No Seattle Sounders are nominated for the prestigious awards of MVP, Defender of the Year or Keeper of the Year. Instead, the team itself and Chad Marshall are each short-listed for the “Fair Play Award”, with just half a season Nicolas Lodeiro still earned a nod as potential Newcomer of the Year, and Jordan Morris joins Keegan Rosenberry as the Rookie of the Year favorites.
The largest surprise in the official MLS short-list announcement comes in the MVP race where Sebastian Giovinco was not in the top three. Two New York Red Bulls will likely split the award.