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The award was renamed in 2015 in honor of its 2009 winner, Landon Donovan

The Landon Donovan MVP Award is an annual award for Major League Soccer players. It is voted on by media, MLS players, and club management and is given to the player deemed the most valuable player in the league each season.

From 1996 to 2007, the award was known as the Honda MLS Most Valuable Player, for commercial purposes. From 2007 to 2014, the award was titled the Volkswagen MLS Most Valuable Player.

Players for D.C. United have won the award a record four times, while Kansas City and Los Angeles Galaxy players have won a second best three times. Carlos Valderrama won the award for the inaugural 1996 season. Kansas City's Preki is the only player to ever win twice, in 1997 and 2003.

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WinnersEdit

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Preki is the only two-time MVP winner.
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Tony Meola is the only goalkeeper to win the MVP award.
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In 2011, Dwayne De Rosario became the first Canadian player to win MVP.
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Carlos Vela scored a record 34 goals during his 2019 MVP season.
Season Player Club Other Finalists
1996 Template:Flagicon Carlos Valderrama Tampa Bay Mutiny Roy Lassiter, Preki
1997 Template:Flagicon Preki Kansas City Wizards Marco Etcheverry, Carlos Valderrama
1998 Template:Flagicon Marco Etcheverry D.C. United Cobi Jones, Peter Nowak
1999 Template:Flagicon Jason Kreis Dallas Burn Marco Etcheverry, Jaime Moreno
2000 Template:Flagicon Tony Meola Kansas City Wizards Mamadou Diallo, Clint Mathis
2001 Template:Flagicon Álex Pineda Chacón Miami Fusion Jeff Agoos, Diego Serna
2002 Template:Flagicon Carlos Ruíz Los Angeles Galaxy Mark Chung, Taylor Twellman
2003 Template:Flagicon Preki (2) Kansas City Wizards Ante Razov, John Spencer
2004 Template:Flagicon Amado Guevara MetroStars Joe Cannon, Jaime Moreno
2005 Template:Flagicon Taylor Twellman New England Revolution Dwayne De Rosario, Jaime Moreno
2006 Template:Flagicon Christian Gómez D.C. United Jeff Cunningham, Dwayne De Rosario
2007 Template:Flagicon Luciano Emílio D.C. United Juan Pablo Ángel, Cuauhtémoc Blanco
2008 Template:Flagicon Guillermo Barros Schelotto Columbus Crew Landon Donovan, Cuauhtémoc Blanco
2009 Template:Flagicon Landon Donovan Los Angeles Galaxy Shalrie Joseph, Jeff Cunningham
2010 Template:Flagicon David Ferreira<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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FC Dallas Edson Buddle, Chris Wondolowski
2011 Template:Flagicon Dwayne De Rosario<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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D.C. United Brad Davis, Brek Shea
2012 Template:Flagicon Chris Wondolowski<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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San Jose Earthquakes Thierry Henry, Graham Zusi
2013 Template:Flagicon Mike Magee<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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Chicago Fire Robbie Keane, Marco Di Vaio
2014 Template:Flagicon Robbie Keane<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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Los Angeles Galaxy Lee Nguyen, Obafemi Martins
2015 Template:Flagicon Sebastian Giovinco<ref name="2015 MLS MVP">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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Toronto FC Kei Kamara, Benny Feilhaber
2016 Template:Flagicon David Villa<ref name="2016 MLS MVP">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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New York City FC Bradley Wright-Phillips, Sacha Kljestan
2017 Template:Flagicon Diego Valeri<ref name="2017 MLS MVP">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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Portland Timbers David Villa, Nemanja Nikolić
2018 Template:Flagicon Josef Martínez<ref name="2018 MLS MVP">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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Atlanta United FC Miguel Almirón, Zlatan Ibrahimović
2019 Template:Flagicon Carlos Vela<ref name="2019 MLS MVP">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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Los Angeles FC Zlatan Ibrahimović, Josef Martínez
2020 Template:Flagicon Alejandro Pozuelo<ref name="2020 MLS MVP">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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Toronto FC Andre Blake, Nicolás Lodeiro, Jordan Morris, Diego Rossi
2021 Template:Flagicon Carles Gil<ref name="2021 MLS MVP">Template:Cite news</ref> New England Revolution Hany Mukhtar, João Paulo, Dániel Sallói, Valentín Castellanos
2022 Template:Flagicon Hany Mukhtar<ref name="2022 MLS MVP">Template:Cite news</ref> Nashville SC Sebastián Driussi, Andre Blake
2023 Template:Flagicon Luciano Acosta<ref name="2023 MLS MVP">Template:Cite news</ref> FC Cincinnati Thiago Almada, Denis Bouanga
2024 Template:Flagicon Lionel Messi<ref name="2024 MLS MVP">Template:Cite press release</ref> Inter Miami CF Cucho Hernández, Evander

Wins by teamEdit

Club Wins
D.C. United 4
Kansas City Wizards/Sporting KC 3
LA Galaxy 3
Dallas Burn/FC Dallas 2
New England Revolution 2
Toronto FC 2
Atlanta United FC 1
Chicago Fire 1
FC Cincinnati 1
Columbus Crew 1
Inter Miami CF 1
Los Angeles FC 1
Miami Fusion 1
Nashville SC 1
New York City FC 1
NY/NJ MetroStars/New York Red Bulls 1
Portland Timbers 1
San Jose Earthquakes 1
Tampa Bay Mutiny 1

Wins by nationalityEdit

Nationality Wins
Template:USA 8
Template:ARG 5
{{#invoke:flag Spain}} 3
Template:COL 2
Template:HND 2
Template:BOL 1
Template:BRA 1
Template:CAN 1
Template:GER 1
Template:GUA 1
Template:IRE 1
{{#invoke:flag Italy}} 1
Template:MEX 1
Template:VEN 1

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

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