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U.S. Soccer Player of the Year

Award given by the United States Soccer Federation

The U.S. Soccer Player of the Year is given by the United States Soccer Federation to the American soccer players judged best in the calendar year. It is considered the highest accolade for American soccer players.

The U.S. Soccer Male Player of the Year award originated in 1984, followed by the Female Player of the Year in 1985. Awards for Young Male and Young Female Players were added in 1998. An award for Player of the Year with a Disability was added in 2012 but discontinued after 2020 and replaced with the non-player-specific "ADAPTandTHRIVE Disability Award," which "recognizes an individual making an impact in the United States' broad landscape of disability soccer." In 2021, awards for female and male beach soccer as well as futsal are added.

Public voting for the awards account for 50 percent of the results. The other 50 percent are voted by members of the national media and U.S. Soccer representatives (from national team coaches to the National Board of Directors).

U.S. Soccer Players of the Year

Year	Female Player of the Year	Male Player of the Year	Young Female Player of the Year	Young Male Player of the Year	Player of the Year with a Disability
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989	(2)
1990
1991	(2)
1992	(2)
1993
1994		(2)
1995	(2)
1996	(3)
1997	(4)
1998	(5)
1999	(3)	(2)
2000
2001	(2)
2002
2003
2004	(2)	(2)	{{sortname	Heather	O'Reilly	Oreilly}}
2005	(2)	(3)
2006	(3)
2007	(3)
2008
2009		(3)
2010	(4)	(4)
2011	(5)	(2)
2012		(3)
2013	(6)
2014		(2)
2015	(2)
2016		(2)
2017
2018	(2)
2019	(2)	(2)
2020					CP Soccer youth players
2021		(3)
2022
2023		(4)
2024
2025

Multiple winners

Landon Donovan and Christian Pulisic are the only male players to win the award four times. Marcelo Balboa was the first player to win the award twice, in 1992 and 1994, and Kasey Keller was the first player to win the award three times (1997, 1999 and 2005). Landon Donovan (2003 and 2004; 2009 and 2010) and Clint Dempsey (2011 and 2012) are the only players to have won the award in consecutive seasons.

Abby Wambach is the only female player to win the award six times, closely followed by Mia Hamm with 5. April Heinrichs was the first player to win the award twice, in 1986 and 1989, Mia Hamm was the first player to win the award three, four, and five times, and Abby Wambach was the first and only player to win the award six times. Hamm is the only player to have won the award five times in a row (1994–98), while Michelle Akers (1990 and 1991), Tiffeny Milbrett (2000 and 2001), Abby Wambach (2003 and 2004; 2010 and 2011) and Kristine Lilly (2005 and 2006) are the only players to have won the award in consecutive seasons.

Players that are still active in Europe are highlighted in boldface.

Player	Wins	Seasons
	4	2003, 2004, 2009, 2010
****	2017, 2019, 2021, 2023
	3	1997, 1999, 2005
	2007, 2011, 2012
	2	1992, 1994
	2008, 2014
	2013, 2016

Player	Wins	Seasons
	6	2003, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013
	5	1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
	3	1990, 1991, 1999
	1993, 2005, 2006
	2	1986, 1989
	1987, 1992
	2000, 2001
	2008, 2015
	2012, 2018
	2017, 2019

References

Di Veronica, Jeff. (November 29, 2013). "Wambach wins record 6th U.S. Soccer Female Athlete of the Year award". Democrat and Chronicle.
"About – U.S. SOCCER PLAYER OF THE YEAR". US Soccer.
(November 19, 2013). "Colorado Rapids defender Shane O'Neill a finalist for US Soccer Young Male Athlete of the Year". Colorado Rapids.
"Nominees Set For 2021 U.S. Soccer Player Of The Year Awards".
U.S. Soccer Federation. "Voting Underway for 2011 Best of U.S. Soccer and Athlete of the Year Awards". www.ussoccer.com.

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