# 2018 CONCACAF Awards

The shortlists for the 2018 CONCACAF Awards were announced on 11 December 2018.
The awards are for performances between 1 January and 10 December 2018. The results were announced on 15 January 2019.

## Women's football awards
### Player of the Year

| Rank | Player | Team |
| 1 | Alex Morgan | Orlando Pride |
| 2 | Khadija Shaw | University of Tennessee |
| 3 | Lindsey Horan | Portland Thorns FC |
| | Yenith Bailey | Tauro |
| | Melchie Dumonay | Haiti U-17 |
| | Julie Ertz | Chicago Red Stars |
| | Alison González | UANL |
| | Rose Lavelle | Washington Spirit |
| | Adriana Leon | Seattle Reign FC |
| | Megan Rapinoe | Seattle Reign FC |

### Women's Football Coach of the Year

| Rank | Coach | Team |
| 1 | Hue Menzies | Jamaica Florida Kraze Krush |
| 2 | Jill Ellis | United States |
| 3 | Monica Vergara | Mexico U-17 |
| | Vance Brown | Bermuda U-15 |
| | Marc Collat | Haiti U-20 |
| | Christopher Cuéllar | Mexico U-20 |
| | Alana Francois | Grenada U-15 |
| | Kenneth Heiner-Møller | Canada |
| | Victor Suárez | Panama |
| | Rhian Wilkinson | Canada U-17 |

### Referee of the Year

| Rank | Referee name |
| 1 | Lucila Venegas |
| 2 | Crystal Sobers |
| 3 | Carol Anne Chénard |
| | Marie-Soleil Beaudoin |
| | Melissa Borjas |
| | Marianela Araya Cruz |
| | Francia González |
| | Tatiana Guzman |
| | Odette Hamilton |
| | Cardella Samuels |

### Goalkeeper of the Year

| Rank | Player name | Team name |
| 1 | Alyssa Naeher | Chicago Red Stars |
| 2 | Yenith Bailey | San Miguelito |
| 3 | Stephanie Labbé | Linköpings FC |
| | Emily Alvarado | Texas Christian University |
| | Naphtaline Clerméus | Tigresse |
| | Rylee Foster | West Virginia Mountaineers |
| | Anna Karpenko | Ontario REX |
| | Mandy McGlynn | Virginia Tech Hokies |
| | Sydney Schneider | UNC Wilmington Seahawks |
| | Fabiana Solano | Desampa 2000 |

### Best XI

Shortlist :
| Defenders | Defenders | Midfielders | Midfielders | Forwards | Forwards |
| Player name | Team name | Player name | Team name | Player name | Team name |
| Becky Sauerbrunn | Utah Royals FC | Rose Lavelle | Washington Spirit | Alex Morgan | Orlando Pride |
| Crystal Dunn | NC Courage | Lindsey Horan | Portland Thorns | Adriana Leon | Seattle Reign |
| Kadeisha Buchanan | Olympique Lyonnais | Khadija Shaw | University of Tennessee | Christine Sinclair | Portland Thorns |
| Quinn | Washington Spirit | Julie Ertz | Chicago Red Stars | Jordyn Huitema | Vancouver Whitecaps FC Girls Elite BC Soccer REX |
| Sashana Campbell | Maccabi Kishronot Hadera | Shirley Cruz | Jiangsu Suning F.C. | Megan Rapinoe | Seattle Reign |
| Michela Agresti | United States FC Stars of Mass | Sophie Schmidt | 1. FFC Frankfurt | Tobin Heath | Portland Thorns |
| Kelley O'Hara | Utah Royals FC | Melchie Dumonay | Haiti Camp Nous | Alison Gonzalez | Mexico Tigres UANL |
| Abby Dahlkemper | NC Courage | Jessie Fleming | University of California, Los Angeles | Jody Brown | AS Roma |
| Tanna Sanchez | Mexico Tecnológico de Monterrey Campus Puebla | Marta Cox | Deportes Quindío | Lineth Cedeño | Tauro FC |
| Olivia Cooke | Canada Ontario REX | Nicole Perez | Mexico CD Guadalajara | Nichelle Prince | Houston Dash |
Final Selection :
* Goalkeeper
* Alyssa Naeher
* Defenders
* Kadeisha Buchanan
* Crystal Dunn
* Tanna Sanchez
* Becky Sauerbrunn
* Midfielders
* Lindsey Horan
* Khadija Shaw
* Nicole Perez
* Forwards
* Alex Morgan
* Christine Sinclair
* Jody Brown

## Men's football awards
### Player of the Year

| Rank | Player | Team |
| 1 | Hirving Lozano | PSV Eindhoven |
| 2 | Keylor Navas | Real Madrid |
| 3 | Sebastian Giovinco | Toronto FC |
| | Román Castillo | Motagua |
| | Héctor Herrera | Porto |
| | Kemar Lawrence | New York Red Bulls |
| | Keylor Navas | Real Madrid |
| | Jonathan Osorio | Toronto FC |
| | Alan Pulido | Guadalajara |
| | Yendrick Ruiz | Herdiano |
| | Carlos Vela | Los Angeles FC |

