- 2022 Concacaf Men’s and Concacaf Women’s Players of the Year to be announced Friday, May 5 at 9:00 PM ET
- Fans can follow the Award Ceremony on TUDN and FOX Sports (USA), OneSoccer (Canada), ESPN (Caribbean and Latin America), and Concacaf’s Official Digital Platforms
Miami, FL – The 2022 Concacaf Awards made-for-tv ceremony will be held this Friday, May 5, 2023, at 9:00 pm ET. The event, which will be hosted by TUDN Sports Anchors Alejandro Berry and Lindsay Casinelli, will celebrate the very best men’s and women’s players in the region before announcing the official 2022 Concacaf Men’s and Women’s Players of the Year.
Before Friday’s event, here is all you need to know about the 2022 Concacaf Awards
What are the Concacaf Awards?
The Concacaf Awards are an annual awards program that the Confederation revamped in 2021 and focuses on two individual player categories: Concacaf Men’s Player of the Year and Concacaf Women’s Player of the Year.
Nominees are selected based on performance statistics and the input of technical experts, while the two winners are determined based on a football-first voting process which includes voting from players, coaches, media, and fans.
Which players have been nominated for the 2022 Men’s Player of the Year Award?
The nominees for the 2022 Concacaf Men’s Player of the Year are (listed in alphabetical order by last name):
- Tyler Adams (USA) | Leeds United (ENG) - transferred from RB Leipzig (GER)
- Andre Blake (JAM) | Philadelphia Union (USA)
- Jonathan David (CAN) | LOSC Lille (FRA)
- Alphonso Davies (CAN) | FC Bayern Munich (GER)
- Guillermo Ochoa (MEX) | US Salernitana 1919 (ITA) - transferred from Club America (MEX)
- Christian Pulisic (USA) | Chelsea FC (ENG)
Who is nominated for the 2022 Women’s Player of the Year Award?
The nominees for the 2022 Concacaf Women's Player of the Year are (listed in alphabetical order by last name):
- Alicia Cervantes (MEX) | CD Guadalajara (MEX)
- Melchie Dumornay (HAI) | Olympique Lyonnais (FRA) - transferred from Stade de Reims (FRA)
- Jessie Fleming (CAN) | Chelsea FC (ENG)
- Alex Morgan (USA) | San Diego Wave FC (USA)
- Khadija Shaw (JAM) | Manchester City FC (ENG)
- Sophia Smith (USA) | Portland Thorns FC (USA)
How will the winners be chosen?
Concacaf has in place a football-first voting process that ensures players, coaches, media, and fans determine the winners. The voting process for each award is as follows:
Concacaf Men’s Player of the Year (100 votes total)
- 41 votes: one vote for each Concacaf Member Association’s Men's National Team Head Coach
- 41 votes: one vote for each Concacaf Member Association’s Men's National Team Captain
- 9 votes: one vote each for nine representative members of the media from the Concacaf region
- 9 votes: fan voting through www.concacaf.com/concacaf-awards. The player with the most fan votes will receive 4 votes in the overall voting process, second place 3 votes, third place 2 votes (regardless of how many people vote online)
Concacaf Women’s Player of the Year (100 votes total)
- 41 votes: one vote for each Concacaf Member Association’s Women's National Team Head Coach
- 41 votes: one vote for each Concacaf Member Association’s Women's Captain
- 9 votes: one vote each for nine representative members of the media from the Concacaf region
- 9 votes: fan voting through www.concacaf.com/concacaf-awards. The player with the most fan votes will receive 4 votes in the overall voting process, second place 3 votes, third place 2 votes (regardless of how many people vote online).
At the conclusion of the voting period, which was April 13, 2023, the player in each category with the most votes out of the 100 available will be named 2022 Concacaf Men’s Player of the Year and 2022 Concacaf Women’s Player of the Year.
Which players are eligible?
To be eligible to be shortlisted for these exciting Concacaf awards, all players must have met at least one of the following criteria:
- Have played for a Concacaf Member Association's senior Men's or Women's national team (in eligible Concacaf and FIFA competitions and matches).
- Regardless of nationality, played for a club (in 2022) in a Concacaf and FIFA sanctioned top division Men’s or Women’s professional league in the Concacaf region.
