History of MLS Cup MVP / Man of the Match
- 1996 - Marco Etcheverry (DC)
- 1997 - Jaime Moreno (DC)
- 1998 - Piotr Nowak (CHI)
- 1999 - Ben Olsen (DC)
- 2000 - Tony Meola (KC)
- 2001 - Dwayne De Rosario (SJ)
- 2002 - Carlos Ruiz (LA)
- 2003 - Landon Donovan (SJ)
- 2004 - Alecko Eskandarian (DC)
- 2005 - Guillermo RamÃrez (LA)
- 2006 - Brian Ching (HOU)
- 2007 - Dwayne De Rosario (HOU)
- 2008 - Guillermo Barros Schelotto (CLB)
- 2009 - Nick Rimando (RSL)
- 2010 - Conor Casey (COL)
- 2011 - Landon Donovan (LA)
- 2012 - Omar Gonzalez (LA)
- 2013 - Aurélien Collin (SKC)
- 2014 - Robbie Keane (LA)
- 2015 - Diego Valeri (POR)
- 2016 - Stefan Frei (SEA)
