Please MLS come up with a better name for this award, if I were MLB, we would be going to court over this and you should differentiate yourselves from other US based sports. Maybe honor the late great David Vanole who coached 'keepers in the league?
Anywho, this high honor was snagged by Andre Blake of the Philadelphia Union as he topped the 'keepers in the games with his 32 save by a long shot, his 86.5 save pct. was near the top as well as the Union helped him to 4 wins on their way to the semis.
First up was local rival NYCFC and his 7 save shoutout of last year's Conference Champs, the first of his pair of blank sheets in these just completed games, that tied him for the lead in shoutouts. The Revs ran into the great wall of Blake in their 1-0 loss with his 5 saves in the first of the single elimination games, the Round of 16.
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