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 In a vote of national team coaches/captains, media and fans,
Santos Laguna's Peralta won the honor ahead of U.S. internationals
Landon Donovan and Clint Dempsey.
On the women's side, Morgan edged U.S. teammate Abby Wambach in the
most closely contested vote on a ballot that decided six different
awards.
In the other categories, Tim Howard (Everton & United States) was
named as Goalkeeper of the Year, Juergen Klinsmann (United States)
as Coach of the Year, Mexico's Marco Antonio Rodriguez as Referee of
the Year and Mexican Raul Jimenez's brilliant strike against Panama
in October as Goal of the Year.
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"Congratulations to all our winners and nominees who have made
particularly special contributions to a fantastic year of football
in the region," Jeffrey Webb, president of CONCACAF (The
Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association
Football), said in a statement. "These awards have generated a fantastic level of enthusiasm
across the CONCACAF football community. We had almost 60,000
fans vote and witnessed an impressive level of participation
from the media, as well as captains and coaches."
(Reporting by Larry Fine in New York,
editing by Gene Cherry)
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