FC Cincinnati's Luciano Acosta Wins 2023 AT&T 5G MLS Goal of the Year
November 9, 2023 - Major League Soccer (MLS) News Release
NEW YORK - Major League Soccer today announced that FC Cincinnati's Luciano Acosta has won the 2023 AT&T 5G MLS Goal of the Year for his spectacular solo goal in the 78th minute against Charlotte FC on Saturday, Sept. 23.
The Argentinian dazzled the home crowd as he left Charlotte defenders in his wake en route to a phenomenal individual goal-scoring effort. Acosta began the run by nutmegging his defender at the half line before gliding by an incoming slide tackle from a second defender for a straight charge at goal. He then turned his third and final defender inside out to open space for a right-footed shot that found the top corner of the net with ease to cap off the AT&T 5G MLS Goal of the Year effort.
The 2023 AT&T 5G MLS Goal of the Year was determined by fan votes on MLSsoccer.com and has been awarded since the league's inaugural 1996 season.
Access Video Assets of FC Cincinnati's Luciano Acosta 2023 AT&T 5G MLS Goal of the Year here.A full list of previous AT&T 5G MLS Goal of the Year award winners can be found below:
All-Time AT&T 5G MLS Goal of the Year Winners
Season Player - Team Goal
2023 Luciano Acosta - FC Cincinnati 9/23/23 vs. Charlotte FC, 78th min
2022 Josef Martínez - Atlanta United 10/1/22 vs. New England Revolution, 81st min
2021 Rubio Rubin - Real Salt Lake 5/7/21 vs. San Jose Earthquakes, 43rd min
2020 Darlington Nagbe - Columbus Crew SC 8/20/20 vs. Chicago Fire FC, 81st min
2019 Josef Martínez - Atlanta United 9/18/19 vs. FC Cincinnati, 65th min
2018 Zlatan Ibrahimović - LA Galaxy 3/31/18 vs. LAFC, 77th min
2017 Héctor Villalba - Atlanta United 7/21/17 vs. Orlando City SC, 86th min
2016 Shkëlzen Gashi - Colorado Rapids 9/24/16 vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC, 75th min
2015 Krisztián Németh - Sporting Kansas City 10/4/15 vs. Portland Timbers, 83rd min
2014 Obafemi Martins - Seattle Sounders FC 5/23/14 vs. San Jose Earthquakes, 8th min
2013 Camilo Sanvezzo - Vancouver Whitecaps FC 10/6/13 vs. Portland Timbers, 78th min
2012 Patrick Ianni - Seattle Sounders FC 6/20/12 vs. Sporting Kansas City, 15th min
2011 Darlington Nagbe - Portland Timbers 7/2/11 vs. Sporting Kansas City, 45th min
2010 Marco Pappa - Chicago Fire 4/10/10 vs. San Jose Earthquakes, 52nd min
2009 Landon Donovan - LA Galaxy 8/8/09 vs. New England Revolution, 21st min
2008 Will Johnson - Real Salt Lake 10/18/08 vs. FC Dallas, 54th min
2007 Cuauhtémoc Blanco - Chicago Fire 8/18/07 vs. Real Salt Lake, 43rd min
2006 Brian Ching - Houston Dynamo 9/30/06 v D.C. United, 86th min
2005 Dwayne De Rosario - San Jose Earthquakes 10/15/05 vs. LA Galaxy, 45th min
2004 Dwayne De Rosario - San Jose Earthquakes 8/7/04 vs. D.C. United, 82nd min
2003 Damani Ralph - Chicago Fire 8/13/03 vs. Columbus Crew SC, 90th min
2002 Carlos Ruiz - LA Galaxy 7/27/02 vs. Columbus Crew SC, 75th min
2001 Clint Mathis - MetroStars 4/28/01 vs. Dallas Burn, 60th min
2000 Marcelo Balboa - Colorado Rapids 4/22/00 vs. Columbus Crew SC, 55th min
1999 Marco Etcheverry - D.C. United 5/22/99 vs. Miami Fusion, 90th min
1998 Brian McBride - Columbus Crew 7/9/98 vs. Chicago Fire, 68th min
1997 Marco Etcheverry - D.C. United 8/27/97 vs. New England Revolution, 39th min
1996 Eric Wynalda - San Jose Clash 4/6/96 vs. D.C. United, 88th min
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