Crew honored with five MLS year-end award finalists

Thursday, October 24, 2024
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Crew's coach Wilfried Nancy on sidelines

Crew head coach Wilfried Nancy (left) is a finalist for the Sigi Schmid MLS Coach of the Year award. Five of the Crew have been nominated for MLS awards. File photo

Major League Soccer has announced that five members of the Columbus Crew have been named finalists for the 2024 MLS Year-End Awards, honoring the league’s top performers during the MLS regular season. The Crew’s honorees include Wilfried Nancy (Sigi Schmid MLS Coach of the Year), Cucho Hernández (Landon Donovan MLS MVP), Steven Moreira (Defender of the Year), Patrick Schulte (Goalkeeper of the Year) and Darlington Nagbe (Audi Goals Drive Progress Impact Award).

The Crew are one of only three MLS clubs with multiple finalists across the eight categories, joined by Inter Miami CF (six) and LAFC (three). The winners are set to be announced throughout the Audi 2024 MLS Cup Playoffs.

The full list of 2024 awards finalists is below:

Sigi Schmid MLS Coach of the Year

• Chris Armas (Colorado Rapids)

• Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino (Inter Miami CF)

• Wilfried Nancy (Columbus Crew)

Landon Donovan MLS MVP

• Christian Benteke (D.C. United)

• Evander (Portland Timbers)

• Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew)

• Lionel Messi (Inter Miami CF)

• Luis Suárez (Inter Miami CF)

MLS Defender of the Year

• Jordi Alba (Inter Miami CF)

• Steven Moreira (Columbus Crew)

• Jackson Ragen (Seattle Sounders FC)

MLS Goalkeeper of the Year

• Kristijan Kahlina (Charlotte FC)

• Hugo Lloris (LAFC)

• Patrick Schulte (Columbus Crew)

Audi Goals Drive Progress Impact Award

• Andrew Farrell (New England Revolution)

• Darlington Nagbe (Columbus Crew)

• Ilie Sánchez (LAFC)

MLS Comeback Player of the Year

• Robin Lod (Minnesota United FC)

• Maxi Moralez (New York City FC)

• Lewis Morgan (New York Red Bulls)

MLS Newcomer of the Year

• Luca Orellano (FC Cincinnati)

• Gabriel Pec (LA Galaxy)

• Luis Suárez (Inter Miami CF)

MLS Young Player of the Year

• Diego Gómez (Inter Miami CF)

• Diego Luna (Real Salt Lake)

• Cristian Olivera (LAFC)