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MLS Fair Play Award

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The Fair Play Award in Major League Soccer was the award that was given to an individual player and a team who presented best overall sportsmanlike behavior in addition to receiving one of the lowest numbers of yellow and red cards, fouls and disciplinary violations.[1]

Individual winners

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Season Player[2] Team
1997 United States Mark Chung Kansas City Wizards
1998 United States Thomas Dooley Columbus Crew
1999 United States Steve Ralston Tampa Bay Mutiny
2000 United States Steve Ralston (2) Tampa Bay Mutiny
2001 Honduras Alex Pineda Chacón Miami Fusion
2002 United States Mark Chung (2) Colorado Rapids
2003 United States Brian McBride Columbus Crew
2004 United States Eddie Pope MetroStars
2005 El Salvador Ronald Cerritos San Jose Earthquakes
2006 United States Chris Klein Real Salt Lake
2007 United States Michael Parkhurst New England Revolution
2008 United States Michael Parkhurst (2) New England Revolution
2009 United States Steve Ralston (3) New England Revolution
2010 France Sébastien Le Toux Philadelphia Union
2011 France Sébastien Le Toux (2) Philadelphia Union
2012 United States Logan Pause Chicago Fire
2013 United States Darlington Nagbe Portland Timbers
2014 United States Michael Parkhurst (3) Columbus Crew
2015 United States Darlington Nagbe (2) Portland Timbers
2016 United States Keegan Rosenberry Philadelphia Union
2017 United States DaMarcus Beasley Houston Dynamo
2018 Georgia (country) Valeri Qazaishvili San Jose Earthquakes
2019 United States Darlington Nagbe (3) Atlanta United FC
2020 Not awarded
2021 United States Dave Romney Nashville SC

Team winners

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Season Team[2] Manager
1997 United States Columbus Crew Tom Fitzgerald
1998 United States Kansas City Wizards Ron Newman
1999 United States Columbus Crew (2) Tom Fitzgerald
2000 United States Tampa Bay Mutiny Tim Hankinson
2001 United States San Jose Earthquakes Frank Yallop
2002 United States Kansas City Wizards (2) Bob Gansler
2003 United States New England Revolution Steve Nicol
2004 United States Columbus Crew (3) Greg Andrulis
2005 United States Kansas City Wizards (3) Bob Gansler
2006 United States Kansas City Wizards (4) Curt Onalfo
2007 United States Columbus Crew (4) Sigi Schmid
2008 United States New England Revolution (2) Steve Nicol
2009 United States Chicago Fire Denis Hamlett
2010 United States San Jose Earthquakes (2) Frank Yallop
2011 United States Portland Timbers John Spencer
2012 United States New England Revolution (3) Jay Heaps
2013 United States LA Galaxy Bruce Arena
2014 United States Philadelphia Union Jim Curtin
2015 United States Philadelphia Union (2) Jim Curtin
2016 United States Columbus Crew (5) Gregg Berhalter
2017 United States Seattle Sounders FC Brian Schmetzer
2018 United States Los Angeles FC Bob Bradley
2019 Canada Toronto FC Greg Vanney
2020 Not awarded
2021 United States Columbus Crew (6) Caleb Porter
2022 United States New England Revolution (4) Bruce Arena

References

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  1. ^ "Union's Le Toux, Portland win XBOX 360 Fair Play awards". MLSsoccer.com. Archived from the original on November 12, 2011.
  2. ^ a b MLS Communications Department; Elias Sports Bureau. "2022 Fact & Record Book". Major League Soccer. p. 183. Retrieved January 18, 2023.