Major League Soccer on Wednesday announced that Seattle Sounders Stefan Frei, Chad Marshall and Osvaldo Alonso are finalists for annual End of Year Awards.
Frei has been nominated for MLS Goalkeeper of the Year following a career season. He finished first in MLS in Save Percentage (76 percent) and second in Goals Against Average (1.03). He also set a Sounders record with 114 saves, surpassing his own mark he set in 2015.
Marshall has been nominated for Defender of the Year — he is already the only three-time winner — after helping lead the Sounders to the second-best defense in MLS.