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2014 AT&T Goal of the Year and 2014 Save the Year Winners Announced

12/4/2014

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NEW YORK (Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014) – Major League Soccer’s most spectacular individual plays were recognized today as Seattle Sounders FC forward Obafemi Martins earned the 2014 AT&T Goal of the Year and New York Red Bulls goalkeeper Luis Robles broke Nick Rimando’s two-year streak by winning the 2014 Save of the Year.

 

It only took one goal for Seattle Sounders FC to best the San Jose Earthquakes at CenturyLink Field in Week 11 of the MLS regular season. Yet, it was the sheer beauty of the strike by Sounders’ marksman Obafemi Martins that earned it the goal of the year status. The Nigerian forward scored eight minutes into the match by floating a shot from a near-impossible angle into the back of the net to the delight of an awestruck crowd in Seattle.

The AT&T Goal of the Year was determined by an online fan vote, after 64 initial nominations for the award were eventually narrowed to four finalists. The final poll results for the four finalists:



Obafemi Martins (SEA) vs. SJE, 5/17 – 51.82%


W. Johnson (POR) vs. VAN, 6/1 – 28.23%

T. Henry (NY) vs. SKC, 9/6 – 13.22%

L. Nguyen (NE) vs. HOU, 10/16 –6.73%

 

·         CLICK HERE to watch and/or download Martins’ 2014 AT&T Goal of the Year

 

It was so nice, New York Red Bulls goalkeeper Luis Robles did it twice. On September 20, New York thumped Seattle Sounders FC 4-1, but the margin risked being much tighter had it not been for the heroics of Robles. After a shot by midfielder Marco Pappa took a deflection off a Red Bull defender, Robles managed to steady himself and keep the ball out of the net. The rebound fell kindly to forward Clint Dempsey who confidently headed the ball at mere feet from goal only to be denied by another miraculous save by Robles.

 

The 2014 Save of the Year was determined by an online fan vote, after 64 initial nominations for the award were eventually narrowed to four finalists. The final poll results for the four finalists:

 

Luis Robles (NY) vs. SEA, 9/20 – 32.05%

Nick Rimando (RSL) vs. LA, 3/8 – 26.76%

Raul Fernandez (DAL) vs. SEA, 5/7 – 21.62%

Donovan Ricketts (POR) vs. LA, 7/4 – 19.57%

 

·         CLICK HERE to watch and/or download Robles’ 2014 Save of the Year

 

MLS Goal of the Year Winners

2014: Obafemi Martins – Seattle Sounders FC vs. San Jose Earthquakes – May 23, 2104

2013: Camilo Sanvezzo – Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs. Portland Timbers – October 6, 2013

2012: Patrick Ianni – Seattle Sounders FC vs. Sporting Kansas City – June 20, 2012

2011: Darlington Nagbe – Portland Timbers vs. Sporting Kansas City – July 2, 2011

2010: Marco Pappa – Chicago Fire vs. San Jose Earthquakes – April 10, 2010

2009: Landon Donovan – LA Galaxy vs. New England Revolution – August 8, 2009

2008: Will Johnson – Real Salt Lake vs. FC Dallas – October 18, 2008

2007: Cuauhtemoc Blanco – Chicago Fire vs. Real Salt Lake – August 18, 2007

2006: Brian Ching – Houston Dynamo vs. D.C. United – September 30, 2006

2005: Dwayne De Rosario – San Jose Earthquakes at LA Galaxy – October 15, 2005

2004: Dwayne De Rosario – San Jose Earthquakes vs. D.C. United – August 2, 2004

2003: Damani Ralph – Chicago Fire at Columbus Crew – August 13, 2003

2002: Carlos Ruiz – LA Galaxy vs. Columbus Crew – July 27, 2002

2001: Clint Mathis – MetroStars vs. Dallas Burn – April 28, 2001

2000: Marcelo Balboa – Colorado Rapids at Columbus Crew – April 22, 2000

1999: Marco Etcheverry – D.C. United at Miami Fusion – May 22, 1999

1998: Brian McBride – Columbus Crew vs. Chicago Fire – July 9, 1998

1997: Marco Etcheverry – D.C. United vs. New England Revolution – August 27, 1997

1996: Eric Wynalda – San Jose Earthquakes vs. D.C. United – April 6, 1996

 

MLS Save of the Year Winners

2014: Luis Robles – New York Red Bulls vs. Seattle Sounders FC – September 20, 2014

2013: Nick Rimando – Real Salt Lake vs. Colorado Rapids – August 3, 2013

2012: Nick Rimando – Real Salt Lake vs. Sporting Kansas City – April 14, 2012

2011: Kasey Keller – Seattle Sounders FC vs. San Jose Earthquakes – October 15, 2011

2010: Kasey Keller – Seattle Sounders FC vs. Kansas City Wizards – April 17, 2010

2009: Pat Onstad – Houston Dynamo vs. Colorado Rapids – April 20, 2009
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