1998

MLS Best XI: Lubos Kubik

Name: MLS Best XI 1998
Start: 1998-01-01
Location: Major League Soccer

Position: D

Winner

Player: Lubos Kubik
Team: Chicago Fire
Year: 1998

Details

Award: MLS Best XI
Stats: Position: D

About This Award

Lubos Kubik was selected to the 1998 MLS Best XI as a D representing Chicago Fire.

1998 MLS Awards

20 other awards

Award	Winner	Team
Landon Donovan MVP Award	Marco Etcheverry	D.C. United
MLS All-Star Game MVP	Brian McBride	Columbus Crew
MLS Best XI	Zach Thornton	Chicago Fire
MLS Best XI	Eddie Pope	D.C. United
MLS Best XI	Robin Fraser	Colorado Rapids
MLS Best XI	Marco Etcheverry	D.C. United
MLS Best XI	Preki	Kansas City Wizards
MLS Best XI	Chris Armas	Chicago Fire
MLS Best XI	Peter Nowak	Chicago Fire
MLS Best XI	Stern John	Columbus Crew
MLS Best XI	Roy Lassiter	D.C. United
MLS Best XI	Brian McBride	Columbus Crew
MLS Coach of the Year	Bob Bradley	Chicago Fire
MLS Comeback Player of the Year	Chris Armas	Chicago Fire
MLS Cup MVP	Peter Nowak	Chicago Fire
MLS Defender of the Year	Robin Fraser	Colorado Rapids
MLS Goalkeeper of the Year	Zach Thornton	Chicago Fire
MLS Golden Boot	Stern John	Columbus Crew
MLS Newcomer of the Year	Ben Olsen	D.C. United
US Open Cup Champion	Chicago Fire	Chicago Fire

