As far as meaningless awards go, the MLS “22-under-22” list is a ways up there. I suppose it’s good for some bragging rights, but it comes with no financial award and doesn’t seem to be particularly important to league talent evaluators. It does, however, tend to generate some good conversations and debate, which is worth something.
In that sense, it’s probably worth talking about the only Seattle Sounders player who could reasonably claim to have been snubbed: left back Nouhou.
As it turns out, he didn’t finish that far outside the top 22, clocking in at No.