{"id":7154,"date":"2025-11-06T21:13:35","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T00:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/2025\/11\/06\/canadian-forward-jonathan-david-named-concacaf-mens-player-of-the-year\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T21:13:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T00:13:35","slug":"canadian-forward-jonathan-david-named-concacaf-mens-player-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/2025\/11\/06\/canadian-forward-jonathan-david-named-concacaf-mens-player-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian forward Jonathan David named CONCACAF men\u2019s player of the year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Soccer\u00b7NewCanadian Jonathan David has been named the 2024-25 CONCACAF men\u2019s player of the year.2-time Canada Soccer player of the year is country\u2019s all-time men\u2019s leading goalscorerNeil Davidson  \u00b7 The Canadian Press  \u00b7 Posted: Nov 06, 2025 3:58 PM EST | Last Updated: 39 minutes agoListen to this articleEstimated 4 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence.Juventus and Canadian national team forward Jonathan David was named the 2024-25 CONCACAF Men\u2019s Player of the Year on Thursday. (Valerio Pennicino\/Getty Images)Canadian Jonathan David has been named the 2024-25 CONCACAF men\u2019s player of the year.Rewarded for both his play at club and international level, the 25-year-old Juventus forward becomes the second Canadian man to win the award after two-time winner Alphonso Davies.David, a two-time Canada Soccer player of the year (2019 and 2024), was also nominated for the CONCACAF award in 2021, 2022 and 2023-24.Haiti\u2019s Melchie Dumornay, who plays her club football in France for OL Lyonnes, won the CONCACAF women\u2019s player of the year award for the second year in a row.The awards, which cover the period from August 2024 to July 2025, were decided by a vote of CONCACAF member association players and coaches, as well as media and fans, from a list of six nominees in each category.David is Canada\u2019s all-time men\u2019s leading scorer with 37 goals in 67 appearances.\u201dOn behalf of the entire CONCACAF football family, I would like to congratulate Jonathan and Melchie on being named the CONCACAF players of the year,\u201d CONCACAF president Victor Montagliani, a Canadian who doubles as FIFA vice-president, said in a statement.\u201dTheir accomplishments this past season, both at the international and club levels, representing their nations and our region across several important competitions, were truly inspiring.\u201dWATCH | David talks with CBC Sports ahead of 2026 World Cup, next move:Jonathan David: \u2018We\u2019ve matured and got better\u2019 ahead of 2026 World CupAnastasia Bucsis sits down with Canadian soccer star Jonathan David to talk about the 2026 World Cup, captaining at the Gold Cup, transfer rumours, and his impact at Lille in France.July move to JuventusAt club level, David scored seven Champions League goals for France\u2019s Lille, the most by a CONCACAF player in a single edition of the tournament this century and became Lille\u2019s all-time top scorer in European competitions.David also scored 16 Ligue 1 goals, fourth-most in the French league, before making a July move to Italy\u2019s Juventus.Goals have been harder to find in Juventus colours. The Ottawa native has one goal and one assist in 13 appearances for the storied Italian side.The other men\u2019s nominees:Mexico\u2019s Edson Alvarez (Fenerbahce, Turkey, on loan from England\u2019s West Ham),Mexico\u2019s Raul Jimenez (Fulham, England)Mexico\u2019s Angel Sepulveda (Cruz Azul, Mexico),American Malik Tillman (Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Germany)Costa Rica\u2019s Manfred Ugalde (FC Spartak Moscow, Russia)Dumornay is just the second woman to win the CONCACAF award more than once, joining American Alex Morgan (2017 and 2018).The 22-year-old midfielder was named the UEFA Women\u2019s Champions League young player of the season \u2014 for the second consecutive season \u2014 and to the competition\u2019s Best XI after scoring six goals in the tournament, including two in the semifinals against Arsenal.Jimenez free kick vs. Canada voted goal of yearShe also helped lead her French club side to the league title, finishing second in the league with 15 goals.Also nominated:Mexico\u2019s Charlyn Corral (CF Pachuca, Mexico) Mexico\u2019s Jacqueline Ovalle (Orlando Pride, NWSL)American Emily Fox (Arsenal, England)American Lindsey Heaps (OL Lyonnes)Jamaica\u2019s Khadija (Bunny) Shaw (Manchester City, England)Jimenez\u2019s free kick goal against Canada in the CONCACAF Nations League Finals was been voted goal of the year by fans. The Fulham striker scored both goals in Mexico\u2019s 2-0 semifinal win over Canada and added two more in the 2-1 victory over Panama in the final.Fans voted on 12 nominated goals, including strikes by former Canada and Portland Thorns captain Christine Sinclair and Vancouver Whitecaps midfielder Sebastian Berhalter.Sinclair was nominated for her goal against Club America Femenil in the CONCACAF W Champions Cup while Berhalter was up for his goal against Pumas UNAM in the CONCACAF Champions Cup.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer\u00b7NewCanadian Jonathan David has been named the 2024-25 CONCACAF men\u2019s player of the year.2-time Canada Soccer player of the year is country\u2019s all-time men\u2019s leading goalscorerNeil Davidson \u00b7 The Canadian Press \u00b7 Posted: Nov 06, 2025 3:58 PM EST | Last Updated: 39 minutes agoListen to this articleEstimated 4 minutesThe audio version of this article [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7155,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[118,1047,1],"tags":[116,1046],"class_list":["post-7154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-indigenous","category-ontario","category-uncategorized","tag-indigenous","tag-ontario"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7154\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}