Dayne St. Clair added to his case to become Canada’s No. 1 on Monday when he was named MLS Goalkeeper of the Year.

The Minnesota United ‘keeper beat out New York City FC’s Matt Freese and the Vancouver Whitecaps’ Yohei Takaoka in voting by MLS clubs’ technical staff, first-team players and select media.

St. Clair had 29.4 per cent of the combined vote with Freese at 17.32 per cent and Takaoka at 15.49.

St. Clair was the clear winner in the media portion of the vote (47.46 per cent to Takaoka’s 11.30 and Freese’s 5.65) while Freese and Takaoka topped the player portion (both at 20.37 per cent compared to 18.52 for St. Clair) and Freese led the club vote (25.93 to St. Clair’s 22.22 and Takaoka’s 14.81).

“This has definitely been my most consistent and my best year, without a doubt in my

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