MLS Comeback Player of the Year 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

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!|Season

!|Player

!|Team

2000

|{{flagicon|USA}} Tony Meola

|Kansas City Wizards

2001

|{{flagicon|USA}} Troy Dayak

|San Jose Earthquakes

2002

|{{flagicon|USA}} Chris Klein

|Kansas City Wizards

2003

|{{flagicon|United States}} Chris Armas

|Chicago Fire

2004

|{{flagicon|United States}} Brian Ching

|San Jose Earthquakes

2005

|{{flagicon|United States}} Chris Klein (2)

|Kansas City Wizards

2006

|{{flagicon|United States}} Richard Mulrooney

|FC Dallas

2007

|{{flagicon|United States}} Eddie Johnson

|Kansas City Wizards

2008

|{{flagicon|USA}} Kenny Cooper

|FC Dallas

2009

|{{flagicon|USA}} Zach Thornton

|Chivas USA

2010

|{{flagicon|USA}} Bobby Convey

|San Jose Earthquakes

2011

|{{flagicon|ENG}} David Beckham

|Los Angeles Galaxy

2012

|{{flagicon|USA}} Eddie Johnson (2)

|Seattle Sounders FC

2013

|{{flagicon|USA}} Kevin Alston

|New England Revolution

2014

|{{flagicon|CRC}} Rodney Wallace

|Portland Timbers

2015

|{{flagicon|USA}} Tim Melia

|Sporting Kansas City

2016

|{{flagicon|USA}} Chris Pontius

|Philadelphia Union

2017

|{{flagicon|USA}} Clint Dempsey

|Seattle Sounders FC

2018

|{{flagicon|USA}} Gyasi Zardes

|Columbus Crew

2019

|{{flagicon|USA}} Jordan Morris

|Seattle Sounders FC

2020

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Bradley Wright-Phillips

|Los Angeles FC

2021

|{{flagicon|Spain}} Carles Gil

|New England Revolution

2022

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Gonzalo Higuaín

|Inter Miami CF

2023

|{{flagicon|MEX}} Alan Pulido

|Sporting Kansas City

2024

|{{flagicon|SCO}} Lewis Morgan

|New York Red Bulls

References

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