Missing Out (Post 2009 Update)

What follows is a list of the men who have played the most games in the MLS regular season without playing in an MLS Cup, updated through the 2009 season. Most Regular Season Games Played Without Playing in an MLS Cup (includes games through 2009 season) Games Prev Rank 1 Cunningham, Jeff 317 2 2 Kreis, Jason 305 1 3 Chung, Mark 284 3 4 Mastroeni, Pablo 257 5 5 Kotschau, Ritchie 244 4 6 Clark, Mike 221 6 7 Rhine, Bobby 212 7 8 Brown, Chris 197 8 8 Denton, Eric 197 12 10 McBride, Brian 194 15 11 Pareja, Oscar 189 10 12 Clark, Ricardo 181 22 13 Valderrama, Carlos 175 13 14 McKinley, Ivan 174 14 15 Maisonneuve, Brian 172 15 15 Pause, Logan 172 N/A 17 Dunseth, Brian 171 17 18 Washington, Dante 170 18 19 Burns, Mike 169 19 20 Chronopoulos, Ted 162 20 21 Warzycha, Robert 160 21 22 Farrer, Richard 158 23 23 Eck, Ted 156 24 24 Rodriguez, Jorge 155 25 25 Santel, Mark 154 N/A Active MLS players in bold. Prev rank refers to their ranking after the 2008 season. Jeff Cunningham passed Jason Kreis for the top spot on August 1, 2009. That was also the game where he scored four goals (a "beaver trick") against Kansas City in a 6-0 win. Previously, Kreis held the record from July 4, 2006 until August 1, 2009. Before that, it was held by Mark Chung. Cunningham is in the same company as fellow athletes Gary Anderson (NFL), Dale Ellis (NBA), Mike Gartner (NHL), and Rafael Palmeiro (MLB), who all currently hold the distinction in their respective leagues. If there's going to be a challenge to Cunningham any time in the near future, it will have to come from Pablo Mastroeni. He's still two full seasons behind, though. Other big news: two MLS veterans saw their first MLS Cup action on Sunday and fall off the list: Kyle Beckerman and Edson Buddle. They were 9th and 12th in last year's ranking, and would've been 7th and 9th this year. Logan Pause makes his debut in 15th place. Meanwhile, because of the two dropoffs, the retired Mark Santel comes back into the top 25. Who else could make the top 25 in the coming years? Active MLS players Outside the Top 25 Guevara, Amado 153 Lewis, Eddie 150 Thomas, Shavar 150 Alvarez, Arturo 147 Busch, Jon 147 Boswell, Bobby 138 Oughton, Duncan 133 Simms, Clyde 133 Quaranta, Santino 132 Moor, Drew 131 Barrett, Chad 124 Rolfe, Chris 123 Stammler, Seth 121 Convey, Bobby 115 Segares, Gonzalo 108 Kljestan, Sacha 104 Ballouchy, Mehdi 102 Bornstein, Jonathan 102 Saragosa, Marcelo 102