Award given by the United States Soccer Federation; the official name is "Chevrolet/U.S. Soccer Male Athlete of the Year".
Year Player 1984 Rick DAVIS 1985 Perry VAN DER BECK 1986 Paul CALIGIURI 1987 Brent GOULET 1988 Peter VERMES 1989 Mike WINDISCHMANN 1990 Tab RAMOS 1991 Hugo PEREZ 1992 Marcelo BALBOA 1993 Thomas DOOLEY 1994 Marcelo BALBOA 1995 Alexi LALAS 1996 Eric WYNALDA 1997 Kasey KELLER 1998 Cobi JONES 1999 Kasey KELLER 2000 Claudio REYNA 2001 Ernie STEWART 2002 Landon Timothy DONOVAN
2 Balboa, Keller
1 Davis, Van der Beck, Caligiuri, Goulet, Vermes, Windischmann, Ramos,
Perez, Dooley, Lalas, Wynalda, Jones, Reyna, Stewart, Donovan
1968 John Kowalik 1969 Cirilio Fernandez 1970 Carlos Metidieri 1971 Carlos Metidieri 1972 Randy Horton 1973 Warren Archibold 1974 Peter Silvester 1975 Steve David 1976 Pelé (Brazil) 1977 Franz Beckenbauer (West Germany) 1978 Mike Flanagan 1979 Johan Cruijff (Netherlands) 1980 Roger Davies 1981 Giorgio Chinaglia (Italy) 1982 Peter Ward 1983 Roberto Cabanas (Paraguay) 1984 Steve Zungul (Yugoslavia)
1996 Carlos Valderrama, Tampa Bay 1997 Preki, Kansas City 1998 Marco Etcheverry, D.C. United 1999 Jason Kreis, Dallas 2000 Tony Meola, Kansas City 2001 Alex Pineda Chacon, Fusion F.C. 2002 Carlos Ruiz, Los Angeles 2003 Preki, Kansas City
1996 Thomas Rongen, Tampa Bay 1997 Bruce Arena, D.C. United 1998 Bob Bradley, Chicago 1999 Sigi Schmid, Los Angeles 2000 Bob Gansler, Kansas City 2001 Frank Yallop, San Jose 2002 Steve Nicol, New England 2003 Dave Sarachan, Chicago Fire
1996 Mark Dodd, Dallas 1997 Brad Friedel, Columbus 1998 Zach Thornton, Chicago 1999 Kevin Hartman, Los Angeles 2000 Tony Meola, Kansas City 2001 Tim Howard, MetroStars 2002 Joe Cannon, San Jose 2003 Pat Onstad, San Jose
1996 Steve Ralston, Tampa Bay 1997 Mike Duhaney, Tampa Bay 1998 Ben Olsen, D.C. United 1999 Jay Heaps, Miami 2000 Carlos Bocanegra, Chicago 2001 Rodrigo Faria, MetroStars 2002 Kyle Martino, Columbus 2003 Damani Ralph, Chicago Fire
1996 Roy Lassiter, Tampa Bay 1997 Preki, Kansas City 1998 Stern John, Columbus 1999 Jason Kreis, Dallas 2000 Mamadou Diallo, Tampa Bay 2001 Alex Pineda Chacon, Fusion F.C. 2002 Taylor Twellman, New England 2003 Preki, Kansas City
Partial source: U.S. Soccer 1999 Media Guide
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