The Fair Play Award in Major League Soccer was the award that was given to an individual player and a team who presented best overall sportsmanlike behavior in addition to receiving one of the lowest numbers of yellow and red cards, fouls and disciplinary violations.
Individual winners SeasonPlayerTeam1997 Mark Chung Kansas City Wizards1998 Thomas DooleyColumbus Crew1999 Steve Ralston Tampa Bay Mutiny2000 Steve Ralston (2)Tampa Bay Mutiny2001 Alex Pineda Chacón Miami Fusion2002 Mark Chung (2) Colorado Rapids2003 Brian McBride Columbus Crew2004 Eddie Pope MetroStars2005 Ronald Cerritos San Jose Earthquakes2006 Chris KleinReal Salt Lake2007 Michael ParkhurstNew England Revolution2008 Michael Parkhurst (2)New England Revolution2009 Steve Ralston (3)New England Revolution2010 Sébastien Le Toux Philadelphia Union2011 Sébastien Le Toux (2)Philadelphia Union2012 Logan Pause Chicago Fire2013 Darlington NagbePortland Timbers2014 Michael Parkhurst (3)Columbus Crew2015 Darlington Nagbe (2)Portland Timbers2016 Keegan RosenberryPhiladelphia Union2017 DaMarcus BeasleyHouston Dynamo2018 Valeri QazaishviliSan Jose Earthquakes2019 Darlington Nagbe (3)Atlanta United FC2020Not awarded2021 Dave RomneyNashville SC
Team winners SeasonTeamManager1997 Columbus Crew Tom Fitzgerald1998 Kansas City WizardsRon Newman1999 Columbus Crew (2)Tom Fitzgerald2000 Tampa Bay Mutiny Tim Hankinson2001 San Jose Earthquakes Frank Yallop2002 Kansas City Wizards (2)Bob Gansler2003 New England Revolution Steve Nicol2004 Columbus Crew (3)Greg Andrulis2005 Kansas City Wizards (3)Bob Gansler2006 Kansas City Wizards (4)Curt Onalfo2007 Columbus Crew (4)Sigi Schmid2008 New England Revolution (2)Steve Nicol2009 Chicago Fire Denis Hamlett2010 San Jose Earthquakes (2)Frank Yallop2011 Portland Timbers John Spencer2012 New England Revolution (3)Jay Heaps2013 LA GalaxyBruce Arena2014 Philadelphia UnionJim Curtin2015 Philadelphia Union (2)Jim Curtin2016 Columbus Crew (5)Gregg Berhalter2017 Seattle Sounders FCBrian Schmetzer2018 Los Angeles FCBob Bradley2019 Toronto FCGreg Vanney2020Not awarded2021 Columbus Crew (6)Caleb Porter2022 New England Revolution (4)Bruce Arena
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