Player of the Year
Monday, November 2, 2009
Sutton's Award, prior to the presentation. Dec. 4, '08.
In 2007, the U-Sector established a Player of the Year Award, given to the Toronto FC player who contributed the most to the team during that year. Group members vote on the Award following each season.
A hand-engraved glass beer mug was selected to be the physical award, presented to the winner accompanied by that season’s version of the official U-Sector scarf. Each mug is customized with the recipient’s name and the year in which it was won.
Beer mugs were chosen due to their uniqueness versus standard awards such as trophies and plaques, with the idea being that the recipient would be more likely to use a mug in his everyday life, thus making the U-Sector Award more practical – and thereby more ‘valuable’ – than a run-of-the-mill award.
On October 23, 2007, the group announced that it had selected defender and team captain Jim Brennan as the inaugural recipient. Brennan received his Award at a ceremony at Toronto’s Madison Avenue Pub later that year.
Brennan accepting his Award. Dec. 6, '07.
U-Sector Player of the Year Award winners
- 2007 – Jim Brennan
- 2008 – Greg Sutton
- 2009 – Dwayne De Rosario
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