MLS_Player_of_the_Month

MLS Player of the Month

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.

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"San Jose's Eduardo "Chofis" Lopez named MLS Player of the Month for September". Major League Soccer. October 6, 2021. Retrieved October 18, 2021.

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"Orlando City SC forward Daryl Dike named MLS Player of the Month for August". Major League Soccer. September 9, 2020. Retrieved September 9, 2020.

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"Toronto FC midfielder Alejandro Pozuelo named MLS Player of the Month for September". Major League Soccer. October 1, 2020. Retrieved October 3, 2020.

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"NYCFC forward Valentin Castellanos named MLS Player of the Month for October, November". Major League Soccer. November 11, 2020. Retrieved November 11, 2020.

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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.

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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.

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Boehm, Charles (October 14, 2019). "LAFC's Carlos Vela wins his third MLS Player of the Month honor of 2019". Major League Soccer. Retrieved October 20, 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.

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"Atlanta United's Miguel Almiron wins April MLS Player of the Month". Major League Soccer. May 3, 2018. Retrieved May 3, 2018.

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"Columbus Crew SC's Zack Steffen wins May MLS Player of the Month". Major League Soccer. June 6, 2018. Retrieved June 6, 2018.

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Butler, Dylan (November 1, 2018). "DC United's Wayne Rooney named October MLS Player of the Month". Major League Soccer. Retrieved November 3, 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.

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"Portland's Fanendo Adi wins Etihad Airways Player of the Month for April". Major League Soccer. Retrieved May 5, 2016.

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"RSL's Yura Movsisyan wins Etihad Airways Player of the Month for June". Major League Soccer. Retrieved July 1, 2016.

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Month	Player	Club	Stats	Ref.
April & May	Javier Hernández	LA Galaxy	7 GP, 7 G, 1 A	^[19]
June	Carles Gil	New England Revolution	3 GP, 5 A	^[20]
July	Gustavo Bou	New England Revolution	6 GP, 5 G, 1 A	^[21]
August	Taty Castellanos	New York City FC	6 GP, 5 G, 2 A	^[22]
September	Eduardo López	San Jose Earthquakes	5 GP, 6 G, 1 A	^[23]

Month	Player	Club	Stats	Ref.
August	Daryl Dike	Orlando City SC	5 GP, 6 G, 2 A	^[24]
September	Alejandro Pozuelo	Toronto FC	6 GP, 4 G, 2 A	^[25]
October & November	Taty Castellanos	New York City FC	8 GP, 6 G, 3 A	^[26]

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]

Month	Player	Club	Stats	Ref.
March	Josef Martínez	Atlanta United FC	5G	^[42]
April	Joe Bendik	Orlando City SC	2SO	^[43]
May	Nemanja Nikolić	Chicago Fire	6G, 1A	^[44]
June	David Villa	New York City FC	3G	^[45]
July	Daniel Royer	New York Red Bulls	6G, 1A	^[46]
August	Ignacio Piatti	Montreal Impact	7G, 1A	^[47]
September	Josef Martínez	Atlanta United FC	9G	^[48]

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Month	Player	Club	Stats	Ref.
February & March	Luis Suárez	Inter Miami CF	7 GP, 5 G, 3 A	^[3]
April
May
June
July
August
September
October

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	Joao Plata	Real Salt Lake	3G, 2A	^[49]
April	Fanendo Adi	Portland Timbers	3G, 1A	^[50]
May	Bradley Wright-Phillips	New York Red Bulls	6G, 2A	^[51]
June	Yura Movsisyan	Real Salt Lake	3G	^[52]
July	Frank Lampard	New York City FC	6G, 1A	^[53]
August	Nicolás Lodeiro	Seattle Sounders FC	2G, 6A	^[54]
September	Chad Marshall	Seattle Sounders FC	1G	^[55]
October	Justin Meram	Columbus Crew SC	1G, 4A	^[56]

Month	Player	Club	Stats	Ref.
March	Octavio Rivero	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	3G, 0A	^[57]
April	Benny Feilhaber	Sporting Kansas City	2G, 3A	^[58]
May	Krisztián Németh	Sporting Kansas City	3G, 2A	^[59]
June	David Ousted	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	30SV, 4GA	^[60]
July	Sebastian Giovinco	Toronto FC	5G, 3A	^[61]
August	Sebastian Giovinco	Toronto FC	4G, 3A	^[62]
September	Didier Drogba	Montreal Impact	7G, 1A	^[63]
October	Didier Drogba	Montreal Impact	4G, 0A	^[64]

