC) | Unión Deportiva Moravia |
| | Erin McLeod (CAN) | FC Rosengård |
| | Kimika Forbes (TRI) | Club Sportivo Limpeño Ladies |
| | Michelle Betos (USA) | Portland Thorns FC |
| | Sabrina D'Angelo (CAN) | Western New York Flash |

### Coach of the Year

| Rank | Coach | Club | National team |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Amelia Valverde (CRC) | | Costa Rica |
| 2 | Jill Ellis (USA) | | United States |
| 3 | Michelle French (USA) | | United States U20 |
| | Laura Harvey (ENG) | Seattle Reign | |

### Referee of the Year

| Rank | Referee | National Association |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Carol Anne Chenard | Canada |
| 2 | Quetzalli Alvarado | Mexico |
| 3 | Kimberly Moreira | Costa Rica (Assistant Referee) |
| | Katja Koroleva | United States |
| | Marie-Soleil Beaudoin | Canada |
| | Maurees Skeete | Guyana |
| | Melissa Borjas | Honduras |
| | Mirian Leon | El Salvador |
| | Princess Brown | Jamaica (Assistant Referee) |
| | Shirley Perello | Honduras (Assistant Referee) |

### Best XI

Shortlist :

| Defenders | Defenders | Midfielders | Midfielders | Forwards | Forwards |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Player | Club | Player | Club | Player | Club |
| Ali Krieger (USA) | Washington Spirit | Desiree Scott (CAN) | FC Kansas City | Alex Morgan (USA) | Orlando Pride |
| Alina Garciamendez (MEX) | | Diana Matheson (CAN) | Washington Spirit | Christen Press (USA) | Chicago Red Stars |
| Ashley Lawrence (CAN) | West Virginia University | Carli Lloyd (USA) | Houston Dash | Christine Sinclair (CAN) | Portland Thorns |
| Allysha Chapman (CAN) | Houston Dash Boston Breakers | Gloriana Villalobos (CRC) | Deportivo Saprissa | Crystal Dunn (USA) | Washington Spirit |
| Becky Sauerbrunn (USA) | FC Kansas City | Jessie Fleming (CAN) | UCLA | Deanne Rose (CAN) | Scarborough GS United |
| Julie Johnston (USA) | Chicago Red Stars | Megan Rapinoe (USA) | Seattle Reign FC | Janine Beckie (CAN) | Houston Dash |
| Kadeisha Buchanan (CAN) | West Virginia University | Morgan Brian (USA) | Houston Dash | Karla Villalobos (CRC) | Unión Deportiva Moravia |
| Kelley O'Hara (USA) | Sky Blue FC | Shirley Cruz (CRC) | Paris Saint-Germain | Mallory Pugh (USA) | Real Colorado |
| Meghan Klingenberg (USA) | Portland Thorns FC | Sophie Schmidt (CAN) | FFC Frankfurt | Melissa Tancredi (CAN) | KIF Örebro DFF |
| Shelina Zadorsky (CAN) | Washington Spirit | Tobin Heath (USA) | Portland Thorns FC | Raquel Rodríguez Cedeño (CRC) | Sky Blue FC |

Final selection :

* Goalkeeper
* Ashlyn Harris
* Defenders
* Ali Krieger
* Kadeisha Buchanan
* Becky Sauerbrunn
* Ashley Lawrence
* Midfielders
* Gloriana Villalobos
* Carli Lloyd
* Shirley Cruz
* Tobin Heath
* Forwards
* Alex Morgan
* Christine Sinclair

## Male awards

### Player of the Year

| Rank | Player | Position | Club |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Bryan Ruiz (CRC) | MF/FW | Sporting CP |
| 2 | Hirving Lozano (MEX) | FW/MF | Pachuca |
| 3 | Keylor Navas (CRC) | GK | Real Madrid |
| | Christian Bolaños (CRC) | MF | Vancouver Whitecaps FC |
| | Christian Pulisic (USA) | MF | Borussia Dortmund |
| | Clint Dempsey (USA) | FW/MF | Seattle Sounders FC |
| | Javier Hernández (MEX) | FW | Bayer Leverkusen |
| | Romell Quioto (HON) | MF/FW | Olimpia |
| | Rubens Sambueza (MEX) | MF | América |
| | Wes Morgan (JAM) | DF | Leicester City |

### Goalkeeper of the Year

| Rank | Player | Club |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Keylor Navas (CRC) | Real Madrid |
| 2 | Alfredo Talavera (MEX) | Toluca |
| 3 | Nahuel Guzmán (ARG) | UANL |
| | Brad Guzan (USA) | Middlesbrough |
| | Guillermo Ochoa (MEX) | Granada |
| | Jaime Penedo (PAN) | Dinamo București |
| | Luis López (HON) | Real España |
| | Miguel Lloyd (DOM) | Árabe Unido |
| | Milan Borjan (CAN) | Ludogorets Razgrad |
| | Tim Howard (USA) | Colorado Rapids |

