2008
Hall of Fame Election Results - Player Category
Eligibility
Criteria: In order to be eligible in the Player
category an individual must have met Number 1 and either
Number 2 or Number 3 of the following criteria:
1. Retired as a player for at least three years but
no more than 10 years.
2. Played at least 20 full international games for
the United States. This requirement is reduced to 10
games
if the games were prior to 1990.
3. Played at least 5 seasons in an American first-division
professional league, and won either the league championship
or the U.S. Open Cup, or was selected as a league all-star
at least once.
Players who have met either Number 2 or
Number 3 of the above criteria but who retired more than
10 years
ago are
automatically placed on the Veterans eligibility list.
Selection Committee: The Committee consists
of all present and former coaches of the Men’s and Women’s
full National Team; all active MLS coaches with a minimum
of
4 years as Head Coach; MLS management representatives;
MLS Commissioner; U.S. Soccer Secretary General; designated
members of the media; all Hall of Famers.
In 2008 there were 35 Players eligible
for election to the Hall of Fame in the Player category.
Election Criteria: Any player named on
at least 75% of the ballots cast is elected.
Any player named on less than 5% of the ballots is
dropped from the eligibility list and placed on the
Veterans
list when he/she meets the Veterans’ eligibility
criteria.
Number of Ballots cast in the 2008 Player
Election: 128 Voters
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here to view the player election
results from 2004-2008.
| Player Candidates |
Votes Received |
% of 128 Ballots Cast |
Preki Radosavljevic
Joy Fawcett
Jeff Agoos
Thomas Dooley
Marco Etcheverry
Joe-Max Moore
Earnie Stewart
Carlos Valderrama
Shannon MacMillan
Peter Vermes
Peter Nowak
Cindy Parlow
Mauricio Cienfuegos
Tisha Venturini-Hoch
Roy Wegerle
Brian Bliss
Mike Burns
Pato Margetic
Dominic Kinnear
Frank Klopas
Victor Nogueira
Mike Sorber
John Doyle
Robin Fraser
Roy Lassiter
Raul Diaz Arce
Steve Trittschuh
Richie Williams
Mark Chung
Troy Dayak
Danielle Fotopoulos
Brian Kamler
Manny Lagos
Oscar Pareja
Evan Whitfield
|
87
86
75
71
68
55
54
40
35
35
32
28
23
22
18
17
17
16
15
14
14
14
13
12
11
10
8
4
3
2
1
1
1
1
0 |
67.97
67.19
58.59
55.47
53.12
42.97
42.19
32.03
27.34
27.34
25.00
21.88
17.97
16.41
14.06
13.28
13.28
12.50
11.72
10.94
10.94
10.94
10.16
9.39
8.59
7.81
6.25
3.12
2.34
1.56
0.79
0.79
0.79
0.79
0.00 |
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