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.
Month | Player | Club | Stats | Ref. |
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February & March | Luis Suárez | Inter Miami CF | 7 GP, 5 G, 3 A | [3] |
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Month | Player | Club | Stats | Ref. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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] |
Month | Player | Club | Stats | Ref. |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 | |||
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Player | Club | Link | |
March | Mike Magee | Los Angeles Galaxy | 5G 0A |
April | Jack McInerney | Philadelphia Union | 4G 0A |
May | Jack McInerney | Philadelphia Union | 3G 0A |
June | Mike Magee | Chicago Fire | 4G 1A |
July | Camilo | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 4G 0A |
August | Robbie Keane | Los Angeles Galaxy | 5G 1A |
September | Dominic Oduro | Columbus Crew | 3GWG 2A |
October | Camilo | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 6G 1A |
Month | |||
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Player | Club | Link | |
March | Thierry Henry | New York Red Bulls | 5G 2A |
April | Chris Wondolowski | San Jose Earthquakes | 4G 2A |
May | Dwayne De Rosario | D.C. United | 4G 3A |
June | Chris Wondolowski | San Jose Earthquakes | 3GWG |
July | Robbie Keane | Los Angeles Galaxy | 5G 4A |
August | Patrice Bernier | Montreal Impact | 3G 3A |
September | Chris Wondolowski | San Jose Earthquakes | 4G 2A |
October | Chris Wondolowski | San Jose Earthquakes | 5G |
Month | Player | Club | Link |
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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 |
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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 | Link |
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March | Fredy Montero | Seattle Sounders FC | 3G 1A 2-0-0 |
April | Brian McBride | Chicago Fire | 4G |
May | Conor Casey | Colorado Rapids | 4G 1A 2-0-2 |
June | Guillermo Barros Schelotto | Columbus Crew | 4G 2A 3-1-0 |
July | Landon Donovan | Los Angeles Galaxy | 2G 1A |
August | Chad Marshall | Columbus Crew | 2GWG 1A 3-1-0 |
September | Jeff Cunningham | FC Dallas | 7G 3-1-1 |
October | Freddie Ljungberg | Seattle Sounders FC | 4A 3-0-0 |
Month | Player | Club |
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April | Landon Donovan | Los Angeles Galaxy |
May | Cuauhtémoc Blanco | Chicago Fire |
June | Luciano Emilio | D.C. United |
July | Nick Rimando | Real Salt Lake |
August | Guillermo Barros Schelotto | Columbus Crew |
September | Darren Huckerby | San Jose Earthquakes |
October | Juan Pablo Angel | New York Red Bulls |
Month | Player | Club |
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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 |
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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 |
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April | Clint Dempsey | New England Revolution |
May | Carlos Ruiz | FC Dallas |
June | Nate Jaqua | Chicago Fire |
July | Ricardo Clark | San Jose Earthquakes |
August | Scott Sealy | Kansas City Wizards |
September | Taylor Twellman | New England Revolution |
October | Dwayne De Rosario | San Jose Earthquakes |
Month | Player | Club |
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April | Carlos Ruiz | Los Angeles Galaxy |
May | Alejandro Moreno | Los Angeles Galaxy |
June | Chris Klein | Kansas City Wizards |
July | Amado Guevara | MetroStars |
August | Pat Onstad | San Jose Earthquakes |
September | Jon Busch | Columbus Crew |
October | Andy Herron | Chicago Fire |
Month | Player | Club | Link |
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April | Landon Donovan | San Jose Earthquakes | |
May | Preki | Kansas City Wizards | |
June | Ante Razov | Chicago Fire | |
July | Mark Chung | Colorado Rapids | 4G 4-0-0 [ permanent dead link ] |
August | Carlos Ruiz | Los Angeles Galaxy | |
September | Landon Donovan | San Jose Earthquakes | |
October | Pat Noonan | New England Revolution |
Month | Player | Club |
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April | Carlos Ruiz | Los Angeles Galaxy |
May | Taylor Twellman | New England Revolution |
June | Ariel Graziani | San Jose Earthquakes |
July | Carlos Ruiz | Los Angeles Galaxy |
August | Edson Buddle | Columbus Crew |
Month | Player | Club | Link |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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