### Coach of the Year

| Rank | Coach | Club | National team |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Óscar Ramírez (CRC) | | Costa Rica |
| 2 | Ricardo Ferretti (BRA) | UANL | |
| 3 | Diego Alonso (URU) | Pachuca | |
| | Bruce Arena (USA) | LA Galaxy | |
| | Hernán Darío Gómez (COL) | | Panama |
| | Jorge Luis Pinto (COL) | | Honduras |
| | Juan Carlos Osorio (COL) | | Mexico |
| | Miguel Herrera (MEX) | Tijuana | |
| | Óscar Pareja (COL) | FC Dallas | |
| | Sergio Guzmán (PAN) | Árabe Unido | |

### Referee of the Year

| Rank | Referee | National Association |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | César Ramos | Mexico |
| 2 | Joe Fletcher | Canada (Assistant Referee) |
| 3 | Joel Aguilar | El Salvador |
| | John Pitti | Panama |
| | José Luis Camargo | Mexico (Assistant Referee) |
| | Leonel Leal | Costa Rica (Assistant Referee) |
| | Mark Geiger | United States |
| | Ricardo Montero | Costa Rica |
| | Roberto García | Mexico |
| | Walter López | Guatemala |

### Best XI

Shortlist :

| Defenders | Defenders | Midfielders | Midfielders | Forwards | Forwards |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Player | Club | Player | Club | Player | Club |
| Adam Straith (CAN) | Fredrikstad | Andrés Guardado (MEX) | PSV Eindhoven | André-Pierre Gignac (FRA) | UANL |
| Cristian Gamboa (CRC) | Celtic | Atiba Hutchinson (CAN) | Beşiktaş | Bobby Wood (USA) | Hamburger SV |
| Felipe Baloy (PAN) | Rionegro Águilas | Christian Bolaños (CRC) | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Bradley Wright-Phillips (ENG) | New York Red Bulls |
| Héctor Moreno (MEX) | PSV Eindhoven | Christian Pulisic (USA) | Borussia Dortmund | Bryan Ruiz (CRC) | Sporting CP |
| John Brooks (USA) | Hertha BSC | Giovani dos Santos (MEX) | LA Galaxy | Clint Dempsey (USA) | Seattle Sounders FC |
| Maynor Figueroa (HON) | FC Dallas | Héctor Herrera (MEX) | Porto | Gino van Kessel (CUW) | Slavia Prague |
| Miguel Layún (MEX) | Porto | Hirving Lozano (MEX) | Pachuca | Javier Hernández (MEX) | Bayer Leverkusen |
| Rafael Márquez (MEX) | Atlas | Jesús Corona (MEX) | Porto | Jozy Altidore (USA) | Toronto FC |
| Rónald Matarrita (CRC) | New York City FC | Nicolás Lodeiro (URU) | Seattle Sounders FC | Oribe Peralta (MEX) | América |
| Wes Morgan (JAM) | Leicester City | Rubens Sambueza (ARG) | América | Romell Quioto (HON) | Olimpia |

Final selection :

* Goalkeeper
* Keylor Navas
* Defenders
* Rónald Matarrita
* Wes Morgan
* Rafael Márquez
* Miguel Layún
* Midfielders
* Christian Bolaños
* Atiba Hutchinson
* Andrés Guardado
* Hirving Lozano
* Forwards
* André-Pierre Gignac
* Bryan Ruiz

## Mixed-sex

### Outstanding Performance Award

* Canada women's national soccer team and John Herdman

### 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jesús Corona (MEX) | June 14, 2016 (2016-06-14) | Mexico v Venezuela | 80' | Copa América Centenario |
| 2 | Eduardo Herrera (MEX) | August 19, 2016 (2016-08-19) | UNAM v Honduras Progreso | 66' | 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League |
| 3 | Alexander Larín (SLV) | August 17, 2016 (2016-08-17) | Alianza v New York Red Bulls | 54' | 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League |
| | Amílcar Henríquez (PAN) | August 25, 2016 (2016-08-25) | Don Bosco v Árabe Unido | 24' | 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League |
| | Carlos Lizarazo (COL) | October 21, 2016 (2016-10-21) | Suchitepéquez v FC Dallas | 22' | 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League |
| | Christine Sinclair (CAN) | February 19, 2016 (2016-02-19) | Canada v Costa Rica | 52' | 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship |
| | Clint Dempsey (USA) | June 16, 2016 (2016-06-16) | United States v Ecuador | 20' | Copa América Centenario |
| | Joel Campbell (CRC) | November 16, 2016 (2016-11-16) | Costa Rica v United States | 74' | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF) |
| | Kelley O'Hara (USA) | September 15, 2016 (2016-09-15) | United States v Puerto Rico | 45' | 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship |
| | Romell Quioto (HON) | September 2, 2016 (2016-09-02) | Honduras v Canada | 51' | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF) |
