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Armas received 19 votes for 79.2%, even with Tony Sanneh and winning a tiebreaker based on preliminary ballot screening points. Last year, Armas tied Tisha Venturini-Hoch for the most votes and lost on a tiebreaker. The 52-year-old Armas was a defender who scored two goals in 66 international appearances. He missed the 2002 World Cup because he tore his right ACL in a pre-tournament friendly. Armas played for the LA Galaxy and Chicago from 1996-2007. He coached the New York Red Bulls and Toronto and currently coaches Colorado.
A person must appear on 50% or more of player ballots to be elected, and a third would have been voted in if receiving at least 75%.
Chris Wondolowski was third in the player vote (28, 58.3%) in his first ballot appearance, followed by Lori Chalupny and Amy Rodriguez (each 27, 56.3%), Cat Reddick Whitehill (26, 54.2%), Keith Johnson (23, 47.9%), Kyle Beckerman (22, 45.8%), Chris Ahrens (21, 43.8%), Dwayne DeRosario (19, 39.6%), Jermaine Jones (16, 33.3%), Oguchi Onyewu (14, 29.2%), Robbie Keane (13, 27.1%), Chad Marshall (8, 16.7%), Maurice Edu and Stephanie Lopez Cox (each 7, 14.6%), Carlos Ruiz and Shalrie Joseph (each 6, 12.5%) and Matt Besler and Yael Averbuch (each 3, 6.3%).
The person who leads the veterans ballot is elected if receiving at least 50% and a second would be elected if receiving 75%.
Tatu (15, 62.5%) was fourth in the veterans vote, followed by Clint Mathis (12, 50%), Kevin Crow (9, 37.5%), Aly Wagner (7, 29.2%), Francis Faberoff (4, 16.7%), Lorrie Fair (2, 8.3%) and Lori Henry (1, 4.2%). Armas won the tiebreaker with Sanneh by virtue of receiving more preliminary ballot screening points.
Abbott was hired as MLS’s first employee in 1993, became vice president for business affairs and was president and deputy commissioner from 2013-22. The 60-year-old received 19 of 24 votes on the builder ballot, which included coaches, referees and contributors for consideration. The top vote-getter is elected as long as picked on 50% of the ballots.
Clive Charles (16, 66.7%) was second, followed by Richard Groff (12, 50%), William Cox and Clark Hunt (each 10, 41.7%), Tim Leiweke (9, 37.5%), Kari Seitz (8, 33.3%), Lothar Osiander (7, 29.2%), Joe Cummings (6, 25%) and Burton Haimes (5, 20.8%).