### Men's Football Coach of the Year

| Rank | Coach | Team |
| 1 | Matías Almeyda | San Jose Earthquakes (formerly Guadalajara) |
| 2 | Remko Bicentini | Curaçao |
| 3 | Juan Carlos Osorio | Paraguay (formerly Mexico) |
| | Willie Donachie | Montserrat |
| | Ricardo Ferretti | UANL |
| | Jesse Marsch | RB Leipzig (formerly New York Red Bulls) |
| | Jacques Passy | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| | Tab Ramos | United States U-20 |
| | Greg Vanney | Toronto FC |
| | Diego Vásquez | Motagua |

### Referee of the Year

| Rank | Referee |
| 1 | César Arturo Ramos |
| 2 | Mark Geiger |
| 3 | Joel Aguilar |
| | Ivan Barton |
| | Mario Escobar |
| | Jair Marrufo |
| | Ricardo Montero |
| | Oshane Nation |
| | Marco Ortíz |
| | John Pitti |

### Goalkeeper of the Year

| Rank | Player | Team |
| 1 | Keylor Navas | Real Madrid |
| 2 | Guillermo Ochoa | Standard Liège |
| 3 | Cody Laurendi | OKC Energy FC |
| | Alex Bono | Toronto FC |
| | Rodolfo Cota | León (formerly Guadalajara) |
| | Miguel Lloyd | Árabe Unido |
| | Leonel Moreira | Herediano |
| | Luis Robles | New York Red Bulls |
| | Olivier Rosa-Arsene | Club Franciscain |
| | Jonathan Felipe Rougier | Motagua |

### Best XI

Shortlist :
| Defenders | Defenders | Midfielders | Midfielders | Forwards | Forwards |
| Player name | Team name | Player name | Team name | Player name | Team name |
| Edson Álvarez | América | Jonathan Osorio | Toronto FC | Sebastian Giovinco | Toronto FC |
| Oswaldo Alanis | Oviedo (formerly Guadalajara) | Mateus Uribe | América | Hirving Lozano | PSV Eindhoven |
| Atiba Harris | OKC Energy FC | Yendrick Ruiz | Herediano | André-Pierre Gignac | UANL |
| Jair Pereira | Guadalajara | Nicolás Lodeiro | Seattle Sounders FC | Carlos Vela | Los Angeles FC |
| Juan Pablo Montes | Motagua | Óscar Cerén | Alianza | Román Castillo | Motagua |
| Hugo Ayala | UANL | Andrés Guardado | Real Betis | Alan Pulido | Guadalajara |
| Francisco Calvo | Minnesota United FC | Randall Azofeifa | Herediano | Duckens Nazon | Sint-Truiden |
| Kemar Lawrence | New York Red Bulls | Luis Paradela | Pinar del Río | Bradley Wright-Phillips | New York Red Bulls |
| Ashtone Morgan | Toronto FC | Héctor Herrera | Porto | Alphonso Davies | Bayern Munich (formerly Vancouver Whitecaps FC) |
| Cuco Martina | Stoke City | Michael Bradley | Toronto FC | Raúl Jiménez | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
Final Selection :
* Goalkeeper
* Keylor Navas
* Defenders
* Edson Álvarez
* Hugo Ayala
* Cuco Martina
* Francisco Calvo
* Midfielders
* Héctor Herrera
* Michael Bradley
* Andrés Guardado
* Forwards
* Hirving Lozano
* Bradley Wright-Phillips
* Sebastian Giovinco

## Mixed-sex
### Goal of the Year

| Rank | Player | Competition | Match | Minute scored |
| 1 | Joe Corona | 2018 CONCACAF Champions League | Club América vs Tauro FC | 19' |
| 2 | Alan Pulido | 2018 CONCACAF Champions League | CD Guadalajara vs Toronto FC | 72' |
| 3 | Khadija Shaw | 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship | Jamaica vs Cuba | 2' |
| | Shacaylah Williams | 2018 CONCACAF Girls' U-15 Championship | Guyana vs Bahamas | 72' |
| | Alexis Méndez | 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship | United States vs Costa Rica | 15' |
| | Spencer Weir-Daley | 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualifying | Montserrat vs Belize | 74' |
| | Blas Pérez | 2018 CONCACAF League | C.D. Árabe Unido vs C.D. FAS | 51' |
| | Jimmy Marín | 2018 CONCACAF League | FC Motagua vs CS Herediano | 85' |
| | Rose Lavelle | 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship | United States vs Canada | 2' |
| | Ruensley Leuteria | 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualifying | Curaçao vs Grenada | 91' |

### Outstanding Performance Award

* Jamaica national women's football team