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. The results were announced on 22 January 2016.
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;
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Female awards
Player of the Year
RankNamePositionClub 1st Carli LloydMF Houston Dash 2nd Alex MorganFW Orlando Pride 3rd Shirley CruzMF Paris Saint-Germain Becky SauerbrunnDF FC Kansas City Christine SinclairFW Portland Thorns FC Hope SoloGK Seattle Reign Julie JohnstonDF Chicago Red Stars Kadeisha BuchananDF Megan RapinoeMF Seattle Reign Raquel RodríguezFW
Goalkeeper of the Year
RankNameTeam 1st Hope Solo Seattle Reign 2nd Dinnia Díaz Moravia 3rd Cecilia Santiago Apollon Limassol Alyssa Naeher Chicago Red Stars Ashlyn Harris Orlando Pride Erin McLeod Houston Dash Kimika Forbes Michele Dalton Chicago Red Stars Rosemary Chandler Concorde Fire Michelle Betos Portland Thorns
Coach of the Year
RankNameClub or National Team 1st Jill Ellis 2nd Amelia Valverde 3rd Raiza Gutiérrez Akeilah Hillhouse Freeman’s Village FC Georgetta Lewis Urlings Laura Harvey Seattle Reign Michelle French
Referee of the Year
RankName 1st Kimberly Moreira 2nd Lucila Venegas 3rd Carol Anne Chenard Karen Abt Katja Koroleva Margaret Domka Maureese Skeete Melissa Borjas Michelle Pye 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 RankNamePositionClub 1st Javier HernándezFW Bayer Leverkusen 2nd Bryan RuizFW Sporting CP 3rd Andrés GuardadoMF PSV Eindhoven Clint DempseyFW Seattle Sounders FC Cyle LarinFW Orlando City SC Hirving LozanoFW Pachuca Jesús CoronaMF Porto Michael BradleyMF Toronto FC Oribe PeraltaFW América Rodolph AustinMF Brøndby
Goalkeeper of the Year
RankNameTeam 1st Tim Howard Everton 2nd Jaime Penedo LA Galaxy 3rd Guillermo Ochoa Málaga Andre Blake Philadelphia Union Bill Hamid D.C. United Brad Guzan Aston Villa Dwayne Miller Syrianska Esteban Alvarado Trabzonspor Evan Bush Montreal Impact Moisés Muñoz América
Coach of the Year
RankNameTeam 1st Hernán Darío Gómez 2nd Caleb Porter Portland Timbers 3rd Miguel Herrera Tijuana Gustavo Matosas América Jesse Marsch New York Red Bulls Jürgen Klinsmann Marc Collat Raúl Gutiérrez Stephen Hart Winfried Schäfer
Referee of the Year
RankName 1st Joel Aguilar 2nd Roberto García 3rd Fernando Guerrero David Gantar Héctor Francisco Rodríguez Henry Bejarano Ricardo Montero Sherwin Moore Walter López 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;
RankPlayerDateParticipantsMinute scoredCompetition 1st Carli LloydUSA vs. Japan16'2015 FIFA Women's World Cup 2nd Paul AguilarMexico vs. USA122'2015 CONCACAF Cup 3rd Darwin Quintero Club America vs. Walter Ferretti13'2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League Andrés GuardadoJamaica vs. Mexico31'2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup Carlos RuizTrinidad & Tobago vs. Guatemala62'2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup Karla VillalobosSouth Korea vs. Costa Rica88'2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Lauren HolidayUSA vs. Japan14'2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Javier HernándezMexico vs. USA10'2015 CONCACAF Cup Arichel HernándezCanada vs. Cuba87'2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship Víctor GuzmánHonduras vs. Mexico68'2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship
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