The 2021 nominees have been selected based on performance statistics and voting by expert panels consisting of former professional men’s and women’s players and football broadcasters. To be eligible to be shortlisted for these exciting new CONCACAF awards, all players have met at least one of the following criteria:
- Have played for a CONCACAF Member Association’s senior Men’s or Women’s national team (in eligible CONCACAF and FIFA competitions and matches).
- Regardless of nationality, played for a club (in 2021) in a CONCACAF and FIFA sanctioned top division Men’s or Women’s professional league in the CONCACAF region.
Following the nomination process, CONCACAF will continue its football first philosophy with a voting process that ensures players, coaches, media and fans determine the winners.
The voting process for each award will work as follows:
CONCACAF Men’s Player of the Year (100 votes total)
- 41 votes: one vote for each CONCACAF Member Association’s Men’s National Team Head Coach
- 41 votes: one vote for each CONCACAF Member Association’s Men’s National Team Captain
- 9 votes: one vote each for nine representative members of the media from the CONCACAF region
- 9 votes: fan voting through www.concacaf.com. The player with the most fan votes will receive 4 votes in the overall voting process, second place 3 votes, third place 2 votes (regardless of how many people vote online)
CONCACAF Women’s Player of the Year (100 votes total)
- 41 votes: one vote for each CONCACAF Member Association’s Women’s National Team Head Coach
- 41 votes: one vote for each CONCACAF Member Association’s Women’s Captain
- 9 votes: one vote each for nine representative members of the media from the CONCACAF region
- 9 votes: fan voting through www.concacaf.com. The player with the most fan votes will receive 4 votes in the overall voting process, second place 3 votes, third place 2 votes (regardless of how many people vote online).
At the conclusion of the voting period, the player in each category with the most votes out of the 100 available will be named 2021 CONCACAF Men’s Player of the Year and 2021 CONCACAF Women’s Player of the Year.
The nominees for the 2021 CONCACAF Men’s Player of the Year are (listed in alphabetical order by last name):
- Michail Antonio (JAM) / West Ham United FC (ENG)
- Jonathan David (CAN) / LOSC Lille (FRA)
- Alphonso Davies (CAN) / FC Bayern Munich (GER)
- Hirving Lozano (MEX) / SSC Napoli (ITA)
- Weston McKennie (USA) / Juventus FC (ITA)
- Christian Pulisic (USA) / Chelsea FC (ENG)
The nominees for the 2021 CONCACAF Women’s Player of the Year are (listed in alphabetical order by last name):
- Crystal Dunn (USA) / Portland Thorns FC (USA)
- Jessie Fleming (CAN) / Chelsea FC (ENG)
- Lindsey Horan (USA) / Olympique Lyonnais (FRA)
- Stephanie Labbé (CAN) / Paris Saint-Germain (FRA)
- Stephany Mayor (MEX) / Tigres UANL (MEX)
- Christine Sinclair (CAN) / Portland Thorns FC (USA)