MLS Comeback Player of the Year Award
{{Short description|Soccer award}}
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MLS Comeback Player of the Year is a Major League Soccer award established in 2000. The award is voted on by media, MLS players and club management. It is presented to a player who showed impressive improvement after overcoming a serious injury or medical condition or after a previous slump in the career.{{cite web|url=http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2013/12/02/new-england-revolutions-kevin-alston-wins-2013-comeback-player-year-award|title=New England Revolution's Kevin Alston wins 2013 Comeback Player of the Year award
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Winners
class="wikitable"
!|Season !|Player !|Team |
2000
|{{flagicon|USA}} Tony Meola |
2001
|{{flagicon|USA}} Troy Dayak |
2002
|{{flagicon|USA}} Chris Klein |
2003
|{{flagicon|United States}} Chris Armas |
2004
|{{flagicon|United States}} Brian Ching |
2005
|{{flagicon|United States}} Chris Klein (2) |
2006
|{{flagicon|United States}} Richard Mulrooney |
2007
|{{flagicon|United States}} Eddie Johnson |
2008
|{{flagicon|USA}} Kenny Cooper |
2009
|{{flagicon|USA}} Zach Thornton |
2010
|{{flagicon|USA}} Bobby Convey |
2011
|{{flagicon|ENG}} David Beckham |
2012
|{{flagicon|USA}} Eddie Johnson (2) |
2013
|{{flagicon|USA}} Kevin Alston |
2014
|{{flagicon|CRC}} Rodney Wallace |
2015
|{{flagicon|USA}} Tim Melia |
2016
|{{flagicon|USA}} Chris Pontius |
2017
|{{flagicon|USA}} Clint Dempsey |
2018
|{{flagicon|USA}} Gyasi Zardes |
2019
|{{flagicon|USA}} Jordan Morris |
2020
|{{flagicon|ENG}} Bradley Wright-Phillips |
2021
|{{flagicon|Spain}} Carles Gil |
2022
|{{flagicon|ARG}} Gonzalo Higuaín |
2023
|{{flagicon|MEX}} Alan Pulido |
2024
|{{flagicon|SCO}} Lewis Morgan |