MLS Best XI History

330 total winners

Year	Winner	Team	Stats
2025	Andre Blake	Philadelphia Union	Position: GK
2025	Tim Ream	Charlotte FC	Position: D
2025	Walker Zimmerman	Nashville SC	Position: D
2025	Aaron Long	New York Red Bulls	Position: D
2025	Lionel Messi	Inter Miami CF	Position: M
2025	Luciano Acosta	FC Cincinnati	Position: M
2025	Evander	Portland Timbers	Position: M
2025	Carles Gil	New England Revolution	Position: M
2025	Denis Bouanga	LAFC	Position: F
2025	Cucho Hernandez	Columbus Crew	Position: F
2025	Hugo Cuypers	Chicago Fire	Position: F
2024	Hugo Lloris	LAFC	Position: GK
2024	Miles Robinson	FC Cincinnati	Position: D
2024	Aaron Long	New York Red Bulls	Position: D
2024	Steven Moreira	Columbus Crew	Position: D
2024	Evander	Portland Timbers	Position: M
2024	Luciano Acosta	FC Cincinnati	Position: M
2024	Riqui Puig	LA Galaxy	Position: M
2024	Lucho Acosta	FC Cincinnati	Position: M
2024	Christian Benteke	D.C. United	Position: F
2024	Denis Bouanga	LAFC	Position: F
2024	Gabriel Pec	LA Galaxy	Position: F
2023	Roman Burki	St. Louis City SC	Position: GK
2023	Steven Moreira	Columbus Crew	Position: D
2023	Tim Ream	Charlotte FC	Position: D
2023	Jakob Glesnes	Philadelphia Union	Position: D
2023	Luciano Acosta	FC Cincinnati	Position: M
2023	Lionel Messi	Inter Miami CF	Position: M
2023	Evander	Portland Timbers	Position: M
2023	Darlington Nagbe	Columbus Crew	Position: M
2023	Denis Bouanga	LAFC	Position: F
2023	Cucho Hernandez	Columbus Crew	Position: F
2023	Christian Benteke	D.C. United	Position: F
2022	Andre Blake	Philadelphia Union	Position: GK
2022	Jakob Glesnes	Philadelphia Union	Position: D
2022	Walker Zimmerman	Nashville SC	Position: D
2022	Ilie Sanchez	LAFC	Position: D
2022	Hany Mukhtar	Nashville SC	Position: M
2022	Sebastian Driussi	Austin FC	Position: M
2022	Carles Gil	New England Revolution	Position: M
2022	Luciano Acosta	FC Cincinnati	Position: M
2022	Brandon Vazquez	FC Cincinnati	Position: F
2022	Jesus Ferreira	FC Dallas	Position: F
2022	Denis Bouanga	LAFC	Position: F
2021	Matt Turner	New England Revolution	Position: GK
2021	Miles Robinson	Atlanta United	Position: D
2021	Walker Zimmerman	Nashville SC	Position: D
2021	Yeimar Gomez Andrade	Seattle Sounders	Position: D
2021	Carles Gil	New England Revolution	Position: M
2021	Darlington Nagbe	Columbus Crew	Position: M
2021	Djordje Mihailovic	CF Montreal	Position: M
2021	Hany Mukhtar	Nashville SC	Position: M
2021	Valentin Castellanos	New York City FC	Position: F
2021	Raul Ruidiaz	Seattle Sounders	Position: F
2021	Daniel Salloi	Sporting Kansas City	Position: F
2020	Andre Blake	Philadelphia Union	Position: GK
2020	Walker Zimmerman	Nashville SC	Position: D
2020	Aaron Long	New York Red Bulls	Position: D
2020	Yeimar Gomez Andrade	Seattle Sounders	Position: D
2020	Alejandro Pozuelo	Toronto FC	Position: M
2020	Darlington Nagbe	Columbus Crew	Position: M
2020	Brenden Aaronson	Philadelphia Union	Position: M
2020	Nicolas Lodeiro	Seattle Sounders	Position: M
2020	Diego Rossi	LAFC	Position: F
2020	Jordan Morris	Seattle Sounders	Position: F
2020	Gyasi Zardes	Columbus Crew	Position: F
2019	Andre Blake	Philadelphia Union	Position: GK
2019	Walker Zimmerman	LAFC	Position: D
2019	Aaron Long	New York Red Bulls	Position: D
2019	Miles Robinson	Atlanta United	Position: D
2019	Carlos Vela	LAFC	Position: M
2019	Nicolas Lodeiro	Seattle Sounders	Position: M
2019	Alejandro Pozuelo	Toronto FC	Position: M
2019	Eduard Atuesta	LAFC	Position: M
2019	Josef Martinez	Atlanta United	Position: F
2019	Zlatan Ibrahimovic	LA Galaxy	Position: F
2019	Diego Rossi	LAFC	Position: F
2018	Zack Steffen	Columbus Crew	Position: GK
2018	Aaron Long	New York Red Bulls	Position: D
2018	Leandro Gonzalez Pirez	Atlanta United	Position: D
2018	Ike Opara	Sporting Kansas City	Position: D
2018	Miguel Almiron	Atlanta United	Position: M
