Two in a row, now three?
Lionel Messi has won the last two MLS MVP awards. He is the favorite to make it three.
MLS named its finalists for eight end-of-season individual honors on Thursday, and the Inter Miami forward is one of five names on the Landon Donovan MVP Award shortlist. His regular season numbers make the case on their own: a league-best 26 goals and 17 assists, the second-highest total in MLS.
The competition is real, though. Evander of FC Cincinnati, Guilherme of the Houston Dynamo and Nashville SC’s Hany Mukhtar are all in the running. So is Cavan Sullivan. He is 17.
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Sullivan’s double shot, Nashville everywhere
Sullivan’s breakout year with the Philadelphia Union has also earned him a Young Player of the Year nomination after nine goals and 14 assists in 29 games, 21 of them starts. He shares that shortlist with Julian Hall and Adri Mehmeti of the New York Red Bulls.
Nashville are all over the ballot. The Supporters’ Shield winners went 23-3-8 for 77 points, and B.J. Callaghan is up for Coach of the Year against St. Louis City’s Yoann Damet and Jesper Sorensen of the Vancouver Whitecaps. Andy Najar, Jeisson Palacios and Maxwell Woledzi make it an all-Nashville Defender of the Year race, and goalkeeper Brian Schwake faces Roman Burki of St. Louis and New England’s Matt Turner for the top keeper prize.
Griezmann among the newcomers
Antoine Griezmann’s first season with Orlando City put him on the Newcomer of the Year list alongside Guilherme and Sporting Kansas City’s Andre Luiz. Ryan Gauld, Nick Hagglund and Eduard Lowen contest Comeback Player of the Year.
The winners will be revealed one by one during the playoffs. Fans have until Monday to vote online for Goal of the Year and Save of the Year.
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