Winnipeg Fury Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 Anyone care to set up our vote. As in the past, it should be a combination of club and national team performance. Edit (Loyola): It's year end and once again the Voyageurs invite all members to participate in our annual polling for International Player of the Year. As per tradition all submissions for the IPoY will be conducted in public, in this topic. You are welcome to edit your submission at any time up until the deadline for submissions. The deadline for submissions is 12:01 AM (EST) January 1st, New Years Day 2010. Submissions for IPoY must have a first place selection and can also include a second, and third place selection. A point system is used to calculate a players points total at the completion of polling. A player will receive 5 points for a 1st place selection, 3 points for a 2nd place selection, and 1 point for a third place selection. The player with the highest final aggregate total will be declared the Voyageurs International Player of the Year. A couple of other rules. Only one submission per IP address. Additional submissions from the same IP address allowed entirely at the Administrators discretion. For a player to be eligible for the Voyageurs International Player of the Year the player must have been selected for international duty at either the senior or U20 level in 2009 and be eligible to play for Canada, in accordance with FIFA laws & statutes, as of December 7th, 2009. Previous Winners 2006 Atiba Hutchinson 2007 Julian de Guzman 2008 Tomasz Radzinski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jeffery S. Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 I'll vote for one who seems to be our most consistent player, on a strong competitive club: Michael Klukowski. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmcmurph Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 Hard one. A breakout year for Marcus Haber, excellent consistency from Klukowski, great year for Onstad at any age much less his current one. I'll go with Marcus on this one. My heart says Onstad and my mind says Klukowski but I'll go with Marcus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuscan Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 Single number one choice would have to be Kluko. After him it'd go: 2. Haber 3. Simeon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 1. Mike Klukowski (Good club form, one of our best NT players) 2. Simeon Jackson (Great club form, breaking into the NT) 3. Dejan Jakovic (Burst onto both club and NT scene) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winnipeg Fury Posted December 6, 2009 Author Share Posted December 6, 2009 Mods can we get this stickied. I'm assuming we want to do this on a point system like last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ed Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 2. Will Johnson 1. Mike Klukowski 3. Josh Simpson. Changed my mind. Had Will J on top due to his MLS championship but time for Mike K to be recognized. He is one of the best left backs in CONCACAF as evidenced by his Gold Cup all tournament team selection. Will J has plenty of years to get his. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearcatSA Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 Klukowski. Consistent performer at club and MNT level, so a clear cut choice in my eyes. I'll lump the rest of the candidates in the honorable mention category. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazha Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 If you guys are talking Haber then I'll be talking: Haber, Attakora, Straith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superbrad Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 Ok this is a tougher year than last. 1. Mike Klukowski (solid GC) 2. Simeon Jackson (solid league play with a Gillingham goal of the year, NT emergence) 3. Julian De Guzman (Gold Cup all-star) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadasBest Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 This is definitely a tough one this year. 1) Klukowski 2) Simeon Jackson no number 3 for me. Frankly IMO no one else comes close to making the list. Quite a forgetable year in Canadian soccer. [xx(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soju Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 1) Kluko 2) Jackson 3) Simpson Based on nats appearances being part of the criteria is Haber really eligible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Can. in UK Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 1. Klukowski 2. Jackson 3. Jakovic (just read the criteria) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VPjr Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 1. Simeon Jackson 2. Mike Klukowski 3. Atiba Hutchison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolando Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 1. Mike Klukowski 2. Will Johnson 3. Simeon Jackson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winnipeg Fury Posted December 7, 2009 Author Share Posted December 7, 2009 Based on both criteria, I would have to go with: 1 - Klukowski 2 - Will Johnson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonovision Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 1. Mike Klukowski 2. Will Johnson 3. Atiba Hutchinson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Bob Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 <s>1. Dwayne De Rosario (dominant in our national championship, more dominant in his league than any other Canadian in theirs, loses points for skipping the Gold Cup but gets some back for being a marketable Canadian star playing for a Canadian team).</s> Ineligible, per loyola. 1. Mike Klukowski (probably the most skilled player in the country and looks like he's going to win this thing handily, but not at De Rosario's level in a league not much better than MLS.) 2. Dejan Jakovic (one of the best centrebacks in MLS.) 3. Will Johnson (strong MLS player in a difficult position on a pretty good team.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loyola Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 quote:Originally posted by Lord Bob 1. Dwayne De Rosario (dominant in our national championship, more dominant in his league than any other Canadian in theirs, loses points for skipping the Gold Cup but gets some back for being a marketable Canadian star playing for a Canadian team). 2. Mike Klukowski (probably the most skilled player in the country and looks like he's going to win this thing handily, but not at De Rosario's level in a league not much better than MLS.) 3. Dejan Jakovic (one of the best centrebacks in MLS.) I don't want to be picky but DeRo hasn't been called in 2009 for the MNT, he isn't eligible for the award (just like Hoillet, Nana and Onstad). Here's my picks: 1 Kluka 2 JDG 3 Jakovic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masster Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 1. Mike Klukowski 2. Josh Simpson 3. Dejan Jakovic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kusch to the Corner Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 1. Will Johnson 2. Mike Klukowski 3. Simeon Jackson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 quote:Originally posted by Lord Bob 2. Mike Klukowski (probably the most skilled player in the country and looks like he's going to win this thing handily, but not at De Rosario's level in a league not much better than MLS.) How can you say he is not at DeRo's level in the league? He is a starting defender at one of the top clubs in Belgium that is playing in Europa League. I think MLS with its parity is probably at par with the Belgian 1st division if one looks at the league as a whole but the top clubs like Brugge are well ahead of the top MLS clubs let alone poor ones like TFC. Saying he is not playing at DeRo's level is classic discrimination against a solid defender as opposed to a flashy forward. I also don't understand how people can select JDG for this. For the first half of the year he was the guy playing at the highest club level but yet was consistently mediocre and disappointing with the national team. Then he takes a massive drop in club level but despite this also has pretty mediocre performances in MLS and still plays pretty poorly with the national team. There may be some reasons for this like being out of game shape and hopefully next year he will shine more but there is no denying that this was probably one of the worst years in his career. If one showed our national team games this year to outsiders who don't know the team and asked them to pick which player was in La Liga I doubt DeGuzman would be have been picked very often. My list would be: 1. Klukowski 2. Radzinski 3. Jakovic Jackson would be honourable mention since he has progressed at the club level significantly. He has broken in to the national team but has yet to perform with the same success as with his club so I can't include him in the top 3 just yet. I do find this list poor in that Radzinski is at the end of his career and while Jakovic has looked promising he hasn't really excelled either but I think the weakness of the list is indicative of how poorly the national team has played this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loyola Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 JDG, while having a tough year club wise, was still named to the All-GC team as a midfielder. Since this award takes into account MNT performances I think JDG has a place in a top 3. More than Radz who only played one game this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 I guess with Radz I am still thinking a bit about the WCQ which is last year so I will remove him due to only playing one game. A problem with the list is we played so few games it is hard to pick anyone who wasn't at the Gold Cup. I think Julian made the all star team based on him being our biggest name and his impressive performance in the previous GC. I thought he was pretty mediocre in the last one and the last games that I recall him really impressing in were the Brazil one and the aforementioned previous Gold Cup edition. I will replace Radz with Johnson then because he was strong in the GC. One could make the argument that Johnson was not better than JDG but I think as a veteran player who has played at the highest level one needs to judge JDG to a higher standard than an up and coming young player and he has consistently disappointed over the last two years. 1. Klukowski 2. Jakovic 3. Johnson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 1. Dejan Jakovic 2. Will Johnson 3. Mike Klukowski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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