MLS Defender of the Year Award
The Major League Soccer Defender of the Year Award is an annual award handed out to the top defender in Major League Soccer annually since the league's inception in 1996. The award is decided based on votes from MLS players, MLS coaches and executives and media members.
With three wins, Chad Marshall has won the most MLS Defender of the Year Awards.
US men's national team player Carlos Bocanegra is a two time winner of the award.
Ike Opara won the award with both Sporting KC and Minnesota United FC.
Walker Zimmerman won the award back-to-back with Nashville SC
John Doyle (soccer, born 1966)
John Joseph Doyle is an American former professional soccer player who played professionally in both Europe and the United States including the Western Soccer League, American Professional Soccer League and Major League Soccer. He was the 1995 A-League Defender of the Year and the 1996 MLS Defender of the Year. He also earned fifty-three caps with the U.S. national team between 1987 and 1994 including two games at the 1990 FIFA World Cup. He was a member of the U.S. team at the 1988 Summer Olympics and was most recently the general manager of the San Jose Earthquakes of Major League Soccer before resigning on August 29, 2016.
John Doyle (soccer, born 1966)