MLS Goal of the Year Award

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The MLS Goal of the Year Award (currently commercially termed "AT&T MLS Goal of the Year") is handed out annually since its inception in 1996 to a player in Major League Soccer (MLS) whose goal is selected in an on-line fan vote including the season's Goal of the Week Award winners.

Winners

SeasonScorerNationalityForOpponentStadiumDateRef.
1996 Eric Wynalda Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States San Jose Clash D.C. United Spartan Stadium April 6, 1996
1997 Marco Etcheverry Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia D.C. United New England Revolution RFK Stadium August 27, 1997
1998 Brian McBride Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Columbus Crew Chicago Fire Ohio Stadium July 9, 1998
1999 Marco Etcheverry (2)Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia D.C. United Miami Fusion Lockhart Stadium May 22, 1999
2000 Marcelo Balboa Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Colorado Rapids Columbus Crew Columbus Crew Stadium April 22, 2000
2001 Clint Mathis Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States MetroStars Dallas Burn Giants Stadium April 28, 2001
2002 Carlos Ruiz Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala LA Galaxy Columbus Crew Rose Bowl July 27, 2002
2003 Damani Ralph Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Chicago Fire Columbus Crew Columbus Crew Stadium August 13, 2003
2004 Dwayne De Rosario Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada San Jose Earthquakes D.C. United Spartan Stadium August 7, 2004
2005 Dwayne De Rosario (2)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada San Jose Earthquakes LA Galaxy The Home Depot Center October 15, 2005
2006 Brian Ching Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Houston Dynamo D.C. United Robertson Stadium September 30, 2006
2007 Cuauhtémoc Blanco Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Chicago Fire Real Salt Lake Rice-Eccles Stadium August 18, 2007
2008 Will Johnson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Real Salt Lake FC Dallas Rio Tinto Stadium October 18, 2008
2009 Landon Donovan Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States LA Galaxy New England Revolution Gillette Stadium August 8, 2009
2010 Marco Pappa Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala Chicago Fire San Jose Earthquakes Toyota Park April 10, 2010 [1]
2011 Darlington Nagbe Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Portland Timbers Sporting Kansas City Jeld-Wen Field July 2, 2011 [2]
2012 Patrick Ianni Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Seattle Sounders FC Sporting Kansas City CenturyLink Field June 20, 2012 [3]
2013 Camilo Sanvezzo Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Vancouver Whitecaps FC Portland Timbers BC Place October 6, 2013 [4]
2014 Obafemi Martins Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Seattle Sounders FC San Jose Earthquakes CenturyLink Field May 17, 2014 [5]
2015 Krisztián Németh Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Sporting Kansas City Portland Timbers Providence Park October 3, 2015 [6]
2016 Shkëlzen Gashi Flag of Albania.svg  Albania Colorado Rapids Vancouver Whitecaps FC BC Place September 24, 2016 [7]
2017 Héctor Villalba Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay Atlanta United FC Orlando City SC Orlando City Stadium July 21, 2017 [8]
2018 Zlatan Ibrahimović Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden LA Galaxy Los Angeles FC StubHub Center March 31, 2018 [9]
2019 Josef Martínez Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela Atlanta United FC FC Cincinnati Nippert Stadium September 18, 2019 [10]
2020 Darlington Nagbe (2)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Columbus Crew Chicago Fire Mapfre Stadium August 20, 2020 [11]
2021 Rubio Rubin Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala Real Salt Lake San Jose Earthquakes Rio Tinto Stadium May 7, 2021 [12]
2022 Josef Martínez (2)Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela Atlanta United FC New England Revolution Gillette Stadium October 1, 2022 [13]
2023 Luciano Acosta Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina FC Cincinnati Charlotte FC TQL Stadium September 23, 2023 [14]
2024 Luca Orellano Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina FC Cincinnati CF Montréal TQL Stadium August 31, 2024 [15]
2025 Son Heung-Min Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Los Angeles FC FC Dallas Toyota Stadium August 23, 2025 [16]

References

  1. ↑ "AT&T Goal of the Year winner: Marco Pappa". MLSsoccer.com. November 17, 2010. Archived from the original on December 10, 2013. Retrieved December 5, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Timbers' Darlington Nagbe wins AT&T Goal of the Year". MLSsoccer.com. Archived from the original on November 19, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Stunner from Seattle's Ianni voted AT&T Goal of the Year". MLSsoccer.com. November 29, 2012. Archived from the original on March 3, 2013. Retrieved December 5, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Vancouver Whitecaps' Camilo Sanvezzo wins 2013 AT&T Goal of the Year award". MLSsoccer.com. Retrieved December 5, 2013.[ permanent dead link ]
  5. ↑ "Seattle Sounders forward Obafemi Martins captures 2014 AT&T Goal of the Year for Week 11 chip". MLSsoccer.com. Archived from the original on December 27, 2014. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Sporting KC's Krisztian Nemeth wins 2015 AT&T Goal of the Year". MLSsoccer.com. December 3, 2015. Archived from the original on December 5, 2015. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Colorado Rapids' Shkelzen Gashi wins 2016 AT&T MLS Goal of the Year". MLSsoccer.com. November 11, 2016. Archived from the original on November 30, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Atlanta's Hector Villalba wins 2017 AT&T Goal of the Year". MLSsoccer.com. November 15, 2017. Archived from the original on November 16, 2017. Retrieved November 15, 2017.
  9. ↑ "LA Galaxy's Zlatan Ibrahimovic claims 2018 AT&T Goal of the Year". MLSsoccer.com. November 13, 2018. Archived from the original on November 14, 2018. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Atlanta United's Josef Martinez wins 2019 AT&T Goal of the Year". Major League Soccer . October 23, 2019. Archived from the original on October 25, 2019. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
  11. ↑ "Columbus Crew SC's Darlington Nagbe wins 2020 AT&T Goal of the Year". Major League Soccer . November 20, 2020. Archived from the original on November 20, 2020. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
  12. ↑ "Real Salt Lake's Rubio Rubin wins 2021 AT&T MLS Goal of the Year fan vote". MLSsoccer.com. November 23, 2021.
  13. ↑ "Atlanta United's Josef Martinez wins 2022 AT&T 5G MLS Goal of the Year fan vote". MLSsoccer.com. October 20, 2022. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
  14. ↑ "FC Cincinnati's Luciano Acosta wins 2023 AT&T 5G MLS Goal of the Year". Major League Soccer. November 9, 2023. Retrieved November 9, 2023.
  15. ↑ "FC Cincinnati's Luca Orellano wins 2024 AT&T MLS Goal of the Year". Major League Soccer. October 30, 2024. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
  16. ↑ "LAFC's Son Heung-Min wins 2025 AT&T MLS Goal of the Year". Major League Soccer. October 27, 2025. Retrieved October 27, 2025.
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