CHESTER — The finalists for MLS’s Defender of the Year hinted strongly in this direction, but Wednesday it was confirmed by the league that both Jakob Glesnes and Kai Wagner were voted to the league’s Best XI, as voted by media, players and clubs.

Glesnes finished second in Defender of the Year balloting, his 15.05 percent of the total vote share trailing the 22.12 of Vancouver’s Tristan Blackmon. Wagner was third at 9.91 percent.

Wednesday they joined Orlando City right back Alex Freeman, voted the league’s Young Player of the Year, and Blackmon on the Best XI.

It is, as Glesnes pointed out, a far cry from where the team was at this point last year, namely, eliminated from playoff contention wondering how much renovation would occur in the squad and two days shy of the firing of coach

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