2015 CONCACAF Awards#Referee of the Year

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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.{{cite web|url=http://www.concacaf.com/article/shortlists-announced-for-third-annual-concacaf-awards|title=Shortlists Announced for Third-Annual CONCACAF Awards|website=CONCACAF.com|date=12 January 2016}} The results were announced on 22 January 2016.{{cite web |title=Javier Hernandez and Carli Lloyd Named 2015 CONCACAF Players of the Year |url=http://www.concacaf.com/article/javier-hernandez-and-carli-lloyd-named-2015-concacaf-players-of-the-year |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819135212/http://www.concacaf.com/article/javier-hernandez-and-carli-lloyd-named-2015-concacaf-players-of-the-year |archive-date=19 August 2017 |access-date=22 January 2016 |publisher=CONCACAF}}

The eligibility criteria for these awards is:

Have played/coached/refereed in an official CONCACAF tournament at club or national team level OR
Have played/coached/refereed for a CONCACAF member national team in a FIFA-sanctioned international competition OR
Have played/coached/refereed in a domestic league within CONCACAF territoryA 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;

Notes:

Female awards

=Player of the Year=

class="wikitable"

!Rank

!Name

!Position

!Club

scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st

|{{flagicon|USA}} Carli Lloyd

|MF

|{{flagicon|USA}} Houston Dash

scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd

|{{flagicon|USA}} Alex Morgan

|FW

|{{flagicon|USA}} Orlando Pride

scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd

|{{flagicon|CRC}} Shirley Cruz

|MF

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Paris Saint-Germain

rowspan="7"|

|{{flagicon|USA}} Becky Sauerbrunn

|DF

|{{flagicon|USA}} FC Kansas City

{{flagicon|CAN}} Christine Sinclair

|FW

|{{flagicon|USA}} Portland Thorns FC

{{flagicon|USA}} Hope Solo

|GK

|{{flagicon|USA}} Seattle Reign

{{flagicon|USA}} Julie Johnston

|DF

|{{flagicon|USA}} Chicago Red Stars

{{flagicon|CAN}} Kadeisha Buchanan

|DF

{{flagicon|USA}} Megan Rapinoe

|MF

|{{flagicon|USA}} Seattle Reign

{{flagicon|CRC}} Raquel Rodríguez

|FW

=Goalkeeper of the Year=

class="wikitable"

!Rank

!Name

!Team

scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st

| {{flagicon|USA}} Hope Solo

|{{flagicon|USA}} Seattle Reign

scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd

| {{flagicon|CRC}} Dinnia Díaz

|{{flagicon|CRC}} Moravia

scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd

| {{flagicon|MEX}} Cecilia Santiago

|{{flagicon|CYP}} Apollon Limassol

rowspan="7"|

| {{flagicon|USA}} Alyssa Naeher

|{{flagicon|USA}} Chicago Red Stars

{{flagicon|USA}} Ashlyn Harris

|{{flagicon|USA}} Orlando Pride

{{flagicon|CAN}} Erin McLeod

|{{flagicon|USA}} Houston Dash

{{flagicon|TRI}} Kimika Forbes

| {{fbw|TRI}}

{{flagicon|USA}} Michele Dalton

|{{flagicon|USA}} Chicago Red Stars

{{flagicon|USA}} Rosemary Chandler

|{{flagicon|USA}} Concorde Fire

{{flagicon|USA}} Michelle Betos

|{{flagicon|USA}} Portland Thorns

=Coach of the Year=

class="wikitable"

!Rank

!Name

!Club or National Team

scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Jill Ellis

|{{fbw|USA}}

scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd

|{{flagicon|CRC}} Amelia Valverde

|{{fbw|CRC}}

scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd

|{{flagicon|PAN}} Raiza Gutiérrez

|{{fbw|PAN}}
{{fbwu|20|PAN|name=Panama U-20}}

rowspan="4"|

|{{flagicon|ATG}} Akeilah Hillhouse

| {{flagicon|ATG}} Freeman’s Village FC

{{flagicon|ATG}} Georgetta Lewis

|{{flagicon|ATG}} Urlings

{{flagicon|ENG}} Laura Harvey

|{{flagicon|USA}} Seattle Reign

{{flagicon|USA}} Michelle French

|{{fbwu|20|USA}}

=Referee of the Year=

class="wikitable"

!Rank

!Name

scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st

|{{flagicon|CRC}} Kimberly Moreira

scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd

|{{flagicon|MEX}} Lucila Venegas

scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd

|{{flagicon|CAN}} Carol Anne Chenard

rowspan="7"|

|{{flagicon|USA}} Karen Abt

{{flagicon|USA}} Katja Koroleva

{{flagicon|USA}} Margaret Domka

{{flagicon|GUY}} Maureese Skeete

{{flagicon|HON}} Melissa Borjas

{{flagicon|CAN}} Michelle Pye

{{flagicon|MEX}} 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=

class="wikitable"

