Toronto’s Giovinco up for MLS MVP again, faces four other contenders
Sebastian Giovinco is back where he likes to be, in MVP contention.
The Toronto FC star striker won the award in 2015 in his first year in Major League Soccer and, by all accounts, was not happy last year when he did not make the three finalists despite registering 17 goals and 15 assists.
Giovinco made a statement of sorts by opting to forgo the league’s pre-season media roundtables this year. New York City FC striker David Villa ended up winning MVP honours over Red Bulls stars Sacha Kljestan and Bradley Wright-Phillips.
But the Italian ace is back in the running for the Landon Donovan MLS MVP Award, this time against an expanded finalist field of Villa, Portland attacking midfielder Diego Valeri, Chicago Fire forward Nemanja Nikolic and Atlanta attacking midfielder Miguel Almiron.