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Did the absent World Player of the Year doom Barcelona? Marcotti and Nicol discuss.

Gareth Bale has been voted the PFA player of the year and young player of the year for the 2012-13 season

Nicol & Marcotti assess Gareth Bale's season after being named the PFA Player of the Year.

Earle and Laurens pick their PFA Player of the Year award winner from the shortlist of six.

The awards just keep coming for Argentina's Lionel Messi - he was presented with his fourth FIFA World Player of the Year trophy ahead of Friday's match against Venezuela.

The England and Liverpool captain tops a satisfying day on the pitch with winning the FA England Player of the Year award for 2012.

Sol Campbell, Terry Venables, Alan Shearer, Michael Owen and others give their verdicts on England's player of the year in 2012.

Soccer legend Julie Foudy chats with ESPN's Cary Chow about Abby Wambach winning the 2012 FIFA Women's Player of the Year.

The six Gatorade National Boys' Player of the Year will convene before the ESPYS to determine who wins the Male Athlete of the Year. Relive their POY surprises.

Oconee County (Watkinsville, Ga.) pitcher Geri Ann Glasco was announced Wednesday as the national player of the year.

Women's World Cup hero Ali Krieger surprises New Hampshire's Morgan Andrews with the National Girls Soccer Player of the Year trophy.

ESPN RISE, the worldwide leader in high school sports, makes its weekly appearance on SportsCenter on May 26.

Morgan Brian, a senior at Frederica Academy (St. Simons Island, Ga.) committed to Virginia, was named the Gatorade National Player of the Year. She scored 71 goals and passed for 30 assists for the state champion Knights (17-2-1).

Luis Rendon, a junior at Cosby (Midlothian, Va.) committed to Duke, was named the Gatorade National Player of the Year. He was surprised in art class by former national POY Alecko Eskandarian.

Luis Rendon, a junior at Cosby (Midlothian, Va.), was named the Gatorade National Player of the Year.

Soony Saad of Dearborn (Dearborn, Mich.) is the Gatorade National Boys Soccer Player of the Year. He's surprised at school by Alecko Eskandarian, former MLS Cup MVP and the 1999-2000 Gatorade National Player of the Year.