San Diego FC star Anders Dreyer was named MLS Newcomer of the Year on Tuesday following a historic expansion season.
The Danish forward was a key piece in San Diego’s debut MLS season on the road to setting the record for most regular-season points by an expansion team. Dreyer had 38 goal contributions across 34 games (19 goals, 19 assists) as San Diego finished first in the Western Conference. In doing so, he tied Sebastian Giovinco for the most goal contributions in a debut MLS season.
Dreyer beat out LAFC summer signing Son Heung-min and Chicago Fire standout Philip Zinckernagel to the honor. The Dane is also nominated for the Landon Donovan MLS MVP alongside Denis Bouanga, Evander, Sam Surridge and Lionel Messi.






