Friday, November 19, 2010

Red Bulls Name 2010 Season Individual Award Winners

Major League Soccer's New York Red Bulls Friday handed out their 2010 season individual team awards.

Here are the winners:

MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
Joel Lindpere, Midfielder
- Had three goals and a team-high six assists in starting 29 of 30 regular season games
- Was a finalist for MLS Newcomer of the Year

DEFENDER OF THE YEAR
Tim Ream
- Was a finalist for MLS Rookie of the Year
- One of two players (the other being FC Dallas forward David Ferreira) this season and one of three rookies in league history who played all 2,700 minutes
- Had a goal this season but led defensive unit that gave up an Eastern Conference-best 29 goals and earned the team 13 shutouts. Both statistics are also team records

GOLDEN BOOT AWARD
Juan Pablo Angel, forward
- Won the award for fourth and final time as he will not return to the team in 2011
- Had 13 goals, sixth-most in the league's Golden Boot race
- Had career-highs this season in games played (30) and minutes played (2,593)
- Also had three assists and took a career- and league-high 98 shots
- Three of his goals were game-winners, with two of those coming in second-half stoppage time

MLS W.O.R.K.S HUMANITARIAN OF THE YEAR
Seth Stammler, midfielder
- Founded Sporting Chance Foundation to help victims of a devastating earthquake and flood in Haiti.

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