After three straight years of coming up short in the Rookie of the Year voting with defenders, the Philadelphia Union had another finalist finish shy of the votes needed to win the annual award for the league’s best rookie.
Colorado Rapids forward Andre Shinyashiki was named as the award winner on Tuesday after receiving an average vote of 32.58 percent.
Brenden Aaronson finished second with a 24.45 percent average. The 18-year-old Union midfielder had a higher percentage of the club vote (32.32 percent), but Shinyashiki had more than double the player vote and an advantage in the media vote.