MLS Golden Boot Winners: Lets take a look at the players who have the Audio Golden Boot in Major League Soccer Season after Season since the inception of the league in 1996.
The Major League Soccer started in the year 1996, subsequent financial losses were almost on the verge of canceling out the league before it even got on the ground. However, the introduction of the Designated Player Rule in 2007, helped MLS to add world class players.
The likes of World Class Players like Carlos Vela, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Wayne Rooney, David Villa etc have enriched the MLS with Their presence. But how many among these have gone onto win the Golden Boot in America’s top Football tier?
Well you may not look any further as this article contains the list of all the players to have won this prestigious award season after season.
MLS Golden Boot Winners: Players Who Have Top Scored in MLS Season after Season
Before the 2005 season, the MLS had the MLS Scoring Champion Award, which sued a point system to derive the best player. In this 2 points were given for a goal and 1 point was added against an assists.
|
Season |
Players |
Team |
Points |
|
1996 |
Roy Lassiter |
Tampa Bay Mutiny |
58 |
|
1997 |
Preki |
Kansas City Wizards |
41 |
|
1998 |
Stern John |
Columbus Crew |
57 |
|
1999 |
Jason Kreis |
Dallas Burn |
51 |
|
2000 |
Mamadou Diallo |
Tampa Bay Mutiny |
57 |
|
2001 |
Alex Pineda |
Miami Fusion |
46 |
|
2002 |
Taylor Twellman |
New England Revolution
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|
52 |
|
2003 |
Preki |
Kansas City Wizards |
41 |
|
2004 |
Amado Guevara Pat Noonan |
Metro Stars New England Revolution |
30 |
Since the 2005 season the MLS started handing out the Golden Boot strictly on the basis of the highest goal scored by the player-
|
Season |
Players |
Teams |
Goals |
|
2005 |
Taylor Twellman |
New England Revolution |
17 |
|
2006 |
Jeff Cunningham |
Real Salt Lake |
16 |
|
2007 |
Luciano Emilio |
D.C. United |
20 |
|
2008 |
Landon Donovan |
Los Angeles Galaxy |
20 |
|
1009 |
Jeff Cunningham |
FC Dallas
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|
17 |
|
2010 |
Chris Wondolowski |
San Jose Earthquakes |
18 |
|
2011 |
Dwayne De Rosario |
D.C. United |
16 |
|
2012 |
Chris Wondolowski |
San Jose Earthquakes |
27 |
|
2013 |
Camilo Sanvezzo |
Vancouver Whitecaps FC |
22 |
|
2014 |
Bradley Wright-Phillips |
New York Red Bulls |
27 |
|
2015 |
Sebastian Giovinco |
Toronto FC |
22 |
|
2016 |
Bradley Wright Phillips |
New York Red Bulls |
24 |
|
2017 |
Nemanja Nikolić |
Chicago Fire |
24 |
|
2018 |
Josef Martínez
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|
Atlanta United |
31 |
|
2019 |
Carlos Vela |
Los Angeles FC |
34 |
|
2020 |
Diego Rossi |
Los Angeles FC |
14 |
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