ATLANTA (Dec. 8, 2025) — Continuing as a leader in promoting and celebrating alternative forms of the Game, U.S. Soccer has announced the nominees for its 2025 Extended National Teams Player of the Year awards, which recognize top performers across its ENT programming, as well as the ADAPTandTHRIVE Disability Award which acknowledges and celebrates individuals and organizations that have significantly contributed to promoting inclusivity and creating opportunities for all within the soccer community.
READ MORE: ENT Player of the Year Nominee Bios
Award winners are determined via weighted vote, with 15 percent of the overall tally determined by the fan vote on ussoccer.com. The full vote weight distribution is:
- 45 percent – Players that earned a cap for their respective ENT during 2025
- 20 percent – ENT players that earned a cap in 2025 voting for other categories
- 20 percent – U.S. Soccer Board of Directors, Athletes’ Council, ENT Coaches and Staff
- 15 percent – Fan vote on ussoccer.com
Voting is now open and concludes on Friday, December 19 at 11:59 p.m. ET. The winners will be announced in January 2026.
FEMALE BEACH SOCCER PLAYER OF THE YEAR
The finalists for Female Beach Soccer Player of the Year are forward Hannah Adler, goalkeeper Gabby Batmani and defender/goalkeeper Jeané Sunseri-Warp. Adler led the team with three goals at the 2025 El Salvador Beach Soccer Cup. Batmani stood tall in goal through all three matches. Sunseri-Warp captained the side, scored two goals and showed her versatility by playing goalkeeper when called upon. All three players also contributed to successful campaigns with their respective beach soccer clubs.
MALE BEACH SOCCER PLAYER OF THE YEAR
The finalists for Male Beach Soccer Player of the Year are defender Ricardo Carvalho forward Andres Navas and midfielder Gabe Silveira. Carvalho’s three goals tied for the team lead at the 2025 Concacaf Beach Soccer Championship. Navas tallied two goals at the confederation World Cup qualifying tournament and had a successful year in the club game. With three goals and two assists, Silveira led all players with five goal involvements during the CBSC.
FEMALE FUTSAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR
The nominees for Female Futsal Player of the Year are fixo Jeanette Fieldsend, ala Ashley Henderson and pivo Sarah Martin. Fields end scored the first two goals in Futsal WNT history during the USA’s 2-0 friendly win against Costa Rica on Feb. 25 and finished the year with four goals and four assists. Henderson was a revelation at the 2025 Concacaf W Futsal Championship, providing two goals in three matches off the bench. Martin registered a team-high seven goals, and with three assists and also led the team with 10 overall goal contributions.
The Male Futsal Player of the Year award will be rewarded again when the Futsal MNT resumes programming in 2026.
FEMALE CP PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Integral in the team claiming the 2025 IFCPF Intercontinental Cup, the Female Cerebral Palsy (CP) Player of the Year nominees are forward Jesslyn Kuhnel, midfielder Cassidy Leake and defender Joey Martin. Kuhnel scored a team-high 12 goals, including a hat trick in the 7-1 win against Australia in the Intercontinental Cup Final, to win the tournament’s Golden Boot award. Leake’s team-leading nine assists to go along with five goals saw her win the Golden Ball award as the best player at the competition. A week after finding out she was cancer-free after a five year battle with a brain tumor, Martin came off the bench to provide five goals, including one in the final, to help the USA claim the Intercontinental Cup.
MALE CP PLAYER OF THE YEAR
With all three players key to helping the CP MNT claim its first major tournament title at the 2025 IFCPF Copa América, the Male Cerebral Palsy (CP) Player of the Year nominees are goalkeeper Marc Estrella, forward Shea Hammond and midfielder Ben Lindau. Estrella started all seven matches in 2025 and contributed to four shutouts while earning a 6-0-0 record and the Golden Glove award as the best goalkeeper at Copa América. Hammond led the team with seven goals, six assists and 13 overall goal contributions. Lindau was one of three players to appear in all seven matches, contributing three goals and five assists and captained the side in four contests.
