The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football has announced the nominees for the 2023/24 Player of the Year award.
It nominated six players each in the male and female categories.
This was revealed in a Tuesday statement titled, “CONCACAF announces 2023/24 Player of the Year Awards nominees.”
“At the conclusion of the voting period, on August 2, 2024, the player in each category with the most votes out of the 100 available will be named 2023/24 CONCACAF Men’s Player of the Year and 2023/24 CONCACAF Women’s Player of the Year,” the statement read.
CONCACAF, which is one of FIFA’s six continental confederations, services 41 member associations, from Canada in the north to Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana in the south.
Last year’s winners in both categories also made the new year nominees – Canada’s Alphonso Davies (Bayern Munich) and Jamaica’s Khadija Shaw (Manchester City).
Here are the full list of nominees in both categories:
Female:
1. Charlyn Corral (Mexico)
Forward
Pachuca (Liga MX Femenil)
2. Melchie Dumornay (Haiti)
Midfielder
Olympique Lyonnais (D1 Féminine)
3. Adriana Leon (Canada)
Forward
Aston Villa (WSL)
4. Jacqueline Ovalle (Mexico)
Midfielder
Tigres (Liga MX Femenil)
5. Khadjia Shaw (Jamaica)
Forward
Manchester City (WSL)
6. Sophia Smith (US)
Forward
Portland Thorns (NWSL)
Male Categories:
1. Leon Bailey (Jamaica)
Midfielder
Aston Villa (Premier League)
2. Adalberto Carrasquilla (Panama)
Midfielder
Houston Dynamo (MLS)
3. Jonathan David (Canada)
Forward
LOSC Lille (Ligue 1)
4. Alphonso Davies (Canada)
Defender
Bayern Munich (Bundesliga)
5. Santiago Giménez (Mexico)
Forward
Feyenoord (Eredivisie)
6. Christian Pulisic (US)
Midfielder
AC Milan (Serie A)
According to a statement from its website, the body promised to ensure transparency in the final selection of a winner.
“Following a shortlisting process that involved men’s and women’s football experts from the region, Concacaf will continue to follow its “football first” philosophy with a voting process that ensures players, coaches, media and fans determine the winners.
“To be eligible to be shortlisted for these exciting new Concacaf awards, all players have met one of the following criteria:
“Have played for a Concacaf Member Association’s senior Men’s or Women’s national team (in aforementioned eligible competitions and matches).
“Regardless of nationality, have played for a club (current or most recent season) in a Concacaf and FIFA sanctioned top division Men’s or Women’s professional league in the Concacaf region,” it read.
PUNCH Online reports that the confederation organises championships at the under-13, under-15, under-17, under-20 and Olympic Championship levels for girls and boys, women and men.
CONCACAF also supports FIFA in coordinating qualifying for Men’s and Women’s World Cups and Olympic Games, and the Beach Soccer and Futsal World Cups.