!Rank

!Name

!Position

!Club

scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st

|{{flagicon|MEX}} Javier Hernández

|FW

|{{flagicon|GER}} Bayer Leverkusen

scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd

|{{flagicon|CRC}} Bryan Ruiz

|FW

|{{flagicon|POR}} Sporting CP

scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd

|{{flagicon|MEX}} Andrés Guardado

|MF

|{{flagicon|NED}} PSV Eindhoven

rowspan="7"|

|{{flagicon|USA}} Clint Dempsey

|FW

|{{flagicon|USA}} Seattle Sounders FC

{{flagicon|CAN}} Cyle Larin

|FW

|{{flagicon|USA}} Orlando City SC

{{flagicon|MEX}} Hirving Lozano

|FW

|{{flagicon|MEX}} Pachuca

{{flagicon|MEX}} Jesús Corona

|MF

|{{flagicon|POR}} Porto

{{flagicon|USA}} Michael Bradley

|MF

|{{flagicon|CAN}} Toronto FC

{{flagicon|MEX}} Oribe Peralta

|FW

|{{flagicon|MEX}} América

{{flagicon|JAM}} Rodolph Austin

|MF

|{{flagicon|DEN}} Brøndby

=Goalkeeper of the Year=

class="wikitable"

!Rank

!Name

!Team

scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st

| {{flagicon|USA}} Tim Howard

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Everton

scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd

| {{flagicon|PAN}} Jaime Penedo

|{{flagicon|USA}} LA Galaxy

scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd

| {{flagicon|MEX}} Guillermo Ochoa

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Málaga

rowspan="7"|

| {{flagicon|JAM}} Andre Blake

|{{flagicon|USA}} Philadelphia Union

{{flagicon|USA}} Bill Hamid

|{{flagicon|USA}} D.C. United

{{flagicon|USA}} Brad Guzan

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Aston Villa

{{flagicon|JAM}} Dwayne Miller

|{{flagicon|SWE}} Syrianska

{{flagicon|CRC}} Esteban Alvarado

|{{flagicon|TUR}} Trabzonspor

{{flagicon|USA}} Evan Bush

|{{flagicon|CAN}} Montreal Impact

{{flagicon|MEX}} Moisés Muñoz

|{{flagicon|MEX}} América

=Coach of the Year=

class="wikitable"

!Rank

!Name

!Team

scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st

|{{flagicon|COL}} Hernán Darío Gómez

|{{fb|PAN}}

scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd

|{{flagicon|USA}} Caleb Porter

|{{flagicon|USA}} Portland Timbers

scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd

|{{flagicon|MEX}} Miguel Herrera

|{{flagicon|MEX}} Tijuana

rowspan="7"|

|{{flagicon|URU}} Gustavo Matosas

|{{flagicon|MEX}} América

{{flagicon|USA}} Jesse Marsch

|{{flagicon|USA}} New York Red Bulls

{{flagicon|GER}} Jürgen Klinsmann

|{{fb|USA}}

{{flagicon|FRA}} Marc Collat

|{{fb|HAI}}

{{flagicon|MEX}} Raúl Gutiérrez

|{{fbu|23|Mexico|name=Mexico U-23}}

{{flagicon|TRI}} Stephen Hart

|{{fb|TRI}}

{{flagicon|GER}} Winfried Schäfer

|{{fb|JAM}}

=Referee of the Year=

class="wikitable"

!Rank

!Name

scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st

|{{flagicon|SLV}} Joel Aguilar

scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd

|{{flagicon|MEX}} Roberto García

scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd

|{{flagicon|MEX}} Fernando Guerrero

rowspan="7"|

|{{flagicon|CAN}} David Gantar

{{flagicon|HON}} Héctor Francisco Rodríguez

{{flagicon|CRC}} Henry Bejarano

{{flagicon|CRC}} Ricardo Montero

{{flagicon|GUY}} Sherwin Moore

{{flagicon|GUA}} Walter López

{{flagicon|CUB}} 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;

class="wikitable"

!Rank

!Player

!Date

!Participants

!Minute scored

!Competition

scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st

|{{flagicon|USA}} Carli Lloyd

|{{Start date|2015|7|5}}

|USA vs. Japan

|16'

|2015 FIFA Women's World Cup

scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd

|{{flagicon|MEX}} Paul Aguilar

|{{Start date|2015|10|10}}

|Mexico vs. USA

|122'

|2015 CONCACAF Cup

scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd

|{{flagicon|COL}} Darwin Quintero

|{{Start date|2015|8|19}}

| Club America vs. Walter Ferretti

|13'

|2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League

rowspan="7"|

|{{flagicon|MEX}} Andrés Guardado

|{{Start date|2015|7|26}}

|Jamaica vs. Mexico

|31'

|2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup

{{flagicon|GUA}} Carlos Ruiz

|{{Start date|2015|7|9}}

|Trinidad & Tobago vs. Guatemala

|62'

|2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup

{{flagicon|CRC}} Karla Villalobos

|{{Start date|2015|6|13}}

|South Korea vs. Costa Rica

|88'

|2015 FIFA Women's World Cup

{{flagicon|USA}} Lauren Holiday

|{{Start date|2015|7|5}}

|USA vs. Japan

|14'

|2015 FIFA Women's World Cup

{{flagicon|MEX}} Javier Hernández

|{{Start date|2015|10|10}}

|Mexico vs. USA

|10'

|2015 CONCACAF Cup

{{flagicon|CUB}} Arichel Hernández

|{{Start date|2015|10|6}}

|Canada vs. Cuba

|87'

|2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship

{{flagicon|MEX}} Víctor Guzmán

|{{Start date|2015|10|14}}

|Honduras vs. Mexico

|68'

|2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship

References

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