The Fair Play Award in Major League Soccer was the award that was given to an individual player and a team who presented best overall sportsmanlike behavior in addition to receiving one of the lowest numbers of yellow and red cards, fouls and disciplinary violations.[1]

Individual winners

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Season Player[2] Team
1997   Mark Chung Kansas City Wizards
1998   Thomas Dooley Columbus Crew
1999   Steve Ralston Tampa Bay Mutiny
2000   Steve Ralston (2) Tampa Bay Mutiny
2001   Alex Pineda Chacón Miami Fusion
2002   Mark Chung (2) Colorado Rapids
2003   Brian McBride Columbus Crew
2004   Eddie Pope MetroStars
2005   Ronald Cerritos San Jose Earthquakes
2006   Chris Klein Real Salt Lake
2007   Michael Parkhurst New England Revolution
2008   Michael Parkhurst (2) New England Revolution
2009   Steve Ralston (3) New England Revolution
2010   Sébastien Le Toux Philadelphia Union
2011   Sébastien Le Toux (2) Philadelphia Union
2012   Logan Pause Chicago Fire
2013   Darlington Nagbe Portland Timbers
2014   Michael Parkhurst (3) Columbus Crew
2015   Darlington Nagbe (2) Portland Timbers
2016   Keegan Rosenberry Philadelphia Union
2017   DaMarcus Beasley Houston Dynamo
2018   Valeri Qazaishvili San Jose Earthquakes
2019   Darlington Nagbe (3) Atlanta United FC
2020 Not awarded
2021   Dave Romney Nashville SC

Team winners

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Season Team[2] Manager
1997   Columbus Crew Tom Fitzgerald
1998   Kansas City Wizards Ron Newman
1999   Columbus Crew (2) Tom Fitzgerald
2000   Tampa Bay Mutiny Tim Hankinson
2001   San Jose Earthquakes Frank Yallop
2002   Kansas City Wizards (2) Bob Gansler
2003   New England Revolution Steve Nicol
2004   Columbus Crew (3) Greg Andrulis
2005   Kansas City Wizards (3) Bob Gansler
2006   Kansas City Wizards (4) Curt Onalfo
2007   Columbus Crew (4) Sigi Schmid
2008   New England Revolution (2) Steve Nicol
2009   Chicago Fire Denis Hamlett
2010   San Jose Earthquakes (2) Frank Yallop
2011   Portland Timbers John Spencer
2012   New England Revolution (3) Jay Heaps
2013   LA Galaxy Bruce Arena
2014   Philadelphia Union Jim Curtin
2015   Philadelphia Union (2) Jim Curtin
2016   Columbus Crew (5) Gregg Berhalter
2017   Seattle Sounders FC Brian Schmetzer
2018   Los Angeles FC Bob Bradley
2019   Toronto FC Greg Vanney
2020 Not awarded
2021   Columbus Crew (6) Caleb Porter
2022   New England Revolution (4) Bruce Arena

References

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  1. ^ "Union's Le Toux, Portland win XBOX 360 Fair Play awards". MLSsoccer.com. Archived from the original on November 12, 2011.
  2. ^ a b MLS Communications Department; Elias Sports Bureau. "2022 Fact & Record Book". Major League Soccer. p. 183. Retrieved January 18, 2023.