Philadelphia Union goalkeeper Andre Blake has been nominated for CONCACAF’s Male Goalkeeper of the Year award, the club and CONCACAF announced. Voting will be open until 5 p.m. on Jan. 18.
Blake joined the Union in 2014 as the No. 1 overall pick in MLS SuperDraft, becoming the first goalkeeper to claim the No. 1 spot in MLS history. Blake finished the 2015 season with a 2-3-1 record in MLS play with two shutouts and 1.50 goals against average. On Aug. 29, 2015, Blake broke the franchise record for single-game saves with 10 against the New England Revolution.
In 2015 alone, Blake was called up five times for the Jamaican National Team. He was a member of the Reggae Boyz for the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup, where Jamaica finished runners-up behind Mexico. He was called up and started in the World Cup Qualifiers against Honduras in September of last year and for the international friendly against South Korea in October. Blake also backboned Jamaica in the 2014 CONCACAF Caribbean Cup Championship final victory against Trinidad and Tobago.
Blake is up against the likes of D.C. United´s Bill Hamid, Aston Villa’s Brad Guzan, fellow Jamaican national and Syrianska FC goalkeeper Dwayne Miller, Trabazonpor’s Esteban Alvarado, Montreal Impact’s Evan Bush, Malaga FC’s Guillermo Ochoa, former LA Galaxy goalkeeper Jaime Penedo, Club America’s Moises Muñoz and Everton’s Tim Howard.
To vote for Blake for CONCACAF’s Male Goalkeeper of the Year, visit www.concacaf.com/es/2015-concacaf-awards-fan-voting.
