Fulham full back Antonee Robinson has been voted the US Soccer Male player of the year after enjoying an outstanding 2024.
The left back won 55% of the weighted voting total from the votes of fans, fellow USMNT players, coaches, soccer writers, administrators and officials finishing comfortably ahead of Christian Pulisic, Folarin Balogun and former Fulham favourite Tim Ream. Robinson, who was surprised by former USA goalkeeper Tim Howard with the award on a specially-convened Zoom call, said:
“It’s an incredible honour. Representing our country isn’t something you do for individual accolades. It’s always about putting the team first and trying to do my best for the boys and for the country, so to be rewarded for that is an amazing feeling.”
He becomes the first defender to win the award since Oguchi Onyewu in 2007 and the first Fulham player since Clint Dempsey in 2011.
