Age: 34
Position: Attacking Midfielder
2021 League Games: 30 games, 27 starts, 2385 minutes played
2021 Postseason Games: 4 games, 4 starts, 420 minutes played
What went right in 2021:
New York City FC couldn’t have won the MLS Cup without Maxi Moralez. While you could say that about every starter who featured in those four postseason games, Moralez was arguably the greatest among equals: With one goal and three assists, he directly contributed to four out of NYCFC’s seven goals. More than that, he was the creative force in the midfield that always kept the opposition off-balance, a 34-year-old Tasmanian devil of cuts, dribbles, give-and-gos, changes of direction, flicks, lobs, switches, and splitting passes that confused the defenses of the best teams in MLS.