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Toronto FC Announces Team Awards

Published on November 12, 2009 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
Toronto FC News Release


Toronto FC announced Thursday, its annual Team Award Winners for the 2009 Major League Soccer season. This year's recipients will all be recognized at tonight's "90th Minute" Party that will take place at Alice Fazooli's located at 294 Adelaide Street W (at John). Media are invited to tonight's event and should arrive by 7:30p.m.to be there for the awards presentation.

In no particular order this year's winners are:

Honda Most Valuable Player/Budweiser Golden Boot - Dwayne De Rosario: In his first season with Toronto FC, the Scarborough native made the impact many were hoping he would when he signed in December of 2008. Appearing in 28 games, the Canadian International finished the season with 11 goals and 6 assists to mark the first time in Toronto FC history a player has hit double digits in goals scored. De Rosario finished tied for fourth in MLS scoring, and third in shots on goal with 36. He was named to the 2009 MLS All-Star squad for his efforts, but due to CONCACAF Champions League commitments with Toronto FC was not able to attend. He finished second in minutes played logging 2444, just 34 behind leader Jim Brennan. His hat-trick in the final game of the Nutrilite Canadian Championship in Montreal was a testament to his ability and desire to win, and his performance earned him the MVP of the tournament. It was also the first hat-trick in the team's history and solidified the championship as Toronto FC won their first piece of hardware. Twice this season he was named "Man of the Match" (May 23 vs. New England, and July 18 vs. Houston), as well as taking home two Toronto FC Player of the Month Awards in July and September.

Defender of the Year - Stefan Frei: Selected in the 1st round, 13th overall in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft, Frei quickly became the team's number one goalkeeper after a fantastic pre-season. The University of California - Berkeley product started the team's first game in Kansas City, a 3-2 win and didn't look back. He started all 26 games he appeared in missing the team's final few games due to a finger injury. Frei posted a GAA of 1.49 making 98 saves, good enough for fourth on the MLS list. A testament to his play, the 2009 MLS Rookie of the Year candidate was awarded the league's "Save of the Week" honour for three straight weeks. The keeper also took Toronto FC Player of the Month honours back to back, in the months of March and April. A member of the Generation Adidas program, Frei looks forward to another strong campaign for Toronto FC in 2010.

Humanitarian of the Year: Jim Brennan - The team's first signed player finishes up his third season with another piece of hardware in the team awards category. A previous winner in both "Defender of the Year" and "Most Valuable Player" categories, Brennan completes the set by being awarded the Humanitarian award. Always front and centre in the community, Brennan added two more causes to his already busy community calendar this past season. The defender became an ambassador for both KidSport Ontario and "Spread The Net" - an organization that helps raise money for bed nets for Liberia and Rwanda helping to stop the spread of Malaria.

Previous Toronto FC Award Winners:

Most Valuable Player:

2007: Jim Brennan/Carl Robinson

2008: Carl Robinson

2009: Dwayne De Rosario

Golden Boot:

2007: Danny Dichio

2008: Chad Barrett

2009: Dwayne De Rosario

Defender of the Year:

2007: Jim Brennan

2008: Marvell Wynne

2009: Stefan Frei

Humanitarian of the Year:

2007: Chris Pozniak

2008: Todd Dunivant

2009: Jim Brennan

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