North American Soccer League Other Awards

The North American Soccer League presents several awards for individual performance at the end of the season.

Awards

Golden Ball Award

The Golden Ball is the league MVP award.

Year	Name	Nationality	Club	Ref.
2011	Etienne Barbara	Malta	Carolina RailHawks	[1]
2012	Pablo Campos	Brazil	San Antonio Scorpions	[2]
2013	Georgi Hristov	Bulgaria	Tampa Bay Rowdies	[3]
2014	Miguel Ibarra	United States	Minnesota United FC	[4]
2015	Stefano Pinho	Brazil	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	[5]

Golden Boot Award

The Golden Boot is the leagues leading scorer.

Year	Name	Nationality	Club	Ref.
2011	Etienne Barbara	Malta	Carolina RailHawks	[6]
2012	Pablo Campos	Brazil	San Antonio Scorpions	[7]
2013	Brian Shriver	United States	Carolina RailHawks	[8]
2014	Christian Ramirez	United States	Minnesota United FC	[9]
2015	Stefano Pinho	Brazil	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	[10]

Golden Glove Award

The Golden Glove is the league Goalkeeper of the year award.

Year	Name	Nationality	Club	Ref.
2011	Evan Bush	United States	Montreal Impact	[1]
2012	Daryl Sattler	United States	San Antonio Scorpions	[11]
2013	Kyle Reynish	United States	New York Cosmos	[12]
2014	John Smits	Canada	FC Edmonton	[13]
2015	Romuald Peiser	France	Ottawa Fury FC	[14]

Coach of the Year Award

The Coach of the Year award was initiated in 2011 with an independent panel. In 2012 the NASL adopted it as an official award.

Year	Name	Nationality	Club	Ref.
2011	Manny Lagos	United States	NSC Minnesota Stars	[15]
2012	Ricky Hill	England	Tampa Bay Rowdies	[16]
2013	Brian Haynes	Trinidad and Tobago	Atlanta Silverbacks	[17]
2014	Manny Lagos	United States	Minnesota United FC	[18]
2015	Marc Dos Santos	Canada	Ottawa Fury FC	[19]

Fair Play Award

Awarded to the team with the lowest point total from Yellow and Red cards throughout the season.

Goal of the Year Award

Award voted on by the fans over the internet for the best goal of the season.

Year	Name	Nationality	Club	Ref.
2011	Not Awarded	-	-
2012	Not Awarded	-	-
2013	Pedro Mendes	Brazil	Atlanta Silverbacks	[24]
2014	Christian Ramirez	United States	Minnesota United FC	[25]
2015	Junior Burgos	El Salvador	Atlanta Silverbacks	[26]

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