FC Cincinnati’s Brenner Souza da Silva has been nominated as a finalist for the MLS Young Player of the Year award, Major League Soccer announced on Thursday.The 22-year-old forward has enjoyed a breakout season in his second year, scoring 18 goals and tallying six assists. Brenner’s three hat tricks in 2022 mark just the sixth time in MLS history a player has accomplished that feat. Brenner was named the MLS Player of the Week three times (Weeks 17, 30, 34), and also earned the title of MLS Player of the Month for September/October.Brenner finished the regular season strong, recording nine goals and two assists over the final five games of the regular season.Brenner joins Thiago Almada (Atlanta United FC) and Jesús Ferreira (Dallas FC) as a finalist for the award. The winners of the 2022 MLS year-end awards will be announced throughout the Audi 2022 MLS Cup Playoffs.FC Cincinnati finished the regular season fifth in the Eastern Conference with 49 points.The team will travel to Harrison, New Jersey to take on the fourth-seed New York Red Bulls in Round one of the 2022 Audi MLS Cup Playoffs on Saturday, Oct. 15 at noon ET. For more information on the orange and nlue’s first appearance in the Audi MLS Cup Playoffs, visit FC Cincinnati Playoff Central presented by Mercy Health.
FC Cincinnati’s Brenner Souza da Silva has been nominated as a finalist for the MLS Young Player of the Year award, Major League Soccer announced on Thursday.
The 22-year-old forward has enjoyed a breakout season in his second year, scoring 18 goals and tallying six assists. Brenner’s three hat tricks in 2022 mark just the sixth time in MLS history a player has accomplished that feat.
Brenner was named the MLS Player of the Week three times (Weeks 17, 30, 34), and also earned the title of MLS Player of the Month for September/October.
Brenner finished the regular season strong, recording nine goals and two assists over the final five games of the regular season.
Brenner joins Thiago Almada (Atlanta United FC) and Jesús Ferreira (Dallas FC) as a finalist for the award.
The winners of the 2022 MLS year-end awards will be announced throughout the Audi 2022 MLS Cup Playoffs.
FC Cincinnati finished the regular season fifth in the Eastern Conference with 49 points.
The team will travel to Harrison, New Jersey to take on the fourth-seed New York Red Bulls in Round one of the 2022 Audi MLS Cup Playoffs on Saturday, Oct. 15 at noon ET.
For more information on the orange and nlue’s first appearance in the Audi MLS Cup Playoffs, visit FC Cincinnati Playoff Central presented by Mercy Health.