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After a year off, they're back.

This thread will be used for two purposes:

1. Nominate for the already existing categories.
2. Create a few new categories or take some away.

We are using the base voting list from 2012, which features some general awards and some poster awards thought up by S. If you have an idea for a new category, let me know and I'll probably add it to the list.

Here are the categories and the current nominations (if you're doing a full list of nominations, copy and paste this entire ballot into a post and add your own picks at the end of each category):

CLUB LEVEL
Best Team: Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid, Chelsea
Most Entertaining Team: Real Madrid, Olympique Marseille, Manchester United, Rayo Vallecano
Most Underrated Team: Roma, Southampton, Atletico Madrid, Villarreal, Everton
Most Disappointing Team: Manchester United, Borussia Dortmund, Chelsea
Match of the Year: Chelsea 2, PSG 0 (2nd Leg, 2013-14 UCL Quarterfinals); Manchester City 2, Liverpool 0 (April 2014); Arsenal 3, Hull City 2 (2013-14 FA Cup Final)
Manager of the Year: Diego Simeone, Ben Olsen, David Moyes, Carlo Ancelotti
Biggest Upset: MK Dons 4, Manchester United 0 (2014-15 Capital One Cup)

INTERNATIONAL LEVEL
Best Team: Germany, Argentina
Most Entertaining Team: Chile, Colombia, The Netherlands, Brazil
Most Underrated Team: The Netherlands, Colombia, Costa Rica
Most Disappointing Team: Spain, England, Brazil
Match of the Year: Brazil 1 (3), Chile 1 (2) (2014 FIFA World Cup Round of 16); Germany 7, Brazil 1 (2014 FIFA World Cup Semifinal)
Manager of the Year: Miguel Herrera, Jurgen Klinsmann, Jorge Luis Pinto
Biggest Upset: Chile 2, Spain 0 (2014 FIFA World Cup Group Stage); Costa Rica 1, Italy 0 (2014 FIFA World Cup Group Stage); The Netherlands 5, Spain 1 (2014 FIFA World Cup Group Stage); Germany 7, Brazil 1 (2014 FIFA World Cup Semifinal)

PLAYERS
Best Player: Cristiano Ronaldo, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, James Rodriguez, Phillip Lahm, Diego Costa
Worst Player: Glen Johnson, Dejan Lovren, Fernando Torres
Most Underrated Player: Cesc Fabregas, Mehdi Benatia, Thomas Muller, Cesar Azpilicueta
Most Overrated Player: Manuel Neuer, David Luiz, Sergio Ramos
Best Player Purchase: Cesc Fabregas (Chelsea), Angel Di Maria (Manchester United), Alexis Sanchez (Arsenal), Nemanja Matic (Chelsea)
Worst Player Purchase: Mario Balotelli (Liverpool), Eddie Johnson (D.C. United), David Luiz (PSG)
Best Player Not Yet at a Big Club: Raheem Sterling, Juan Cuadrado, Marco Reus, Memphis Depay, Carlos Vela
Best U-21 Player: Raheem Sterling, Romelu Lukaku, Gedion Zelalem
Best Keeper: Thibaut Courtois, Tim Howard, Manuel Neuer, Keylor Navas
Best Defender: John Terry, Diego Godin, Phillip Lahm, Cesar Azpilicueta, Pepe, Vincent Kompany
Best Midfielder: Luka Modric, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Nemanja Matic, Toni Kroos
Best Forward: Cristiano Ronaldo, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Lionel Messi, Karim Benzema
Goal of the Year: James Rodriguez's Volley vs. Uruguay, Robin van Persie's Header vs. Spain, Jack Wilshere's Finish vs. Norwich City, Pablo Hernandez's No-Look Backheel vs. Atletico Madrid

POSTERS
The Wenger (Most Intelligent): RandySavage, Sheep, wm72, crazy4lsu
The Ferguson (Tenured Poster that Never Goes Down Without a Fight): StraightCashHomey21, TN Bhoy
The Ferguson, MO (Topic that dominated the SB in 2014): Landon Donovan vs. Jurgen Klinsmann, Jurgen Klinsmann vs. The World
The MLS All-Star (The Champion of the Soccer Board and Europe, Best All-Around Poster): Sheep, joey barton, Friend of OBUDan, S, WarSlamEagle
The Leeds (The Poster You Want to Make a Comeback on the Board): nickhole5, Leauxgan, Tweezy, crazy4lsu
The Donovan (Most Well-Liked Poster): WarSlamEagle, glassman, S
The Marquez (Most Disliked Poster): Senora Ramos, TN Bhoy
The Aguero (Best Poster from a Rival Club, But You Still Kinda Like Them): PTBob, BleedPurpleGold, WarSlamEagle, StraightCashHomey21, LSUSOBEAST1
The Morgan/Wambach/Torres (Best Female/???/Metro Poster): thenry712
The StuBear (Male Poster You Have a Man-Crush On or a Bromance With): hendersonshands, LSUSOBEAST1
The Uno-Cero (Best Board Moment of the Year): John Anthony Brooks' Goal vs. Ghana, Mexico's Almost Meltdown + Zusi's Goal, The USMNT WC Roster Release Day
The Swagotelli (poster you feel could slay the most pu- er, pen-, uhh.. you know?): S, Leauxgan
The Finn (Poster You Would Most Like to Get Slammed with While Watching Footy): S, Leauxgan
The Swansea (Best New Poster on the Board, Registered 2013 or Later): PeepleHeppinBidness, jackwoods4
The Chastain (Dumbest Poster): cwil177, TN Bhoy, Dalosaqy, mynamebowl
The Derby (Best Argument Series Between Posters): StraightCashHomey21 vs. Liverpool Fans on Spending, StraightCashHomey21 vs. Manchester City Fans on Attendance, Broski + VKC vs. The Anti-Donovanites, TN Bhoy vs. Everyone on the SPL

This post was edited on 12/12/14 at 6:46 pm