MLS Newcomer Of The Year Award

The distinction is open to players who have had professional experience in a different competition who move to an MLS team during one of the two transfer windows.

The award is selected through votes cast by members of the media, MLS players, and club technical staffs.

2019 Newcomer of the Year	Player %	Club %	Media %	Final %
Carles Gil (NE)	12.16%	21.43%	25.10%	19.56%
Héber (NYC)	8.78%	15.31%	28.57%	17.55%
Alejandro Pozuelo (TOR)	18.58%	5.10%	12.36%	12.01%
Alexandru Mitriță (NYC)	11.15%	15.31%	1.54%	9.33%
Gustavo Bou (NE)	6.76%	9.18%	4.63%	6.86%
Cristian Pavón (LA)	6.08%	9.18%	3.86%	6.38%
Brian Fernández (POR)	11.49%	3.06%	3.09%	5.88%
Eddie Segura (LAFC)	0.68%	10.20%	3.47%	4.78%
Nani (ORL)	5.07%	2.04%	2.32%	3.14%

Recipients of The MLS Newcomer of the Year Award:

Year	Player	Club
2007	Luciano Emilio	D.C. United
2008	Darren Huckerby	San Jose Earthquakes
2009	Fredy Montero	Seattle Sounders FC
2010	Álvaro Saborío	Real Salt Lake
2011	Mauro Rosales	Seattle Sounders FC
2012	Federico Higuaín	Columbus Crew
2013	Diego Valeri	Portland Timbers
2014	Pedro Morales	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
2015	Sebastian Giovinco	Toronto FC
2016	Nicolas Lodeiro	Seattle Sounders FC
2017	Miguel Almirón	Atlanta United FC
2018	Zlatan Ibrahimović	LA Galaxy
2019	Carles Gil	New England Revolution

Past Three Winners:

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