MLS Rookie of the Year Award
Winners
Columns: Season | Player | Position | Nationality | Team | Draft Pick # | Draft Class | College
1996 | Steve Ralston Category:Articles with hCards | Midfielder | United States | Tampa Bay Mutiny | 18 | 1996 MLS College Draft | Florida International | 1997 | Mike Duhaney Category:Articles with hCards | Defender | United States | Tampa Bay Mutiny | 87 | 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft | UNLV | 1998 | Ben Olsen Category:Articles with hCards | Midfielder | United States | D.C. United | N/A | Project-40 | Virginia | 1999 | Jay Heaps Category:Articles with hCards | Defender | United States | Miami Fusion | 2 | 1999 MLS College Draft | Duke | 2000 | Carlos Bocanegra Category:Articles with hCards | Defender | United States | Chicago Fire | 4 | 2000 MLS SuperDraft | UCLA | 2001 | Rodrigo Faria Category:Articles with hCards | Forward | Brazil | MetroStars | 13 | 2001 MLS SuperDraft | Concordia College | 2002 | Kyle Martino Category:Articles with hCards | Midfielder | United States | Columbus Crew | 8 | 2002 MLS SuperDraft | Virginia | 2003 | Damani Ralph Category:Articles with hCards | Forward | Jamaica | Chicago Fire | 18 | 2003 MLS SuperDraft | Connecticut | 2004 | Clint Dempsey Category:Articles with hCards | Midfielder | United States | New England Revolution | 8 | 2004 MLS SuperDraft | Furman | 2005 | Michael Parkhurst Category:Articles with hCards | Defender | United States | New England Revolution | 9 | 2005 MLS SuperDraft | Wake Forest | 2006 | Jonathan Bornstein Category:Articles with hCards | Defender | United States | Chivas USA | 37 | 2006 MLS SuperDraft | UCLA | 2007 | Maurice Edu Category:Articles with hCards | Midfielder | United States | Toronto FC | 1 | 2007 MLS SuperDraft | Maryland | 2008 | Sean Franklin Category:Articles with hCards | Defender | United States | Los Angeles Galaxy | 4 | 2008 MLS SuperDraft | Cal State Northridge | 2009 | Omar Gonzalez Category:Articles with hCards | Defender | United States | Los Angeles Galaxy | 3 | 2009 MLS SuperDraft | Maryland | 2010 | Andy Najar Category:Articles with hCards | Midfielder | Honduras | D.C. United | N/A | D.C. United Academy | none | 2011 | C. J. Sapong Category:Articles with hCards | Forward | United States | Sporting Kansas City | 10 | 2011 MLS SuperDraft | James Madison