Surprised? Yeah, me too. I personally ranked him second, but Sebastian Giovinco comes in third in WTR’s writer poll.
There’s no denying it was a weird year for Seba. There were some tremendous ups (the Canadian Championship, the free kick supremacy, and so on), but 2017 had a few low points as well.
Giovinco struggled with injury a bit, missing nine MLS games and coming out early in another four. He also scored just seven goals from open play, none of which came after his late mark against the Montreal Impact on August 27 (he scored two more goals later in the season, but both were from set pieces).