Marco Pappa and Landon Donovan Take Home Awards at the Inaugural Premios Univision Deportes

NEW YORK (Friday, Dec. 19, 2014) – Major League Soccer legend Landon Donovan and Seattle Sounders FC midfielder Marco Pappa were among the winners at the inaugural Premios Univision Deportes (Univision Sports Awards), which aired nationally on Thursday night on UniMás and UDN (Univision Deportes Network). 

LA Galaxy icon and six-time MLS Cup champion Landon Donovan was recognized with the first-ever Premios Univision Deportes’ Lifetime Achievement Award. MLS Commissioner Don Garber was on hand to present the League’s all-time leading scorer and assist man with the award. Footage of Donovan’s acceptance speech and special tribute video can be found here. 

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Seattle’s Pappa took home the night’s first award presented by New York City FC’s David Villa, actress and former Miss Universe Dayana Mendoza, and Univision Deportes talent Jorge Pérez Navarro, edging out Erick “Cubo” Torres and Diego Valeri for the MLS Player of the Year Award. To watch Pappa receive the honor, click here. Torres was also nominated for Goal of the Year.


Complete list of winners for Premios Univision Deportes 2014:

·         Best Soccer Game of the Year – Germany 7 – Brazil 1 (2014 World Cup)

·         Best Boxer of the Year – Miguel Cotto

·         Best MLS Player of the Year – Marco Pappa

·         Best Sports Moment of the Year – Miguel “El Piojo” Herrera

·         Best Baseball Player of the Year – Nelson Cruz

·         Best Liga MX Player of the Year – Alfredo Talavera

·         Breakthrough of the Year – James Rodríguez

·         Best Save of the Year – Guillermo Ochoa

·         Best Car Racing Performance – Carlos Muñoz

·         Best Basketball Player of the Year – Manu Ginobili

·         Best World Cup Record – Faryd Modragón

·         Best Hispanic Performance in Europe – Ángel di María

·         Chespirito Award, For the Love of Sports – Community Hero Winner, Julio Gutiérrez

·         Sports Achievement of the Year – Costa Rica National Team

·         Goal of the Year – James Rodríguez

·         Extreme Sports Athlete of the Year – Rafa Ortíz

·         Athlete Post on Social Media – Neymar da Silva Santos Jr. (Twitter)

·         Best Artistic Performance by an Athlete – Carlos “El Pibe” Valderrama

·         Humanitarian Work Award – Albert Pujols

·         Parathlete of the Year Award – Héctor Picard

·         Tennis Performance Award – Mónica Puig

·         Lifetime Achievement Award – Landon Donovan

·         Best Liga MX Coach – Antonio Mohamed  

By: Editor