US Soccer Goal Breakdown (Bob Bradley Era)

I'm sure I'm not alone in noticing that a lot of the goals in US Soccer's current Bob Bradley era have come from defenders and set pieces (including Los scoring a big one in WCQ). I thought I'd break down who is scoring the goals over the last two years by position. For the interchangeable position players Donovan (MF) and Dempsey (FW) I used their listed position at the US Soccer website.

34 goals by Forwards and Midfielders
12 goals by Defenders

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Basically 1 in 4 goals (%26) have come from defenders.

2008

Forwards (6)
2 - Brian Ching
2 - Clint Dempsey
1 - Jozy Altidore
1 - Eddie Johnson

Midfielders (4)
2 - Landon Donovan
1 - Michael Bradley
1 - Eddie Lewis

Defenders (5)
2 - Oguchi Onyewu
2 - Carlos Bocanegra
1 - Eddie Robinson


2007

Forwards (8)
3 - Clint Dempsey
2 - Eddie Johnson
1 - Kenny Cooper
1 - Taylor Twellman
1 - Brian Ching

Midfielders (16)
9 - Landon Donovan
3 - DaMarcus Beasley
2 - Benny Feilhaber
1 - Michael Bradley
1 - Ricardo Clark

Defenders (7)
2 - Carlos Bocanegra
1 - Oguchi Onyewu
1 - Jimmy Conrad
1 - Jonathan Bornstein
1 - Steve Cherundolo
1 - Frankie Hejduk