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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 2023, the award has been sponsored by energy drink company Celsius Holdings and named the MLS Player of the Month presented by CELSIUS .
Winners [ edit ]
Key
GP = Games played
G = Goals
A = Assists
GWG = Game-winning goals
SO = Shutouts
SV = Saves
GA = Goals allowed
Month
Player
Club
Stats
Ref.
February & March
Thiago Almada
Atlanta United FC
4 GP, 4 G, 4 A
[4]
April
Cristian Espinoza
San Jose Earthquakes
5 GP, 5 G, 1 A
[5]
May
Hany Mukhtar
Nashville SC
5 GP, 6 G, 2 A
[6]
June
Alan Pulido
Sporting Kansas City
5 GP, 6 G, 1 A
[7]
July
Luciano Acosta
FC Cincinnati
3 GP, 3 G, 4 A
[8]
August
Luciano Acosta
FC Cincinnati
3 GP, 1 G, 3 A
[9]
September
Cucho Hernández
Columbus Crew
5 GP, 8 G, 1 A
[10]
October
Denis Bouanga
Los Angeles FC
4 GP, 6 G, 1 A
[11]
Month
Player
Club
Stats
Ref.
February & March
Lucas Zelarayán
Columbus Crew
4 GP, 4 G, 1 A
[12]
April
Sebastián Driussi
Austin FC
5 GP, 4 G, 1 A
[13]
May
Paul Arriola
FC Dallas
5 GP, 6 G
[14]
June
Luciano Acosta
FC Cincinnati
3 GP, 1 G, 3 A
[15]
July
Sebastián Driussi
Austin FC
6 GP, 5 G, 3 A
[16]
August
Hany Mukhtar
Nashville SC
7 GP, 7 G, 5 A
[17]
September & October
Brenner
FC Cincinnati
5 GP, 9 G, 2 A
[18]
Month
Player
Club
Stats
Ref.
March
Carlos Vela
Los Angeles FC
5 GP, 6 G, 3 A
[27]
April
Carlos Vela
Los Angeles FC
5 GP, 5 G, 2 A
[28]
May
Chris Wondolowski
San Jose Earthquakes
2 GP, 6 G
[29]
June
Maximiliano Moralez
New York City FC
3 GP, 3 G, 6 A
[30]
July
Josef Martínez
Atlanta United FC
5 GP, 7 G
[31]
August
Josef Martínez
Atlanta United FC
5 GP, 6 G
[32]
September
Carlos Vela
Los Angeles FC
5 GP, 7 G
[33]
Month
Player
Club
Stats
Ref.
March
Felipe Gutiérrez
Sporting Kansas City
5 GP, 5 G
[34]
April
Miguel Almirón
Atlanta United FC
4 GP, 5 G, 2 A
[35]
May
Zack Steffen
Columbus Crew SC
5 GP, 0 GA
[36]
June
Adama Diomande
Los Angeles FC
5 GP, 7 G
[37]
July
Josef Martínez
Atlanta United FC
5 GP, 9 G, 1 A
[38]
August
Josef Martínez
Atlanta United FC
4 GP, 4 G, 1 A
[39]
September
Luciano Acosta
D.C. United
5 GP, 4 G, 6 A
[40]
October
Wayne Rooney
D.C. United
5 GP, 5 G
[41]
References [ edit ]
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^ "Guevara named MLS Player of Month for Oct" . Major League Soccer. January 23, 2010. Retrieved December 18, 2016 .
^ "Inter Miami star Luis Suárez named MLS Player of the Month" . Major League Soccer. April 5, 2024. Retrieved April 5, 2024 .
^ "Atlanta United star Thiago Almada named MLS Player of the Month" . Major League Soccer. March 30, 2023. Retrieved June 29, 2023 .
^ "San Jose Earthquakes forward Cristian Espinoza named MLS Player of the Month" . Major League Soccer. May 4, 2023. Retrieved June 29, 2023 .
^ "Nashville SC midfielder Hany Mukhtar named MLS Player of the Month" . Major League Soccer. June 2, 2023. Retrieved June 29, 2023 .
^ "Sporting Kansas City forward Alan Pulido named MLS Player of the Month" . Major League Soccer. June 30, 2023. Retrieved June 30, 2023 .
^ "FC Cincinnati midfielder Luciano Acosta named MLS Player of the Month" . Major League Soccer. July 21, 2023. Retrieved October 3, 2023 .
^ "FC Cincinnati midfielder Luciano Acosta named MLS Player of the Month" . Major League Soccer. September 1, 2023. Retrieved October 3, 2023 .
^ "Columbus Crew forward Cucho Hernández named MLS Player of the Month" . Major League Soccer. October 4, 2023. Retrieved October 4, 2023 .
^ "LAFC forward Dénis Bouanga named MLS Player of the Month" . Major League Soccer. October 25, 2023. Retrieved October 25, 2023 .
^ Wright, Johnathan (April 1, 2021). "Columbus Crew star Lucas Zelarayan voted MLS Player of the Month" . MLSsoccer.com . Major League Soccer. Retrieved March 30, 2021 .
^ "Austin FC star Sebastián Driussi named Player of the Month for April" . Major League Soccer. May 4, 2022. Retrieved May 5, 2022 .
^ "FC Dallas standout Paul Arriola named MLS Player of the Month for May" . Major League Soccer. June 2, 2022. Retrieved June 3, 2022 .
^ "FC Cincinnati midfielder Luciano Acosta named June Player of the Month" . Major League Soccer. July 6, 2022. Retrieved July 6, 2022 .
^ "Austin FC star Sebastián Driussi named July Player of the Month" . Major League Soccer. August 3, 2022. Retrieved August 3, 2022 .
^ "Nashville SC star Hany Mukhtar named August Player of the Month" . Major League Soccer. September 6, 2022. Retrieved September 6, 2022 .
^ "FC Cincinnati's Brenner wins Player of the Month to close 2022 regular season" . Major League Soccer. October 12, 2022. Retrieved October 13, 2022 .
^ "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 .
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^ "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 .
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^ 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 .
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^ "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 .
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^ "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 .