Concacaf announced on Friday that Jamaica’s Khadija Shaw and Canada’s Alphonso Davies have been named 2022 Concacaf women’s and men’s players of the year, respectively.

Concacaf’s official player awards program saw Shaw and Davies selected based on a football-first voting system, which included the participation of coaches and players from Concacaf Member Associations, as well as media members from our region and fans.

Shaw became the first Caribbean player to win the Concacaf player of the year honor. Four years after helping Jamaica become the first Caribbean nation to qualify for a Women’s World Cup, the forward played a vital role in helping the Reggae Girlz qualify for their second consecutive Women’s World Cup. In the 2022 Concacaf Women’s Championship in Monterrey, Mexico, Shaw scored three goals. That included the game-winning score in the opening 1-0 win over Mexico and a brace in the 4-0 victory past Haiti, which sealed Jamaica’s qualification. Shaw was named to the 2022 CWC Best XI.

With Manchester City in England, Shaw was equally prolific. In 2022, she scored 15 goals in 19 Women’s Super League games, seven goals in eight domestic cup games (Women’s FA Cup and FA Women’s League Cup), and two goals in two UEFA Women’s Champions League games. Shaw’s three goals in the knockout stage helped Manchester City claim the 2021-22 FA Women’s League Cup.

Davies captured the Concacaf player of the year award for the second year in a row. He is the first player to win this award in successive years, joining Costa Rica goalkeeper Keylor Navas (2014, 2017) as the only two-time winner. After playing a key role in Canada’s qualification to the 2022 World Cup, Davies entered his country’s record books when he scored the first Canada goal at a men’s World Cup when he struck a first-half header against Croatia in Qatar.

The left back delivered another strong year with Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich. In 2022, he appeared in 18 league matches and two domestic cup games in helping Bayern win the 2021-22 Bundesliga and the 2022 German Super Cup. In European competition, Davies competed in seven UEFA Champions League matches, the latter five coming in the group stage of the 2022-23 edition.

Front Row Soccer editor Michael Lewis has covered 13 World Cups (eight men, five women), seven Olympics and 25 MLS Cups. He has written about New York City FC, New York Cosmos, the New York Red Bulls and both U.S. national teams for Newsday and has penned a soccer history column for the Guardian.com. Lewis, who has been honored by the Press Club of Long Island and National Soccer Coaches Association of America, is the former editor of BigAppleSoccer.com. He has written seven books about the beautiful game and has published ALIVE AND KICKING The incredible but true story of the Rochester Lancers. It is available at Amazon.com.