On Monday afternoon, Major League Soccer announced the results of its 2017 Landon Donovan MLS MVP Award voting process. Finishing third behind winner Diego Valeri of the Portland Timbers and runner-up David Villa of NYCFC was the Chicago Fire's own Nemanja Nikolic.
Nikolic -- one of MLS' top newcomers in 2017 -- won the league's Golden Boot award after scoring 24 goals in his debut season in Chicago, earned an MLS All-Star selection, and was additionally named to the league's Best XI last week.
Take a look at how the final vote shook out in the table below (via MLSsoccer.com):
Most Valuable Player |
Player |
Club |
Media |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
<strong>Diego Valeri (POR)</strong> |
<strong>45.42%</strong> |
<strong>51.19%</strong> |
<strong>55.52%</strong> |
<strong>50.71%</strong> |
David Villa (NYC) |
9.52% |
16.67% |
23.01% |
16.40% |
Nemanja Nikolic (CHI) |
6.59% |
8.33% |
8.59% |
7.84% |
Sebastian Giovinco (TOR) |
7.69% |
3.57% |
6.75% |
6.00% |
Miguel Almirón (ATL) |
5.86% |
1.19% |
3.99% |
3.68% |
Michael Bradley (TOR) |
0.00% |
9.52% |
0.61% |
3.38% |
Josef Martínez (ATL) |
5.13% |
2.38% |
2.15% |
3.22% |
Víctor Vazquez (TOR) |
2.93% |
1.19% |
1.23% |
1.78% |
