Thursday, April 26, 2007

USMNT All Time Leading Goalscorer Timeline

Starting with the first game in 1916, here's a list of the record holders, including ties. I should note that this site lists Thomas Swords as scoring the first ever goal, but the US Soccer Hall of Fame lists Spalding with it. The source for Swords scoring it seems to be the book U.S Soccer vs the World. I'll list it as Spalding for now, though. It's also interesting to note that Spalding became a pro baseball player.

This year or next, Landon Donovan should overtake Eric Wynalda to become the 10th man to hold sole possession of the record. He's currently at 30 goals.


Player Goals Date Opponent
1 Dick Spalding 1 1916-08-20 @ Sweden

Charles Ellis 1 1916-08-20 @ Sweden

Harry Cooper 1 1916-08-20 @ Sweden
2 Charles Ellis 2 1916-09-03 @ Norway

Andy Straden 2 1924-06-10 @ Poland
3 Andy Straden 3 1924-06-10 @ Poland

Archie Stark 3 1925-11-08 Canada
4 Archie Stark 4 1925-11-08 Canada

Davey Brown 4 1926-11-06 Canada

Bert Patenaude 4 1930-07-17 Paraguay
5 Bert Patenaude 5 1930-08-17 @ Brazil

Bert Patenaude 6 1930-08-17 @ Brazil

Bill Looby 6 1955-08-25 @ Iceland

Peter Millar 6 1968-11-02 Bermuda
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Peter Millar 7 1968-11-02 Bermuda

Peter Millar 8 1968-11-02 Bermuda

Willy Roy 8 1972-08-29 Canada
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Willy Roy 9 1972-09-03 @ Mexico

Willy Roy 10 1973-11-13 @ Israel

Bruce Murray 10 1990-09-15 Trinidad & Tobago
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Bruce Murray 11 1990-10-10 @ Poland

Bruce Murray 12 1991-03-12 Mexico

Bruce Murray 13 1991-03-16 Canada

Bruce Murray 14 1991-06-29 Trinidad & Tobago

Bruce Murray 15 1991-07-01 Guatemala

Bruce Murray 16 1991-08-28 @ Romania

Bruce Murray 17 1991-10-19 North Korea

Bruce Murray 18 1992-10-19 Ivory Coast

Bruce Murray 19 1992-10-19 Ivory Coast

Bruce Murray 20 1993-01-30 Denmark

Bruce Murray 21 1993-03-03 Canada

Eric Wynalda 21 1996-01-16 El Salvador
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Eric Wynalda 22 1996-01-21 Guatemala

Eric Wynalda 23 1996-05-26 Scotland

Eric Wynalda 24 1996-06-16 Mexico

Eric Wynalda 25 1996-08-30 El Salvador

Eric Wynalda 26 1996-11-03 Guatemala

Eric Wynalda 27 1996-11-10 Trinidad & Tobago

Eric Wynalda 28 1997-01-29 @ China

Eric Wynalda 29 1997-03-16 Canada

Eric Wynalda 30 1997-03-23 @ Costa Rica

Eric Wynalda 31 1997-10-03 Jamaica

Eric Wynalda 32 1998-02-01 Cuba

Eric Wynalda 33 1999-11-17 @ Morocco

Eric Wynalda 34 2000-02-12 Haiti

Comments on "USMNT All Time Leading Goalscorer Timeline"

 

Anonymous Anonymous said ... (2:45 PM, April 27, 2007) : 

I had to look up the team's history to figure out why it took until 1990 for anyone to score 11 goals. We didn't play many games back then, I learned -- just a handful each year.

 

Blogger scaryice said ... (8:34 PM, April 27, 2007) : 

We played 168 games before 1990, plus there used to be more goals scored in the mid-20th century. So not scoring 10 goals is still not great.

 

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