2014 CONCACAF Awards

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CONCACAF Awards 2014
Date23 January 2015 (2015-01-23)
Website concacaf.com

The 2014 CONCACAF Awards were the second year for CONCACAF's awards for the top region football players, coaches and referees of the year. The shortlists were published on 11 December 2014. [1] The results were announced on 23 December 2014. [2]

Contents

Award winners and shortlists

Player of the Year

RankNamePositionNational TeamClub
1st Keylor Navas GoalkeeperFlag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid
2nd Bryan Ruiz ForwardFlag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica Flag of England.svg Fulham
3rd Tim Howard GoalkeeperFlag of the United States.svg  United States Flag of England.svg Everton
Celso Borges MidfielderFlag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica Flag of Sweden.svg AIK
Clint Dempsey ForwardFlag of the United States.svg  United States Flag of the United States.svg Seattle Sounders FC
Giovani dos Santos ForwardFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Flag of Spain.svg Villarreal
Guillermo Ochoa GoalkeeperFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Flag of Spain.svg Málaga
Javier Hernández ForwardFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid
Joel Campbell ForwardFlag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica Flag of England.svg Arsenal
Rafael Márquez DefenderFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Flag of Italy.svg Hellas Verona

Female Player of the Year

RankNamePositionNational TeamClub
1st Abby Wambach ForwardFlag of the United States.svg  United States Flag of the United States.svg Western New York Flash
2nd Shirley Cruz MidfielderFlag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica Flag of France.svg Paris Saint-Germain Féminines
3rd Charlyn Corral ForwardFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Flag of Finland.svg Merilappi United
Alex Morgan ForwardFlag of the United States.svg  United States Flag of the United States.svg Portland Thorns FC
Carli Lloyd MidfielderFlag of the United States.svg  United States Flag of the United States.svg Western New York Flash
Christine Sinclair ForwardFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Flag of the United States.svg Portland Thorns
Hope Solo GoalkeeperFlag of the United States.svg  United States Flag of the United States.svg Seattle Reign FC
Kennya Cordner ForwardFlag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago Flag of the United States.svg Seattle Sounders Women
Lauren Holiday MidfielderFlag of the United States.svg  United States Flag of the United States.svg FC Kansas City
Raquel Rodriguez Cedeño ForwardFlag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica Flag of the United States.svg Penn State Nittany Lions

Goalkeeper of the Year

RankNameNational TeamClub
1st Tim Howard Flag of the United States.svg  United States Flag of England.svg Everton
2nd Guillermo Ochoa Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Flag of Spain.svg Málaga
3rd Keylor Navas Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid
Alfredo Talavera Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Flag of Mexico.svg Toluca
Andre Blake Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Flag of the United States.svg Philadelphia Union
Jaime Penedo Flag of Panama.svg  Panama Flag of the United States.svg LA Galaxy
Jan-Michael Williams Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Central FC
Jesús Corona Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Flag of Mexico.svg Cruz Azul
Nick Rimando Flag of the United States.svg  United States Flag of the United States.svg Real Salt Lake
Patrick Pemberton Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica Flag of Costa Rica.svg Alajuelense

Coach of the Year

RankNameClubNational Team
1st Jorge Luis Pinto Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
2nd Luis Fernando Suarez Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras
3rd Oscar Ramírez Flag of Costa Rica.svg Alajuelense
Bruce Arena Flag of the United States.svg LA Galaxy
Garabet Avedissian Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica (♀) and Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica (♀ U20)
Jill Ellis Flag of the United States.svg  United States (♀)
Jorge Dely Valdés Flag of Panama.svg Tauro
Jürgen Klinsmann Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Miguel Herrera Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Stephen Hart Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago

Referee of the Year

RankName
1st Flag of the United States.svg Mark Geiger
2nd Flag of Mexico.svg Marco Antonio Rodriguez
3rd Flag of Costa Rica.svg Henry Bejarano
Flag of Jamaica.svg Dwight Royal
Flag of El Salvador.svg Joel Aguilar
Flag of Mexico.svg Roberto García
Flag of Panama.svg Roberto Moreno
Flag of Guatemala.svg Walter López
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Walter Quesada
Flag of the Bahamas.svg Wilson Da Costa

Goal of the Year

This award applies only to goals scored during CONCACAF official competitions.

RankPlayerDateParticipantsMinute scoredCompetition
1st Bryan Ruiz 20 June 2014Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica vs. Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Soccerball shade.svg44' 2014 FIFA World Cup
2nd Esteban Ramírez 2 November 2014 Flag of Costa Rica.svg Herediano vs. Flag of Costa Rica.svg Saprissa Soccerball shade.svg20' 2014–15 Costa Rican FPD season
3rd Joel Campbell 14 June 2014Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica vs. Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay Soccerball shade.svg54' 2014 FIFA World Cup
Carolina Venegas 21 October 2014Snake Flag of Martinique.svg  Martinique vs. Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica Soccerball shade.svg81' 2014 CONCACAF Women's Championship
Elías Aguilar 21 August 2014 Flag of Costa Rica.svg Herediano vs. Flag of El Salvador.svg Isidro Metapán Soccerball shade.svg42' 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League
Giovani dos Santos 29 June 2014Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands vs. Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Soccerball shade.svg48' 2014 FIFA World Cup
Jermaine Jones 22 June 2014Flag of the United States.svg  United States vs. Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Soccerball shade.svg64' 2014 FIFA World Cup
Marco Fabián 15 February 2014 Flag of Mexico.svg Cruz Azul vs. Flag of Mexico.svg Puebla Soccerball shade.svg92' 2013–14 Liga MX season
Meghan Klingenberg 20 October 2014Flag of the United States.svg  United States vs. Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti Soccerball shade.svg57' 2014 CONCACAF Women's Championship
Yendrick Ruiz 21 August 2014 Flag of Costa Rica.svg Herediano vs. Flag of El Salvador.svg Isidro Metapán Soccerball shade.svg33' 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League

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References

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  2. "Navas, Wambach named 2014 CONCACAF Players of the Year". concacaf.com. 23 December 2014. Archived from the original on 2016-02-28. Retrieved 23 December 2014.