LOS ANGELES (Monday, Nov. 12, 2018) – Major League Soccer today announced LA Galaxy forward Zlatan Ibrahimoviu0107 has been named the 2018 MLS Newcomer of the Year. The award recognizes the year’s most impactful new MLS player who has prior professional experience. Ibrahimoviu0107, who was named to the MLS Best XI Sunday, shone the brightest among a class of 200-plus star-studded newcomers that averaged 25 years of age and hailed from more than 40 countries.
Ibrahimoviu0107 took the league by storm in his first year with the LA Galaxy, finishing the season with 22 goals and 10 assists in 27 matches played, becoming the third player ever to post a 20-goal, 10-assist season in MLS history.