Nine Inter Miami players nominated for MLS postseason awards
Major League Soccer announced end-of-season award nominations last week; Lionel Messi, Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba all received nods.
By Ken Garner
![Inter Miami forward Lionel Messi has been nominated for the Major League Soccer Landon Donovan MVP Award. Inter Miami forward Lionel Messi has been nominated for the Major League Soccer Landon Donovan MVP Award.](https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/c_crop,w_4240,h_2385,x_0,y_435/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto/images/ImagnImages/mmsport/502/01hc8qaz7pfhvpenp2mz.jpg)
MLS Newcomer of the Year Nominees
The best newcomer in MLS during the 2023 regular season. For this award, “newcomer” is defined as a player who had previous professional experience and made his MLS debut in 2023.
- Agyemang, Patrick (CLT)
- Bakrar, Mounsef (NYC)
- Bassi, Amine (HOU)
- Bogusz, Mateusz (LAFC)
- Boyd, Tyler (LA)
- Busquets, Sergio (MIA)
- Calegari, Lucas (LA)
- Coello, Alonso (TOR)
- Daniel (SJ)
- Eneli, Emeka (RSL)
- Evander (POR)
- Giakoumakis, Giorgos (ATL)
- Illenic, Mitja (NYC)
- Kamungo, Bernard (DAL)
- Klich, Mateusz (DC)
- Löwen, Eduard (STL)
- Messi, Lionel (MIA)
- Mosquera, Yerson (CIN)
- Privett, Andrew (CLT)
- Radoja, Nemanja (SKC)
- Rosero, Dany (SKC)
- Santos, Rafael (ORL)
- Surridge, Sam (NSH)
- Sviatchenko, Erik (HOU)
- Takaoka, Yohei (VAN)
- Thórhallsson, Dagur Dan (ORL)
- Vera, Brayan (RSL)