| Onstad Named MLS Goalkeeper of the Year
New York -
Major League Soccer today announced that San Jose Earthquakes goalkeeper
Pat Onstad, who helped lead his team to the best record in MLS, was selected
as the winner of the 2005 MLS Goalkeeper of the Year award.
Onstad,
who earns his second Goalkeeper of the Year award in three seasons, had
one of the best statistical seasons as a goalkeeper in MLS history. Along
with being one of only five players to start and play in every minute
of all 32 MLS regular season games (2,880 minutes), the 37-year-old veteran
led the League in wins (18), shutouts (12), goals against average (0.97),
and save percentage (77.2 percent). With a talented group of defenders
in front of him, the Canadian international served as the last line of
a defense which surrendered a League-low 31 goals during the season. Onstad
narrowly edged out Matt Reis of the New England Revolution while defending
Goalkeeper of the Year Joe Cannon of the Colorado Rapids finished in third
place in the voting. The award marks the third time in the last four years
that an Earthquakes goalkeeper has earned the title.
Earthquakes striker
and Canadian International Dwayne De Rosario will find out on November
10 whether he has been voted the MLS Player of the Year. De Rosario, Jaime
Moreno from DC United and Taylor Twellman from the New England Revolution
are also in the running for the the award.
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