MLS Player of the Month facts for kids

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 who have had the best performance in each month by a panel of journalists from the North American Soccer Reporters organization. The award was formerly voted on by the Professional Soccer Reporters Association.

Since 2014, the award has been sponsored by Etihad Airways and named the Etihad Airways Player of the Month.

Winners

2020

Month	Player	Club	Stats	Ref
August	Daryl Dike	Orlando City SC	5 GP, 6 G, 2 A
September	Alejandro Pozuelo	Toronto FC	6 GP, 4 G, 2 A
October & November	Valentín Castellanos	New York City FC	8 GP, 6 G, 3 A

2019

Month	Player	Club	Stats	Ref
March	Carlos Vela	Los Angeles FC	5 GP, 6 G, 3 A
April	Carlos Vela	Los Angeles FC	5 GP, 5 G, 2 A
May	Chris Wondolowski	San Jose Earthquakes	2 GP, 6 G
June	Maximiliano Moralez	New York City FC	3 GP, 3 G, 6 A
July	Josef Martínez	Atlanta United FC	5 GP, 7 G
August	Josef Martínez	Atlanta United FC	5 GP, 6 G
September	Carlos Vela	Los Angeles FC	5 GP, 7 G

2018

Month	Player	Club	Stats	Ref
March	Felipe Gutiérrez	Sporting Kansas City	5 GP, 5 G
April	Miguel Almirón	Atlanta United FC	4 GP, 5 G, 2 A
May	Zack Steffen	Columbus Crew SC	5 GP, 0 GA
June	Adama Diomande	Los Angeles FC	5 GP, 7 G
July	Josef Martínez	Atlanta United FC	5 GP, 9 G, 1 A
August	Josef Martínez	Atlanta United FC	4 GP, 4 G, 1 A
September	Luciano Acosta	D.C. United	5 GP, 4 G, 6 A
October	Wayne Rooney	D.C. United	5 GP, 5 G

2017

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

2016

Month	Player	Club	Stats	Ref
March	Joao Plata	Real Salt Lake	3G, 2A
April	Fanendo Adi	Portland Timbers	3G, 1A
May	Bradley Wright-Phillips	New York Red Bulls	6G, 2A
June	Yura Movsisyan	Real Salt Lake	3G
July	Frank Lampard	New York City FC	6G, 1A
August	Nicolás Lodeiro	Seattle Sounders	2G, 6A
September	Chad Marshall	Seattle Sounders	1G
October	Justin Meram	Columbus Crew SC	1G, 4A

2015

Month	Player	Club	Stats	Ref
March	Octavio Rivero	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	3G, 0A
April	Benny Feilhaber	Sporting Kansas City	2G, 3A
May	Krisztián Németh	Sporting Kansas City	3G, 2A
June	David Ousted	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	30SV, 4GA
July	Sebastian Giovinco	Toronto FC	5G, 3A
August	Sebastian Giovinco	Toronto FC	4G, 3A
September	Didier Drogba	Montreal Impact	7G, 1A
October	Didier Drogba	Montreal Impact	4G, 0A

2014

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

2013

Month
	Player	Nation	Club	Link
March	Mike Magee	USA	Los Angeles Galaxy	5G 0A
April	Jack McInerney	USA	Philadelphia Union	4G 0A
May	Jack McInerney	USA	Philadelphia Union	3G 0A
June	Mike Magee	USA	Chicago Fire	4G 1A
July	Camilo	BRA	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	4G 0A
August	Robbie Keane	IRE	Los Angeles Galaxy	5G 1A
September	Dominic Oduro	GHA	Columbus Crew	3GWG 2A
October	Camilo	BRA	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	6G 1A

2012

Month
	Player	Nation	Club	Link
March	Thierry Henry	FRA	New York Red Bulls	5G 2A
April	Chris Wondolowski	USA	San Jose Earthquakes	4G 2A
May	Dwayne De Rosario	CAN	D.C. United	4G 3A
June	Chris Wondolowski	USA	San Jose Earthquakes	3GWG
July	Robbie Keane	IRE	Los Angeles Galaxy	5G 4A
August	Patrice Bernier	CAN	Montreal Impact	3G 3A
September	Chris Wondolowski	USA	San Jose Earthquakes	4G 2A
October	Chris Wondolowski	USA	San Jose Earthquakes	5G

2011

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

2010

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

2009

Month	Player	Club	Link
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

2008

Month	Player	Club
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 Ángel	New York Red Bulls

2007

Month	Player	Club
April	Eddie Johnson	Kansas City Wizards
May	Juan Pablo Ángel	New York Red Bulls
June	Juan Pablo Ángel	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

2006

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

2005

Month	Player	Club
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

2004

Month	Player	Club
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

2003

Month	Player	Club
April	Landon Donovan	San Jose Earthquakes
May	Preki	Kansas City Wizards
June	Ante Razov	Chicago Fire
July	Mark Chung	Colorado Rapids
August	Carlos Ruiz	Los Angeles Galaxy
September	Landon Donovan	San Jose Earthquakes
October	Pat Noonan	New England Revolution

2002

Month	Player	Club
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

2001

Month	Player	Club
April	Alex Pineda Chacón	Miami Fusion
May	Clint Mathis	MetroStars
June	Diego Serna	Miami Fusion
July	Hristo Stoichkov	Chicago Fire
August	Brian Maisonneuve	Columbus Crew

2000

Month	Player	Club
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

1999

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

1998

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

1997

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

1996

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