2018	Diego Valeri	Portland Timbers	Position: M
2018	Carlos Vela	LAFC	Position: M
2018	Bastian Schweinsteiger	Chicago Fire	Position: M
2018	Josef Martinez	Atlanta United	Position: F
2018	Bradley Wright-Phillips	New York Red Bulls	Position: F
2018	Zlatan Ibrahimovic	LA Galaxy	Position: F
2017	Tim Melia	Sporting Kansas City	Position: GK
2017	Matt Hedges	FC Dallas	Position: D
2017	Chad Marshall	Seattle Sounders	Position: D
2017	Ike Opara	Sporting Kansas City	Position: D
2017	Diego Valeri	Portland Timbers	Position: M
2017	Ignacio Piatti	Montreal Impact	Position: M
2017	Victor Vazquez	Toronto FC	Position: M
2017	Michael Bradley	Toronto FC	Position: M
2017	Nemanja Nikolic	Chicago Fire	Position: F
2017	Jozy Altidore	Toronto FC	Position: F
2017	Sebastian Giovinco	Toronto FC	Position: F
2016	Andre Blake	Philadelphia Union	Position: GK
2016	Matt Hedges	FC Dallas	Position: D
2016	Kendall Waston	Vancouver Whitecaps	Position: D
2016	Drew Moor	Toronto FC	Position: D
2016	David Villa	New York City FC	Position: M
2016	Sacha Kljestan	New York Red Bulls	Position: M
2016	Mauro Diaz	FC Dallas	Position: M
2016	Andrea Pirlo	New York City FC	Position: M
2016	Bradley Wright-Phillips	New York Red Bulls	Position: F
2016	Giovani dos Santos	LA Galaxy	Position: F
2016	Jozy Altidore	Toronto FC	Position: F
2015	Luis Robles	New York Red Bulls	Position: GK
2015	Matt Hedges	FC Dallas	Position: D
2015	Chad Marshall	Seattle Sounders	Position: D
2015	Jelle Van Damme	LA Galaxy	Position: D
2015	Sebastian Giovinco	Toronto FC	Position: M
2015	Diego Valeri	Portland Timbers	Position: M
2015	Sacha Kljestan	New York Red Bulls	Position: M
2015	Michael Bradley	Toronto FC	Position: M
2015	Kei Kamara	Columbus Crew	Position: F
2015	Cyle Larin	Orlando City SC	Position: F
2015	David Villa	New York City FC	Position: F
2014	Bill Hamid	D.C. United	Position: GK
2014	Nat Borchers	Portland Timbers	Position: D
2014	Matt Hedges	FC Dallas	Position: D
2014	Chad Marshall	Seattle Sounders	Position: D
2014	Lee Nguyen	New England Revolution	Position: M
2014	Michael Bradley	Toronto FC	Position: M
2014	Diego Valeri	Portland Timbers	Position: M
2014	Graham Zusi	Sporting Kansas City	Position: M
2014	Robbie Keane	LA Galaxy	Position: F
2014	Bradley Wright-Phillips	New York Red Bulls	Position: F
2014	Dom Dwyer	Sporting Kansas City	Position: F
2013	Donovan Ricketts	Portland Timbers	Position: GK
2013	Matt Besler	Sporting Kansas City	Position: D
2013	Aurelien Collin	Sporting Kansas City	Position: D
2013	Jose Goncalves	New England Revolution	Position: D
2013	Diego Valeri	Portland Timbers	Position: M
2013	Graham Zusi	Sporting Kansas City	Position: M
2013	Lee Nguyen	New England Revolution	Position: M
2013	Federico Higuain	Columbus Crew	Position: M
2013	Mike Magee	Chicago Fire	Position: F
2013	Camilo Sanvezzo	Vancouver Whitecaps	Position: F
2013	Marco Di Vaio	Montreal Impact	Position: F
2012	Jimmy Nielsen	Sporting Kansas City	Position: GK
2012	Matt Besler	Sporting Kansas City	Position: D
2012	Omar Gonzalez	LA Galaxy	Position: D
2012	Heath Pearce	New York Red Bulls	Position: D
2012	Chris Pontius	D.C. United	Position: M
2012	Graham Zusi	Sporting Kansas City	Position: M
2012	Landon Donovan	LA Galaxy	Position: M
2012	Osvaldo Alonso	Seattle Sounders	Position: M
2012	Chris Wondolowski	San Jose Earthquakes	Position: F
2012	Thierry Henry	New York Red Bulls	Position: F
2012	Eddie Johnson	Seattle Sounders	Position: F
2011	Kasey Keller	Seattle Sounders	Position: GK
2011	Omar Gonzalez	LA Galaxy	Position: D
2011	Matt Besler	Sporting Kansas City	Position: D
2011	Aurelien Collin	Sporting Kansas City	Position: D
2011	Dwayne De Rosario	D.C. United	Position: M
2011	Landon Donovan	LA Galaxy	Position: M
2011	David Beckham	LA Galaxy	Position: M
2011	Brad Davis	Houston Dynamo	Position: M
2011	Chris Wondolowski	San Jose Earthquakes	Position: F
