MLS Goal of the Year Award

The MLS Goal of the Year Award (currently commercially termed "AT&T MLS Goal of the Year") is handed out annually since its inception in 1996 to a player in Major League Soccer (MLS) whose goal is selected in an on-line fan vote including the season's Goal of the Week Award winners.

Winners

Season	Scorer	Nationality	For	Opponent	Stadium	Date	Ref.
1996	Eric Wynalda	United States	San Jose Clash	D.C. United	Spartan Stadium	April 6, 1996
1997	Marco Etcheverry	Bolivia	D.C. United	New England Revolution	RFK Stadium	August 27, 1997
1998	Brian McBride	United States	Columbus Crew	Chicago Fire	Ohio Stadium	July 9, 1998
1999	Marco Etcheverry (2)	Bolivia	D.C. United	Miami Fusion	Lockhart Stadium	May 22, 1999
2000	Marcelo Balboa	United States	Colorado Rapids	Columbus Crew	Columbus Crew Stadium	April 22, 2000
2001	Clint Mathis	United States	MetroStars	Dallas Burn	Giants Stadium	April 28, 2001
2002	Carlos Ruiz	Guatemala	LA Galaxy	Columbus Crew	Rose Bowl	July 27, 2002
2003	Damani Ralph	Jamaica	Chicago Fire	Columbus Crew	Columbus Crew Stadium	August 13, 2003
2004	Dwayne De Rosario	Canada	San Jose Earthquakes	D.C. United	Spartan Stadium	August 7, 2004
2005	Dwayne De Rosario (2)	Canada	San Jose Earthquakes	LA Galaxy	The Home Depot Center	October 15, 2005
2006	Brian Ching	United States	Houston Dynamo	D.C. United	Robertson Stadium	September 30, 2006
2007	Cuauhtémoc Blanco	Mexico	Chicago Fire	Real Salt Lake	Rice-Eccles Stadium	August 18, 2007
2008	Will Johnson	Canada	Real Salt Lake	FC Dallas	Rio Tinto Stadium	October 18, 2008
2009	Landon Donovan	United States	LA Galaxy	New England Revolution	Gillette Stadium	August 8, 2009
2010	Marco Pappa	Guatemala	Chicago Fire	San Jose Earthquakes	Toyota Park	April 10, 2010	[1]
2011	Darlington Nagbe	United States	Portland Timbers	Sporting Kansas City	Jeld-Wen Field	July 2, 2011	[2]
2012	Patrick Ianni	United States	Seattle Sounders FC	Sporting Kansas City	CenturyLink Field	June 20, 2012	[3]
2013	Camilo Sanvezzo	Brazil	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Portland Timbers	BC Place	October 6, 2013	[4]
2014	Obafemi Martins	Nigeria	Seattle Sounders FC	San Jose Earthquakes	CenturyLink Field	May 17, 2014	[5]
2015	Krisztián Németh	Hungary	Sporting Kansas City	Portland Timbers	Providence Park	October 3, 2015	[6]
2016	Shkëlzen Gashi	Albania	Colorado Rapids	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	BC Place	September 24, 2016	[7]
2017	Héctor Villalba	Paraguay	Atlanta United FC	Orlando City SC	Orlando City Stadium	July 21, 2017	[8]
2018	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Sweden	LA Galaxy	Los Angeles FC	StubHub Center	March 31, 2018	[9]
2019	Josef Martínez	Venezuela	Atlanta United FC	FC Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium	September 18, 2019	[10]
2020	Darlington Nagbe (2)	United States	Columbus Crew	Chicago Fire	Mapfre Stadium	August 20, 2020	[11]
2021	Rubio Rubin	Guatemala	Real Salt Lake	San Jose Earthquakes	Rio Tinto Stadium	May 7, 2021	[12]
2022	Josef Martínez (2)	Venezuela	Atlanta United FC	New England Revolution	Gillette Stadium	October 1, 2022	[13]
2023	Luciano Acosta	Argentina	FC Cincinnati	Charlotte FC	TQL Stadium	September 23, 2023	[14]
2024	Luca Orellano	Argentina	FC Cincinnati	CF Montréal	TQL Stadium	August 31, 2024	[15]