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Harrison Devenish-Meares won Members Player of the Year award and Players\u2019 Player Award and got his PFA Captain medal.<\/p>\nSydney FC\u2019s night of nights celebrated another memorable season at the club\u2019s prestigious 2026 Sky Blue Ball, with Paul Okon Junior and Willa Pearson taking out the top honours in the Isuzu-UTE A-League Men and Ninja A-League Women categories respectively.<\/p>\n
The glittering evening recognised outstanding performances across Sydney FC\u2019s Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s programs, while also introducing two new awards categories \u2014 the Players\u2019 Player of the Year Awards and the Sydney FC MVP Award.<\/p>\n
Paul Okon Junior capped off a breakthrough campaign by claiming the A-League Men\u2019s Player of the Year award following a season in which the young midfielder established himself as one of the competition\u2019s brightest talents.<\/p>\n
\u201cWinning this award is a very proud moment for me and my family especially with my first season in Sky Blue,\u201d said Okon Junior.<\/p>\n
Harrison Devenish-Meares won Members Player of the Year award and Players\u2019 Player Award and got his PFA Captain medal.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d like to thank my team-mates for the great season we had, I think we can look back and be proud of what we were able to achieve, as well as thank our coaches, our staff and our Members.\u201d<\/p>\n
Teenage sensation Willa Pearson was named A-League Women\u2019s Player of the Year after another extraordinary campaign which saw her continue to break records and cement herself as one of the most exciting young players in Australian football.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s really special to receive this award and I\u2019m very grateful to my team-mates, coaches and everyone at the club,\u201d said Pearson.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve learned so much this season and I\u2019m excited to keep improving and helping this team push for success in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n
Goalkeeper Harrison Devenish-Meares claimed a double honour, winning both the A-League Men\u2019s Players\u2019 Player of the Year Award and the Members\u2019 Player of the Year Award following a superb season between the sticks.<\/p>\n
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Claire Corbett won the under 20\u2019s Women\u2019s award.<\/p>\n
Heather Hinz was equally recognised in the Women\u2019s program, taking home both the A-League Women\u2019s Players\u2019 Player of the Year Award and the Members\u2019 Player of the Year Award after an outstanding campaign.<\/p>\n
Emerging youngsters Tiago Quintal and Claire Corbett were recognised as the Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s Under 20 Players of the Year respectively, highlighting Sydney FC\u2019s continued commitment to developing elite young talent.<\/p>\n
Al-Hassan Toure and Riley Tanner secured the Golden Boot awards for the Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s teams after leading their respective goal-scoring charts throughout the season.<\/p>\n
The Rising Star Award was presented to exciting young attacker Akol Akon following a breakout year which saw him emerge as one of Sydney FC\u2019s brightest future prospects.<\/p>\n
The newly introduced Sydney FC MVP Award was awarded to Sydney FC\u2019s Digital Content Manager Robbie Szafranek recognising his outstanding contribution, professionalism and impact across the club throughout the season.<\/p>\n
The Sky Blue Ball 2026 Winners<\/p>\n
ALM Player of the Year \u2013 Paul Okon Junior<\/p>\n
ALW Player of the Year \u2013 Willa Pearson<\/p>\n
Players\u2019 Player of the Year Men \u2013 Harrison Devenish-Meares<\/p>\n
Players\u2019 Player of the Year Women \u2013 Heather Hinz<\/p>\n
ALM Under 20 Player of the Year \u2013 Tiago Quintal<\/p>\n
ALW Under 20 Player of the Year \u2013 Claire Corbett<\/p>\n
ALM Members Player of the Year \u2013 Harrison Devenish-Meares<\/p>\n
ALW Members Player of the Year \u2013 Heather Hinz<\/p>\n
ALM Golden Boot \u2013 Al-Hassan Toure<\/p>\n
ALW Golden Boot \u2013 Riley Tanner<\/p>\n
Rising Star Award \u2013 Akol Akon<\/p>\n
Sydney FC MVP Award \u2013 Robbie Szafranek<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sydney FC\u2019s night of nights celebrated another memorable season at the club\u2019s prestigious 2026 Sky Blue Ball, with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20206,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[341,1411,1266,7145,247],"class_list":["post-20205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sydney","tag-a-league","tag-latest-news","tag-match-report","tag-press-release","tag-sydney"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}