FEMALE DEAF PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Leaders in the effort to help the Deaf WNT claim a record fifth Deaflympics gold medal, the nominees for Female Deaf Player of the Year are defender Sydney Andrews, midfielder Holly Hunter, and forward Emily Spreeman. Andrews finished her international career by playing all 360 minutes at the Deaflympics, contributing two goals along the way. A main catalyst in midfield, Hunter started all four matches, adding three goals and two assists including the game-winner in the 4-0 victory against Japan in the Deaflympics Final. For the third-straight year, Spreeman led the team in scoring with 12 goals, scoring in every match including a brace in the final against Japan to cap her international career at an even 50 goals in 30 appearances.
MALE DEAF PLAYER OF THE YEAR
The nominees for Male Deaf Player of the Year are forward Chris Bourdon, defender Tate Lancaster andmidfielder Raul Silva, all of whom helped push the team to a team-best fourth-place finish at the 2025 Deaflympics. Bourdon started five of six matches, winning Man of the Match honors for his two-assist performance in the 3-1 friendly win against Germany on Oct. 27 and tallying the opening goal in the 2-1 quarterfinal win against Brazil at the Deaflympics. Lancaster played all 540 minutes of his six appearances, captaining the side in five matches and contributing a goal apiece against Germany and against Korea Republic at the Deaflympics. Silva continued to set the tempo in midfield, starting all five of his appearances and scoring the dramatic 89th minute winner to give the USA its 2-1 quarterfinal win against Brazil at the Deaflympics.
POWER SOCCER PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Vital in pushing the Power NT to claim the 2025 APFC America’s Cup title as well as qualification to the 2026 FIPFA Powerchair Football World Cup, the nominees for Power Soccer Player of the Year are center/goalkeeper Jordan Dickey, center Riley Johnson and striker Pete Winslow. A co-captain, Dickey deployed as the starting goalkeeper in most matches and combined with Nathan Mayer in keeping seven consecutive clean sheets at the APFC America’s Cup, while also contributing five goals and two assists from his out-court play. Fellow co-captain Johnson led the team with eight goals in 2025, including a tournament-leading seven at the America’s Cup, two of which were game-winners in the 1-0 semifinal victory against Uruguay and 1-0 final win against Argentina. Winslow delivered a team-leading nine assists on the year, including the service on the indirect free kick that Johnson buried in the 1-0 victory against Argentina in the America’s Cup Final.
ADAPTandTHRIVE DISABILITY AWARD
The nominees for the ADAPTandTHRIVE Disability Award are Atlanta Amputee Soccer, Ryan Kenneally (Power Soccer PDX, Rose City Renegades) and Mallorie LaFarge (Kansas Youth TOPSoccer).
Atlanta Amputee Soccer, founded in 2024, has grown into a vibrant community of athletes of all ages. As an official affiliate of the American Amputee Soccer Association, the organization has developed both recreational and competitive pathways, offering opportunities that provide individuals living with limb difference meaningful access to the game. What began as a small group has evolved into a thriving community of amputees, allies, and friends united by sport, connection, and opportunity.
Kenneally built the first power soccer program in the state of Oregon when he launched Power Soccer PDX and the Rose City Renegades, turning an empty gym into a thriving community where athletes using power wheelchairs could compete, belong and be seen. Diagnosed with Becker’s muscular dystrophy, Kenneally passed in March 2025, but his legacy continues to grow through the Rose City Renegades, who still play under the mission he built, carrying his commitment to access, dignity, and excellence forward.
Based in Kansas, LaFarge launched and serves as chair of U.S. Youth Soccer (USYS) TOPSoccer grassroots disability program where she has helped local clubs throughout the state. Having received $100,000 from U.S. Soccer’s Innovate to Grow grant on behalf of Kansas TOPSoccer, LaFarge leveraged the money to establish the first national TOPSoccer festival and coaching event held across three days in suburban Kansas City in June 2025.
