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The ballot for the 2017 MLS Landon Donovan MVP Award was announced earlier today. For Fire fans, the hometown nominees should come as no surprise.
DP midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger and Golden Boot contender Nemanja Nikolic join 55 of their MLS compatriots in consideration for the league’s top individual honor. The ballots will be sent to players, coaches & members of technical staffs, and reporters. Voting will remain open until October 23rd. Three finalists for the award will be announced on Halloween.
The full list of MVP Award nominees is below.
| Club | Player | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ATL | ALMIRON, Miguel | M |
| ATL | MARTINEZ, Josef | F |
| ATL | VILLALBA, Hector "Tito" | F |
| CHI | NIKOLIC, Nemanja | F |
| CHI | SCHWEINSTEIGER, Bastian | M |
| COL | BADJI, Dominique | F |
| COL | HAIRSTON, Marlon | M |
| COL | HOWARD, Tim | GK |
| CLB | HIGUAIN, Federico | M |
| CLB | KAMARA, Ola | F |
| CLB | MERAM, Justin | M |
| DC | ACOSTA, Lucho | M |
| DC | HAMID, Bill | GK |
| DAL | BARRIOS, Michael | M |
| DAL | URRUTI, Maxi | F |
| HOU | CABEZAS, Juan David | M |
| HOU | ELIS, Alberth | F |
| HOU | TORRES, Erick | F |
| MIN | IBSON | M |
| MIN | RAMIREZ, Christian | F |
| MIN | SHUTTLEWORTH, Bobby | GK |
| MTL | PIATTI, Ignacio | F |
| NE | DELAMEA, Antonio | D |
| NE | NGUYEN, Lee | M |
| NYC | RING, Alex | M |
| NYC | VILLA, David | F |
| NY | KLJESTAN, Sacha | M |
| NY | WRIGHT-PHILLIPS, Bradley | F |
| ORL | BENDIK, Joe | GK |
| ORL | KAKA | M |
| ORL | SPECTOR, Jonathan | D |
| PHI | BLAKE, Andre | GK |
| PHI | MEDUNJANIN, Haris | M |
| PHI | SAPONG, C.J. | F |
| POR | VALERI, Diego | M |
| RSL | BECKERMAN, Kyle | M |
| RSL | PLATA, Joao | F |
| RSL | RUSNAK, Albert | M |
| SJ | JUNGWIRTH, Florian | D |
| SJ | URENA, Marco | F |
| SJ | WONDOLOWSKI, Chris | F |
| SEA | DEMPSEY, Clint | F |
| SEA | FREI, Stefan | GK |
| SEA | LODEIRO, Nicolas | M |
| SKC | BESLER, Matt | D |
| SKC | MELIA, Tim | GK |
| SKC | OPARA, Ike | D |
| TOR | BRADLEY, Michael | M |
| TOR | GIOVINCO, Sebastian | M |
| TOR | VAZQUEZ, Victor | M |
| VAN | MONTERO, Fredy | F |
| VAN | REYNA, Yordy | M/F |
| VAN | WASTON, Kendall | D |