2011	Thierry Henry	New York Red Bulls	Position: F
2011	Robbie Keane	LA Galaxy	Position: F
2010	Donovan Ricketts	LA Galaxy	Position: GK
2010	Omar Gonzalez	LA Galaxy	Position: D
2010	Nat Borchers	Real Salt Lake	Position: D
2010	Chad Marshall	Columbus Crew	Position: D
2010	David Ferreira	FC Dallas	Position: M
2010	Landon Donovan	LA Galaxy	Position: M
2010	Dwayne De Rosario	Toronto FC	Position: M
2010	Brad Davis	Houston Dynamo	Position: M
2010	Edson Buddle	LA Galaxy	Position: F
2010	Chris Wondolowski	San Jose Earthquakes	Position: F
2010	Juan Pablo Angel	New York Red Bulls	Position: F
2009	Zach Thornton	Chivas USA	Position: GK
2009	Omar Gonzalez	LA Galaxy	Position: D
2009	Chad Marshall	Columbus Crew	Position: D
2009	Nat Borchers	Real Salt Lake	Position: D
2009	Landon Donovan	LA Galaxy	Position: M
2009	Dwayne De Rosario	Toronto FC	Position: M
2009	Javier Morales	Real Salt Lake	Position: M
2009	Brad Davis	Houston Dynamo	Position: M
2009	Jeff Cunningham	FC Dallas	Position: F
2009	Conor Casey	Colorado Rapids	Position: F
2009	Jaime Moreno	D.C. United	Position: F
2008	Jon Busch	San Jose Earthquakes	Position: GK
2008	Chad Marshall	Columbus Crew	Position: D
2008	Gonzalo Segares	Chicago Fire	Position: D
2008	Bobby Boswell	Houston Dynamo	Position: D
2008	Guillermo Barros Schelotto	Columbus Crew	Position: M
2008	Landon Donovan	LA Galaxy	Position: M
2008	Shalrie Joseph	New England Revolution	Position: M
2008	Cuauhtemoc Blanco	Chicago Fire	Position: M
2008	Edson Buddle	LA Galaxy	Position: F
2008	Conor Casey	Colorado Rapids	Position: F
2008	Jeff Cunningham	FC Dallas	Position: F
2007	Brad Guzan	Chivas USA	Position: GK
2007	Michael Parkhurst	New England Revolution	Position: D
2007	Bobby Boswell	D.C. United	Position: D
2007	Gonzalo Segares	Chicago Fire	Position: D
2007	Dwayne De Rosario	Houston Dynamo	Position: M
2007	Landon Donovan	LA Galaxy	Position: M
2007	Christian Gomez	D.C. United	Position: M
2007	David Beckham	LA Galaxy	Position: M
2007	Luciano Emilio	D.C. United	Position: F
2007	Juan Pablo Angel	New York Red Bulls	Position: F
2007	Taylor Twellman	New England Revolution	Position: F
2006	Troy Perkins	D.C. United	Position: GK
2006	Jimmy Conrad	Kansas City Wizards	Position: D
2006	Bobby Boswell	D.C. United	Position: D
2006	Michael Parkhurst	New England Revolution	Position: D
2006	Christian Gomez	D.C. United	Position: M
2006	Dwayne De Rosario	Houston Dynamo	Position: M
2006	Landon Donovan	LA Galaxy	Position: M
2006	Shalrie Joseph	New England Revolution	Position: M
2006	Jeff Cunningham	Real Salt Lake	Position: F
2006	Taylor Twellman	New England Revolution	Position: F
2006	Clint Dempsey	New England Revolution	Position: F
2005	Pat Onstad	San Jose Earthquakes	Position: GK
2005	Jimmy Conrad	Kansas City Wizards	Position: D
2005	Michael Parkhurst	New England Revolution	Position: D
2005	Eddie Robinson	Houston Dynamo	Position: D
2005	Landon Donovan	LA Galaxy	Position: M
2005	Shalrie Joseph	New England Revolution	Position: M
2005	Dwayne De Rosario	San Jose Earthquakes	Position: M
2005	Steve Ralston	New England Revolution	Position: M
2005	Taylor Twellman	New England Revolution	Position: F
2005	Jeff Cunningham	Real Salt Lake	Position: F
2005	Ante Razov	Chicago Fire	Position: F
2004	Joe Cannon	Colorado Rapids	Position: GK
2004	Robin Fraser	Columbus Crew	Position: D
2004	Eddie Pope	Real Salt Lake	Position: D
2004	Gonzalo Segares	Chicago Fire	Position: D
2004	Amado Guevara	MetroStars	Position: M
2004	Freddy Adu	D.C. United	Position: M
2004	Landon Donovan	LA Galaxy	Position: M
2004	Kerry Zavagnin	Kansas City Wizards	Position: M
2004	Brian Ching	San Jose Earthquakes	Position: F
2004	Taylor Twellman	New England Revolution	Position: F
2004	Edson Buddle	Columbus Crew	Position: F
2003	Pat Onstad	San Jose Earthquakes	Position: GK
