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Vote NYCFC trio for MLS Goal of the Year!

Goal of the Year Villa

NYCFC have moved on to the next round of the AT&T Goal of the Year with four goals.


David Villa weighs in with two of our contenders for the annual prize for best MLS goal, while Tommy McNamara and Jack Harrison are also in contention with one each.


Villa's sensational strike against Vancouver goes up against McNamara's long range screamer against the Red Bulls in one head-to-head of the five-round brackets.


In another head-to-head, Jack Harrison's brilliant goal against Montreal goes up against David Villa's sublime chip against Orlando. 


Through five head-to-head rounds of bracket-style voting, fans will whittle down the field of 64 nominees – as determined by the MLSsoccer.com editorial staff, which scoured all 956 goals scored this MLS season, including the 32 AT&T Goal of the Week winners.


Once voting concludes at 6 p.m. ET on Friday, November 11, the player receiving the most votes will win the award.


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Here is the complete schedule for 2016 AT&T Goal of the Year voting:


  • Round of 64: Tue. 10/25-Thu.10/27
  • Round of 32: Fri. 10/28-Sun. 10/30
  • Round of 16: Mon. 10/31-Wed. 11/2
  • Quarterfinals: Thu. 11/3-Sat. 11/5
  • Semifinals: Sun. 11/6-Tue. 11/8
  • Final: Wed. 11/9-Fri. 11/11


All-Time MLS Goal of the Year Winners


2015: Krisztian Nemeth – Sporting Kansas City | 10/4/15 v Portland Timbers, 83rd minute


2014: Obafemi Martins – Seattle Sounders FC | 5/23/2014 v San Jose Earthquakes, 8th minute


2013: Camilo Sanvezzo – Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 10/6/2013 v Portland Timbers, 78th minute


2012: Patrick Ianni – Seattle Sounders FC | 06/20/12 v Sporting Kansas City, 15th minute


2011: Darlington Nagbe – Portland Timbers | 07/02/11 v Sporting Kansas City, 45th minute


2010: Marco Pappa – Chicago Fire | 04/10/10 v San Jose Earthquakes, 52nd minute


2009: Landon Donovan - Los Angeles Galaxy | 08/08/09 v New England Revolution, 21st min.


2008: Will Johnson – Real Salt Lake | 10/18/08 v FC Dallas, 54th minute


2007: Cuauhtemoc Blanco – Chicago Fire | 08/18/07 v Real Salt Lake, 43rd minute


2006: Brian Ching – Houston Dynamo | 09/30/06 v D.C. United, 86th minute


2005: Dwayne De Rosario – San Jose Earthquakes | 10/15/05 v Los Angeles Galaxy, 45th minute


2004: Dwayne De Rosario – San Jose Earthquakes | 08/07/04 v D.C. United, 82nd minute


2003: Damani Ralph – Chicago Fire | 08/13/03 v Columbus Crew, 90th minute


2002: Carlos Ruiz - LA Galaxy | 07/27/02 v Columbus Crew, 75th minute


2001: Clint Mathis – MetroStars | 04/28/01 v Dallas Burn, 60th minute


2000: Marcelo Balboa – Colorado Rapids | 04/22/00 v Columbus Crew, 55th minute


1999: Marco Etcheverry - D.C. United | 05/22/99 v Miami Fusion, 90th minute


1998: Brian McBride – Columbus Crew | 07/09/98 v Chicago Fire, 68th minute


1997: Marco Etcheverry – D.C. United | 08/27/97 v New England Revolution, 39th minute


1996: Eric Wynalda – San Jose Clash | 04/06/96 v. D.C. United, 88th minute