Month	Player	Club	Link
March	Mauro Díaz	FC Dallas	2G 1A
April	Clint Dempsey	Seattle Sounders FC	7G 2A
May	Dom Dwyer	Sporting Kansas City	6G 0A
June	Eric Kronberg	Sporting Kansas City	6SV 0GA
July	Benny Feilhaber	Sporting Kansas City	2G 1A
August	Landon Donovan	LA Galaxy	3G 6A
September	Obafemi Martins	Seattle Sounders FC	5G 1A
October	Lee Nguyen	New England Revolution	5G

Month	Player	Club	Link
March	Nick Rimando	Real Salt Lake	1GA 2–0–0
April	Brad Davis	Houston Dynamo	6A 3-0-2
May	Landon Donovan	Los Angeles Galaxy	6G
June	Graham Zusi	Sporting Kansas City	2G 3GWA 3-0-3
July	Kevin Hartman	FC Dallas	4SO 6GS
August	Dwayne De Rosario	D.C. United	3G 2A
September	Sébastien Le Toux	Philadelphia Union	7G
October	Chris Wondolowski	San Jose Earthquakes	5G

Month	Player	Club	Link
April	Edson Buddle	Los Angeles Galaxy	6G 3-0-1
May	Álvaro Saborío	Real Salt Lake	4G 3A
June	Nick Rimando	Real Salt Lake	0GA
July	Fredy Montero	Seattle Sounders FC	2G 3A 3-1-1
August	Kevin Hartman	FC Dallas	2GA 12SV
September	Omar Cummings	Colorado Rapids	5G 6A
October	Chris Wondolowski	San Jose Earthquakes	6G

Month	Player	Club
April	Eddie Johnson	Kansas City Wizards
May	Juan Pablo Angel	New York Red Bulls
June	Juan Pablo Angel	New York Red Bulls
July	Guillermo Barros Schelotto	Columbus Crew
August	Troy Perkins	D.C. United
September	Luciano Emilio	D.C. United
October	Matt Pickens	Chicago Fire

Month	Player	Club
April	Brian Ching	Houston Dynamo
May	Carlos Ruiz	FC Dallas
June	Jose Burciaga Jr.	Kansas City Wizards
July	Jonathan Bornstein	Chivas USA
August	Jeff Cunningham	Real Salt Lake
September	Matt Pickens	Chicago Fire
October	Amado Guevara	New York Red Bulls

Month	Player	Club	Link
April	Alex Pineda Chacón	Miami Fusion	5G 3GWG 4-1-0^{[permanent dead link]}
May	Clint Mathis	MetroStars
June	Diego Serna	Miami Fusion	7G 5A 3-0-1
July	Hristo Stoitchkov	Chicago Fire
August	Brian Maisonneuve	Columbus Crew

Month	Player	Club	Link
April	Miklos Molnar	Kansas City Wizards
May	Tony Meola	Kansas City Wizards
June	Clint Mathis	MetroStars
July	Dante Washington	Columbus Crew
August	Clint Mathis	MetroStars
September	Diego Serna	Miami Fusion	8G 2-1-0

Month	Player	Club
March	Ante Razov	Chicago Fire
April	Musa Shannon	Tampa Bay Mutiny
May	Roy Lassiter	D.C. United
June	Jason Kreis	Dallas Burn
July	Raúl Díaz Arce	Tampa Bay Mutiny
August	Matt Jordan	Dallas Burn
September	Ronald Cerritos	San Jose Clash

Month	Player	Club
March	Cobi Jones	Los Angeles Galaxy
April	Juergen Sommer	Columbus Crew
May	Peter Nowak	Chicago Fire
June	Ross Paule	Colorado Rapids
July	Roy Lassiter	D.C. United
August	Stern John	Columbus Crew
September	Diego Serna	Miami Fusion

Month	Player	Club
April	Jaime Moreno	D.C. United
May	Alain Sutter	Dallas Burn
June	John Harkes	D.C. United
July	Wélton	Los Angeles Galaxy
August	Brad Friedel	Columbus Crew
September	Walter Zenga	New England Revolution

Month	Player	Club
April	Mauricio Cienfuegos	Los Angeles Galaxy
May	Carlos Valderrama	Tampa Bay Mutiny
June	Eduardo Hurtado	Los Angeles Galaxy
July	Jason Kreis	Dallas Burn
August	Marco Etcheverry	D.C. United
September	Brad Friedel	Columbus Crew