Giovinco's MVP snub has Twitter up in arms
Sebastian Giovinco's chances of becoming the first player in Major League Soccer history to win two straight MVP awards are over after the Toronto FC star was excluded from this season's list of finalists Tuesday.
Following a campaign where the Italian led the league in production - 17 goals and 15 assists - Giovinco somehow ended up on the outside looking in when the league announced the three candidates up for the honor.
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To put it nicely, his snub from the list of candidates - which includes New York City FC forward David Villa, and New York Red Bulls Sacha Kljestan and Bradley Wright-Phillips - hasn't gone over well with the online community:
I'd like to congratulate @torontofc's @SebaGiovinco on winning the inaugural #MLS Twitter Spontaneous MLS award. He's always raising the bar
— Richard Farley (@richardfarley) November 1, 2016
Sebastian Giovinco not even being an MLS MVP finalist is absolutely jaw-droppingly insane.
— Alexander Abnos (@AnAbnos) November 1, 2016
guys if we don't give Giovinco all the awards, he's gonna move back to Europe and surely nobody wants that
— James Tyler (@JamesTylerESPN) November 1, 2016
I'm sorry, but Sebastian Giovinco not being among the MVP finalists is INSANE. He got my vote. Best, most productive player in @mls!
— Andrew Wiebe (@andrew_wiebe) November 1, 2016
Giovinco well positioned to have his revenge with seven set-piece goals at NYCFC on Sunday.
— Andrew Das (@AndrewDasNYT) November 1, 2016
How in the world did Giovinco not finish Top 3 in MVP voting?
— Paul Tenorio (@PaulTenorio) November 1, 2016
BWP rules and I like him a lot, but if you voted for him ahead of Sacha, Villa and Giovinco, I think you are extremely wrong. https://t.co/S9MreDJPWA
— Start Bango at SG (@kevinmccauley) November 1, 2016