This year, picked by a team of editors, the third edition of the Canadian Soccer News Awards (formerly the 24th Minute Awards) will begin rolling out on Christmas morning, but you can still influence the final ballot by casting your votes in the comments. As a reminder, the categories are:
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* The Who are Ya Award (screw-up of the year – can be an individual or a specific event)
* The If Only Football Was Played On Ice Award (Celebrating the inner hoser of our footballing heroes)
* Canadian goal of the year (best goal by a Canuck – can be scored anywhere in the world. Aesthetic value as well as importance of the goal factored in)
* Goal of the year (best goal by a TFC player, a Whitecaps player and an Impact player – aesthetic value as well as importance of the goal factored in)
* Game of the year (best game played on Canadian soil, or involving a Canadian team)
* Team of the year (best Canadian team playing at any level)
* Performance of the year (top performance by a Canadian. Although most likely to be for a cumulative effort –-i.e. a full season—it can also be for an individual
game of even a single goal. Whatever is deemed to be the greatest performance of the year).
* World performance of the year (top performance by an individual in football. It could be a player or an administrator, a coach or a fan. Hell, it could even be a
blogger. Whoever is deemed to have made the greatest contribution to the sport over the calendar year).
* Person of the Year (the top award given to the individual thought to have made the greatest contribution to the betterment of Canadian soccer during the year -- can be a player, coach, official or fan. Likely Canadian, but not passport restricted)
Last year’s winners were
The 'Who are ya?' award: Marc Dos Santos
The 'If only football were played on ice' award: Danny Dichio
Canadian goal of the year: Simeon Jackson
TFC goal of the year: Chad Barrett
Game of the year: Feb. 25 – Montreal vs Santos Laguana
Team of the year: Trinity Western University Women’s Spartans
World Performance of the Year: Declan Hill
Person of the Year: Peter Montopoli