Sean Rea Nominated for Player of the Year
October 20, 2022 – Canadian Premier League (CPL) – Valour FC News Release
Toronto, ON – The Canadian Premier League announced on Thursday the nominees for the Player of the Year award, honouring the best player during the 2022 regular season. Valour FC midfielder Sean Rea is one of five nominees alongside Pacific FC’s Manny Aparicio, Forge FC’s Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson, Atlético Ottawa’s Ollie Basset and Ballou Tabla.
Rea, 20, finished the regular season with five goals and a league-leading nine assists for Valour. He won the CPL’s Player of the Month nod for August, after picking up two goals and two assists and twice earning Gatorade Performance of the Match honours for Valour. He was named to the CPL’s Gatorade Team of the Week six times in 2022.
Voting for all the CPL’s annual awards will this year be based on performances during the regular season, not including Canadian Championship, Concacaf or playoff action.
The winner of the Player of the Year award will receive a unique piece of Inuit soapstone art, carved by artist Pitseolak Qimirpik. The Nikisuittuq statue is a type of inukshuk, a stone landmark built to lead a traveller home. Its top stone points toward the North Star, making it an important landmark in navigation.
The in-person CPL awards ceremony will be held ahead of the league’s playoff championship match, to be played either Saturday, Oct. 29 or Sunday, Oct. 30 depending on the host city. The highest-seeded team remaining in the playoffs will earn the right to host the CPL Final.
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