Major League Soccer today announced that Atlanta United forward Josef Martínez has won the 2022 AT&T MLS Goal of the Year for his bicycle kick against New England Revolution on Oct. 1, marking the third time the club has won the fan-voted award.
The goal came in the 81st minute when Brooks Lennon floated a ball from the right edge of the New England penalty area toward Martínez at the back post. The Venezuelan struck the cross sweetly with an overhead kick, finishing past Djordje Petrovic [WATCH HERE].
The strike is Martinez’s second MLS Goal of the Year win after securing the honor in 2019 and the third for the club, with Tito Villalba securing the award in 2017.
The 2022 AT&T MLS Goal of the Year was determined by fan votes on MLSsoccer.com and has been awarded since the league’s inaugural 1996 season.
A full list of previous AT&T 5G MLS Goal of the Year award winners can be found below:
| All-Time AT&T 5G MLS Goal of the Year Winners | |||
| Season | Player – Team | Goal | |
| 2022 | Josef Martínez – Atlanta United | 10/1/22 vs. New England Revolution, 81st min | |
| 2021 | Rubio Rubin – Real Salt Lake | 5/7/21 vs. San Jose Earthquakes, 43rd min | |
| 2020 | Darlington Nagbe – Columbus Crew SC | 8/20/20 vs. Chicago Fire FC, 81st min | |
| 2019 | Josef Martínez – Atlanta United | 9/18/19 vs. FC Cincinnati, 65th min | |
| 2018 | Zlatan Ibrahimović – LA Galaxy | 3/31/18 vs. LAFC, 77th min | |
| 2017 | Héctor Villalba – Atlanta United | 7/21/17 vs. Orlando City SC, 86th min | |
| 2016 | Shkëlzen Gashi – Colorado Rapids | 9/24/16 vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC, 75th min | |
| 2015 | Krisztián Németh – Sporting Kansas City | 10/4/15 vs. Portland Timbers, 83rd min | |
| 2014 | Obafemi Martins – Seattle Sounders FC | 5/23/14 vs. San Jose Earthquakes, 8th min | |
| 2013 | Camilo Sanvezzo – Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 10/6/13 vs. Portland Timbers, 78th min | |
| 2012 | Patrick Ianni – Seattle Sounders FC | 6/20/12 vs. Sporting Kansas City, 15th min | |
| 2011 | Darlington Nagbe – Portland Timbers | 7/2/11 vs. Sporting Kansas City, 45th min | |
| 2010 | Marco Pappa – Chicago Fire | 4/10/10 vs. San Jose Earthquakes, 52nd min | |
| 2009 | Landon Donovan – LA Galaxy | 8/8/09 vs. New England Revolution, 21st min | |
| 2008 | Will Johnson – Real Salt Lake | 10/18/08 vs. FC Dallas, 54th min | |
| 2007 | Cuauhtémoc Blanco – Chicago Fire | 8/18/07 vs. Real Salt Lake, 43rd min | |
| 2006 | Brian Ching – Houston Dynamo | 9/30/06 v D.C. United, 86th min | |
| 2005 | Dwayne De Rosario – San Jose Earthquakes | 10/15/05 vs. LA Galaxy, 45th min | |
| 2004 | Dwayne De Rosario – San Jose Earthquakes | 8/7/04 vs. D.C. United, 82nd min | |
| 2003 | Damani Ralph – Chicago Fire | 8/13/03 vs. Columbus Crew SC, 90th min | |
| 2002 | Carlos Ruiz – LA Galaxy | 7/27/02 vs. Columbus Crew SC, 75th min | |
| 2001 | Clint Mathis – MetroStars | 4/28/01 vs. Dallas Burn, 60th min | |
| 2000 | Marcelo Balboa – Colorado Rapids | 4/22/00 vs. Columbus Crew SC, 55th min | |
| 1999 | Marco Etcheverry – D.C. United | 5/22/99 vs. Miami Fusion, 90th min | |
| 1998 | Brian McBride – Columbus Crew | 7/9/98 vs. Chicago Fire, 68th min | |
| 1997 | Marco Etcheverry – D.C. United | 8/27/97 vs. New England Revolution, 39th min | |
| 1996 | Eric Wynalda – San Jose Clash | 4/6/96 vs. D.C. United, 88th min |