Aaron Long tied for the most starts (14) in 2019, recording three goals and one assist. His pair of tallies against Trinidad & Tobago in the Gold Cup marked the first multiple-goal game for a defender in USMNT history. Showing the capability of playing at both left back and center back, Tim Ream also collected 14 starts, serving as captain six times this year with the team compiling a 4-1-1 record with him wearing the armband. Jordan Morris was on fire as he completed a successful year for club and country. With five goals and four assists, the winger was part of nine of the 16 goals scored in the USMNT’s last five matches and finished as the leading scorer (4) in Concacaf Nations League A group play.



Weston McKennie tallied five goals and two assists in 2019, registering the fastest hat trick from the start of a game in USMNT history, scoring goals in the first, ninth and 13th minutes in the 7-0 win against Cuba. McKennie’s goal 32 seconds into the match is the second fastest in USMNT history behind only Clint Dempsey’s strike against Ghana at the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Christian Pulisic once again proved to be quite prolific, recording five goals and three assists in 11 appearances. He earned ussoccer.com Man of the Match honors a team-leading four times, including twice during the run to the 2019 Gold Cup final. Gyasi Zardes led all U.S. scorers with six goals, doubling his career total to date. Good things came in pairs for the Columbus Crew SC striker as he was twice named ussoccer.com Man of the Match, posted two multi-goal games and notched two game-winning goals, including in the 1-0 shutout win against Ecuador in March and the crucial 4-1 Nations League win against Canada in Orlando.



Votes for U.S. Soccer Player of the Year awards are collected from respective National Team coaches, National Team players who have earned a cap in 2019, members of the U.S. Soccer Board of Directors, U.S. Soccer Athletes’ Council, National Women’s Soccer League head coaches for the USWNT and American soccer league (MLS and USL) head coaches for the USMNT, select media members and former players and administrators. In addition, select college coaches vote for the USWNT award.

The U.S. Soccer Male Player of the Year has been awarded since 1984 when Rick Davis won it. Current U.S. Soccer Sporting Director Earnie Stewart won it in 2001. Landon Donovan holds the record for most awards, winning it four times, while Clint Dempsey won it on three occasions. Then eighteen-year-old Christian Pulisic became the youngest player to win the award in 2017.

The U.S. Soccer Female Player of the Year has been awarded since 1985, when midfielder Sharon Remer (known then as Sharon McMurtry) earned the inaugural honor. Abby Wambach holds the record by winning the award six times. Mia Hamm won it five times.