Canadians Alphonso Davies, Jonathan David and Adriana Leon are up for 2023/24 CONCACAF Player of the Year.
Six male and six female nominees were determined "based on performance statistics and the input of football experts."
The winners will be determined by a vote of national team coaches and captains, media, and fans. Voting ends Aug. 2.
In addition to Davies (Bayern Munich, Germany) and David (Lille, France), the men's nominees are 鈦犫仩鈦燡amaica's Leon Bailey (Aston Villa, England), Panama's Adalberto Carrasquilla (Houston Dynamo, MLS), Mexico's 鈦燬antiago Gim茅nez (Feyenoord, the Netherlands) and American Christian Pulisic (AC Milan, Italy).
Davies, who is Canada's captain, has won the award the last two years. In so doing, he became the first back-to-back winner of the award that dates back to 2013. Costa Rica goalkeeper Keylor Navas has also won the award twice, but not in consecutive years (2014 and 2017).
The other women's nominees are Mexico's Charlyn Corral (CF Pachuca Femenil, Mexico) and Jacqueline 鈦犫仩Ovalle (Tigres Femenil, Mexico), Haiti's 鈦犫仩Melchie Dumornay (Olympique Lyonnais F茅minin, France), Jamaica's Khadija Shaw (Manchester City, England) and American 鈦犫仩Sophia Smith (Portland Thorns, NWSL).
Shaw won the award last year.
Leon is currently with Canada at the Paris Olympics.
CONCACAF covers North and Central America and the Caribbean.
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This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 24, 2024
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