NASL Awards Golden Boot, Golden Glove and Fair Play Awards
The North American Soccer League announced Tuesday the winners of three postseason awards.
GOLDEN BOOT – ETIENNE BARBARA, CAROLINA RAILHAWKS
Carolina RailHawks forward Etienne Barbara has earned the 2011 Golden Boot award, given to the player with the most goals during the regular season.
Barbara led the NASL with 20 goals, and won Player of Month honors twice during the season. Barbara recorded four multiple-goal games including a hat trick on August 27th against the Atlanta Silverbacks.
The Maltese international joined the RailHawks in March 2010. Barbara has been capped 30 times for Malta’s National Team.
GOLDEN GLOVE – EVAN BUSH, MONTREAL IMPACT
Montreal Impact goalkeeper Evan Bush has earned the 2011 Golden Glove award, given to the goalkeeper with the best goals against average during the regular season (minimum 1,350 minutes played).
Bush led the NASL with a 0.76 goal-against average, allowing only 14 goals in 19 games and 1,668 minutes of play. Bush ended the season with a career-best nine shutouts, including seven in his last 10 games of the
season.
The 25-year-old Bush joined the Impact on March 11, after playing in 25 games with Crystal Palace Baltimore in 2010, in the USSF D-2 Pro League. He took over as Montreal’s starting goalkeeper following the injury to veteran Bill Gaudette.
FAIR PLAY AWARD – FC TAMPA BAY
FC Tampa Bay was recognized as the Fair Play Award winner. The team compiled the best discipline record during the regular season, as determined by the lowest accumulation of yellow cards and red cards throughout the regular season.
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Barbara and Bush were ballers this season. Hopefully they both have MLS or another better opportunity in their futures.
The Maltese coach needs to get over himself and call up Barbara.
Congratulations to the winners…well….except for Tampa. LOL Still surprising to me that no one wanted to take a chance on Barbara. I mean, lots of guys who weren’t nearly as prolific in D3 got call ups, why not this guy?
@Strikers Return: The NASL season being longer, along with not wanting to pay for him (it would be a transfer, not a loan–no way would Carolina let him walk–I just don’t see it happening–but hey, Rusin left–so what do I know).
If he played in USLPRO, I think Barbra would have gotten loaned out to an MLS club after the Railhawks closed up shop. The NASL season being so long isn’t conducive to the sort of loan deals that are easier to pull off in the “most sophisticated” league in North American under MLS…