Major League Soccer (MLS) announced Sunday that Toronto FC forward Sebastian Giovinco has claimed the 2015 Golden Boot as the league’s top goal scorer. He becomes the first player in club history to win the award.

During this past regular season, Giovinco made 33 appearances scoring 22 goals and added 16 assists for Toronto FC. In his first season with the Reds and in MLS, Giovinco has had a record setting season. He broke a 15-year-old MLS single-season record for shots in a season (181). Mamadou Diallo, 152 (2000) previously held the record. He set a new MLS record for most goals (22) and assists (16) combined in a single season, breaking Chris Wondolowski’s previous record of 27 goals and 7 assists in 2012. He became the first player in MLS history to record at least 20 goals and 10 assists in a single season. He finished the season with the second-highest shots on goal total in a season with 73. He also set a number of club records becoming the first player in club history to record two hat tricks in MLS league play (July 12 at New York City FC & August 5 vs Orlando City SC). The hat trick against Orlando City was the first by a Toronto FC player at BMO Field in MLS league play. He is second on Toronto FC’s all-time goal list with 22 goals (MLS league play). Giovinco has registered five multi-goal games for Toronto FC which ties him with Dwayne De Rosario for first on Toronto FC’s all-time multi-goal list. His seven game-winning goals tie him for first with Dwayne De Rosario on Toronto FC’s all-time game-winning goal list.

Giovinco also won back-to-back MLS Player of the Month awards for July and August. He has also been named MLS Player of the Week three times this season (Weeks 13, 14, 19). In addition, he was named to the MLS Team of the Week on ten occasions (Weeks 9, 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, 23, 29, 30). He also won MLS Goal of the Week for Week 23.