2003	Carlos Bocanegra	Chicago Fire	Position: D
2003	Eddie Pope	D.C. United	Position: D
2003	Bobby Boswell	D.C. United	Position: D
2003	Preki	Kansas City Wizards	Position: M
2003	Landon Donovan	San Jose Earthquakes	Position: M
2003	Amado Guevara	MetroStars	Position: M
2003	Chris Armas	Chicago Fire	Position: M
2003	Damani Ralph	Chicago Fire	Position: F
2003	Carlos Ruiz	LA Galaxy	Position: F
2003	Taylor Twellman	New England Revolution	Position: F
2002	Joe Cannon	San Jose Earthquakes	Position: GK
2002	Carlos Bocanegra	Chicago Fire	Position: D
2002	Robin Fraser	Columbus Crew	Position: D
2002	Eddie Pope	D.C. United	Position: D
2002	Landon Donovan	San Jose Earthquakes	Position: M
2002	Preki	Kansas City Wizards	Position: M
2002	Chris Armas	Chicago Fire	Position: M
2002	DaMarcus Beasley	Chicago Fire	Position: M
2002	Carlos Ruiz	LA Galaxy	Position: F
2002	Taylor Twellman	New England Revolution	Position: F
2002	Jeff Cunningham	Columbus Crew	Position: F
2001	Tim Howard	MetroStars	Position: GK
2001	Jeff Agoos	San Jose Earthquakes	Position: D
2001	Robin Fraser	Columbus Crew	Position: D
2001	Carlos Bocanegra	Chicago Fire	Position: D
2001	Alex Pineda Chacon	Miami Fusion	Position: M
2001	Marco Etcheverry	D.C. United	Position: M
2001	Landon Donovan	San Jose Earthquakes	Position: M
2001	Cobi Jones	LA Galaxy	Position: M
2001	Jeff Cunningham	Columbus Crew	Position: F
2001	Jaime Moreno	D.C. United	Position: F
2001	Rodrigo Faria	MetroStars	Position: F
2000	Tony Meola	Kansas City Wizards	Position: GK
2000	Peter Vermes	Kansas City Wizards	Position: D
2000	Jeff Agoos	San Jose Earthquakes	Position: D
2000	Carlos Bocanegra	Chicago Fire	Position: D
2000	Marco Etcheverry	D.C. United	Position: M
2000	Chris Armas	Chicago Fire	Position: M
2000	Alex Pineda Chacon	Miami Fusion	Position: M
2000	Cobi Jones	LA Galaxy	Position: M
2000	Mamadou Diallo	Tampa Bay Mutiny	Position: F
2000	Ante Razov	Chicago Fire	Position: F
2000	Jason Kreis	FC Dallas	Position: F
1999	Kevin Hartman	LA Galaxy	Position: GK
1999	Robin Fraser	Colorado Rapids	Position: D
1999	Jeff Agoos	D.C. United	Position: D
1999	Peter Vermes	Kansas City Wizards	Position: D
1999	Marco Etcheverry	D.C. United	Position: M
1999	Preki	Kansas City Wizards	Position: M
1999	Ben Olsen	D.C. United	Position: M
1999	Cobi Jones	LA Galaxy	Position: M
1999	Jason Kreis	FC Dallas	Position: F
1999	Jaime Moreno	D.C. United	Position: F
1999	Stern John	Columbus Crew	Position: F
1998	Zach Thornton	Chicago Fire	Position: GK
1998	Eddie Pope	D.C. United	Position: D
1998	Robin Fraser	Colorado Rapids	Position: D
1998	Marco Etcheverry	D.C. United	Position: M
1998	Preki	Kansas City Wizards	Position: M
1998	Chris Armas	Chicago Fire	Position: M
1998	Peter Nowak	Chicago Fire	Position: M
1998	Stern John	Columbus Crew	Position: F
1998	Roy Lassiter	D.C. United	Position: F
1998	Brian McBride	Columbus Crew	Position: F
1997	Brad Friedel	Columbus Crew	Position: GK
1997	Eddie Pope	D.C. United	Position: D
1997	Jeff Agoos	D.C. United	Position: D
1997	Robin Fraser	Colorado Rapids	Position: D
1997	Preki	Kansas City Wizards	Position: M
1997	Marco Etcheverry	D.C. United	Position: M
1997	Carlos Valderrama	Tampa Bay Mutiny	Position: M
1997	Tab Ramos	MetroStars	Position: M
1997	Jaime Moreno	D.C. United	Position: F
1997	Roy Lassiter	D.C. United	Position: F
1997	Raul Diaz Arce	D.C. United	Position: F
1996	Tony Meola	MetroStars	Position: GK
1996	Eddie Pope	D.C. United	Position: D
1996	Alexi Lalas	New England Revolution	Position: D
1996	Robin Fraser	Colorado Rapids	Position: D
1996	Carlos Valderrama	Tampa Bay Mutiny	Position: M
1996	Marco Etcheverry	D.C. United	Position: M
1996	Tab Ramos	MetroStars	Position: M
1996	John Harkes	D.C. United	Position: M
1996	Roy Lassiter	Tampa Bay Mutiny	Position: F
1996	Eduardo Hurtado	LA Galaxy	Position: F
1996	Stern John	Columbus Crew	Position: F