Cabezas, Elis, Torres nominated for 2017 Landon Donovan MVP Award

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Award season is fast approaching in MLS.


Players, technical staffers (technical directors, GMs and coaches) and a select group of national and regional media will begin voting for each of the awards on Tuesday, October 17.


Each voting group, representing one-third of the total vote, will have until Monday, October 23 at 5 pm ET to submit their votes.


Below is the list of 53 players named to the ballot for the 2017 Landon Donovan Most Valuable Player award. All players on the MVP ballot are nominated by their respective club, with a maximum of three nominations permitted per team. Representing the Dynamo are: midfielder Juan David Cabezas, forward Alberth Elis, and forward Erick Torres.


Complete ballots for the other awards will be released over the coming days. Finalists (three per award) will be announced on Tuesday, October 31.


2017 Landon Donovan Most Valuable Player Award Ballot

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
<strong>HOU</strong>
<strong>CABEZAS, Juan David</strong>
<strong>M</strong>
<strong>HOU</strong>
<strong>ELIS, Alberth</strong>
<strong>F</strong>
<strong>HOU</strong>
<strong>TORRES, Erick</strong>
<strong>F</strong>
MIN
IBSON
M
MIN
RAMIREZ, Christian
F
MIN
SHUTTLEWORTH, Bobby
GK
MTL
PIATTI, Ignacio
M
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