{"id":31361,"date":"2020-12-17T19:46:44","date_gmt":"2020-12-18T00:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/?p=31361"},"modified":"2020-12-17T19:46:44","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T00:46:44","slug":"alphonso-davies-fifa-fifpro-world-xi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/2020\/12\/17\/alphonso-davies-fifa-fifpro-world-xi\/","title":{"rendered":"Alphonso Davies makes FIFA FIFPro Men\u2019s World XI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alphonso Davies becomes the first-ever player from Concacaf to make the FIFA FIFPRO Men\u2019s World XI. This means the best men&#8217;s World XI assembled for the 2019-20 season. This is a significant accomplishment for both the Canadian men\u2019s soccer team and the Concacaf federation. This is the first time a player from Canada or Concacaf made the FIFA FIFPro Men&#8217;s World XI. Davies was voted in as the best left-back in the world on Thursday representing FC Bayern Munich.<\/p>\n<h2>The FIFA FIFPRO Men\u2019s World XI includes Alphonso Davies<\/h2>\n<p>Davies was the only North American player to make the initial list of 55 players. He would then go one better as he beat fellow <a href=\"https:\/\/ca.sports.yahoo.com\/news\/canadian-alphonso-davies-makes-history-193436220.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FC Bayern Munich teammate David Alaba by 275 votes<\/a>. FIFPRO represents some 65,000 pro soccer players worldwide and it is said that 15,878 of them took part in voting for the 16th edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/ca.sports.yahoo.com\/news\/canadian-alphonso-davies-makes-history-193436220.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the FIFPRO Men&#8217;s World XI<\/a>. Davies is also the third-youngest player to be voted into the men&#8217;s World XI.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"cy\" dir=\"ltr\">OFFICIAL: The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FIFPRO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@FIFPro<\/a> Men&#39;s World XI:<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddf7 Alisson Becker<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udff4\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc62\udb40\udc65\udb40\udc6e\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc7f Trent Alexander-Arnold<br \/>\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddf1 Virgil van Dijk<br \/>\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8 Sergio Ramos<br \/>\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6 Alphonso Davies<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddea Joshua Kimmich<br \/>\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddea Kevin De Bruyne<br \/>\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8 Thiago Alcantara<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf7 Lionel Messi<br \/>\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf1 Robert Lewandowski<br \/>\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf9 Cristiano Ronaldo<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TheBest?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#TheBest<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u2203M (@ogy_emy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ogy_emy\/status\/1339690718110113792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 17, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This is what Davies said about the accomplishment:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Christmas came early this year,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/ca.sports.yahoo.com\/news\/canadian-alphonso-davies-makes-history-193436220.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Davies said on social media<\/a>. &#8220;Thank you to everyone who voted for me. Keep working hard and chasing your dreams.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Davies had a terrific year for FC Bayern Munich. So much that it has got the attention of his teammates. This includes a game in the UEFA Champions League where FC Bayern Munich won 3-0 over Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s blessed with an incredible sprint, the kind we haven&#8217;t had at Bayern for a long time,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bundesliga.com\/en\/bundesliga\/news\/alphonso-davies-incredible-hansi-flick-bayern-munich-chelsea-champions-league-10159\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">declared an impressed Thomas M\u00fcller, who also put in a fine performance against the Blues<\/a>. &#8220;He fully deserved the applause from the fans at full-time. Since he&#8217;s been here, he&#8217;s learned a great deal, tactically speaking. It was a world-class performance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He has been with Bayern since 2018 and has scored four goals with the team. The former <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/category\/mls\/whitecaps\/\" target=\"_self\">Vancouver Whitecaps FC<\/a> product, Davies is now leading the way for the golden age of Canadian men\u2019s soccer.<\/p>\n<h3>Overview of what this means for the Canadian Men\u2019s National Team<\/h3>\n<p>This is a big deal for Davies and the Canadian men\u2019s national team. One also needs to add the other accolades Davies has gotten this year. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/canadian-alphonso-davies-makes-history-by-earning-a-spot-on-fifpro-world-11-1.1565581\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">also received the Canadian Men\u2019s Player of the Year and was a co-winner of the Lou Marsh Trophy<\/a>. The Lou Marsh Trophy presented by the Toronto Star is given to the Canadian athlete of the year.<\/p>\n<p>All these accomplishments occurred because of Davies\u2019 performance with both the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/2020\/06\/05\/alphonso-davies-canadian-mens-national-team\/\" target=\"_self\">Canadian men\u2019s national team<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/2020\/06\/02\/alphonso-davies-rise-fc-bayern-munich\/\" target=\"_self\">FC Bayern Munich<\/a>. He and Jonathan David are leading the way for the Canadian men\u2019s national team at the club and national level. Lastly, this is a good sign as the Canadian men\u2019s national team will start their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prpeak.com\/canadian-men-to-open-2022-world-cup-qualifying-campaign-against-bermuda-in-march-1.24250603\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">World Cup qualification in March of next year against Bermuda<\/a>. They have a chance to make the final stage of Concacaf World Cup qualifying for the first time since 1998 and to qualify for the World Cup for the first time since 1986.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Alphonso Davies and Super Bowl winner Laurent Duvernay-Tardif were named co-winners of the Lou Marsh Trophy for Canada\u2019s athlete of the year\u00a0\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d0qGd6OXpW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/d0qGd6OXpW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bayern &amp; Germany (@iMiaSanMia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iMiaSanMia\/status\/1336680910775857157?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 9, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"hoj1Yl2bQi9r5AcTRM-okA\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1268079892\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'hoj1Yl2bQi9r5AcTRM-okA',sig:'GQSxH4h9kUwlEdDubj5sZXGnWcjKCPGj-cs87Nsr28U=',w:'594px',h:'410px',items:'1268079892',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alphonso Davies becomes the first-ever player from Concacaf to make the FIFA FIFPRO Men\u2019s World XI. 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