Great honor to be named Runner Up in the #kopatrophy. Would like to thank my teammates and all the fans. Couldn’t have done it without you. pic.twitter.com/3Nu8EllfNb
— Christian Pulisic (@cpulisic_10) December 3, 2018
The voting was done by former Ballon d'Or winners, 22 players in all. Pulisic received 10 second-place votes -- including those from Cristiano
Ronaldo and Lionel Messi -- and one third-place vote for 31 votes.
2018 Kopa Trophy voting:
1. Kylian
Mbappe (110 points)
2. Christian Pulisic (31)
3. Justin Kluivert (18)
4. Rodrygo (13)
4. Gianluigi Donnarumma (12)
6. Trent Alexander-Arnold (6)
7. Patrick Cutrone
(5)
8. Houssem Aouar (4)
9. Ritsu Doan (0)
9. Amadou Haidara (0)
Incredible recognition for CP. Great work.