Friday, October 3, 2008

MLS: Age Analysis of Goal Scorers

Here is some age analysis of all of the goal scorers in the 2008 Major League Soccer season up to and including last night's Dallas/San Jose game (Oct 2). I used the ages as of October 1, so this analysis doesn't account for birthdays that may have happened during the season.

Goal Breakdown by Age
age -- goals
17 -- 1
18 -- 3
19 -- 8
20 -- 3
21 -- 20
22 -- 18
23 -- 86
24 -- 34
25 -- 23
26 -- 62
27 -- 36
28 -- 22
29 -- 32
30 -- 23
31 -- 13
32 -- 45
33 -- 14
34 -- 34
35 -- 11
36 -- 2

Youngest Goal Scorer
17 - (16 at the time of the goal) - Abdus Ibrahim (TOR)

Oldest Goal Scorer
36 - Brian McBride (CHI)

Youngest Team Top Scorers
23 - Sacha Kljestan (CHV), Kenny Cooper (DAL), Fabian Espindola (RSL)

Oldest Team Top Scorer
34 - Steve Ralston (NE)

Youngest Team Average Age of Goal Scorers
24.50 - FC Dallas

Oldest Team Average Age of Goal Scorers
27.72 - Los Angeles Galaxy

Top Ages for Goals

23 Years Old (86 Goals)
Justin Mapp, Sacha Kljestan, Atiba Harris, Jonathan Bornstein, Daniel Paladini, Nick LaBrocca, Brad Evans, Andy Iro, Santino Quaranta, Kenny Cooper, Dominic Oduro, Juan Toja, Geoff Cameron, Stuart Holden, Alvaro Pires, Bryan Jordan, Adam Cristman, Danleigh Borman, Fabian Espindola, Robbie Findley, Ryan Johnson, Arturo Alvarez, Chad Barrett

26 Years Old (59 Goals)
Wilman Conde, Alecko Eskandarian, Omar Cummings, Jose Burciaga Jr., Clyde Simms, Nate Jaqua, Brad Davis, Ivan Trujillo, Landon Donovan, Alan Gordan, Khano Smith, Kyle Beckerman

32 Years Old (45 Goals)
Carey Talley, Mike Petke, Terry Cooke, Marcelo Gallardo, Gonzalo Martinez, Jeff Cunningham, Chris Klein, Juan Pablo Angel, Dave van den Bergh, Darren Huckerby, Amado Guevara

Teenagers with Goals
Jorge Flores (19, CHV) Kenny Mansally (19, NE), Sainey Nyassi (19, NE), Jozy Altidore (18, NY), Abdus Ibrahim (17, TOR)

"Old Guys" with Goals (34 or older)
Cuauhtemoc Blanco (35, CHI), Tomasz Frankowski (34, CHI), Brian McBride (36, CHI), Ante Razov (34, CHV), Jesse Marsch (34, CHV), Guillermo Barros Schelotto (35, CLB), Jaime Moreno (34, DC), Claudio Lopez (34, KC), Eddie Lewis (34, LA), Steve Ralston (34, NE)

Most Different Goal Scorers
15 - Toronto FC

Least Different Goal Scorers
9 - New England Revolution


By Team
Chicago Fire - Avg. 27.08
6 - Chris Rolfe (25)
5 - Chad Barrett* (23)
5 - Cuauhtemoc Blanco (35)
5 - John Thorrington (29)
2 - Calen Carr (25)
2 - Tomasz Frankowski (34)
2 - Stephen King (22)
2 - Brian McBride (36)
2 - Gonzalo Segares (25)
1 - Wilman Conde (26)
1 - Justin Mapp (23)
1 - Patrick Nyarko (22)

Chivas USA - Avg. 26.15
5 - Sacha Kljestan (23)
5 - Ante Razov (34)
4 - Alecko Eskandarian (26)
4 - Jesse Marsch (34)
3 - Justin Braun (21)
3 - Jorge Flores (19)
3 - Atiba Harris (23)
2 - Paulo Nagamura (25)
1 - Jonathan Bornstein (23)
1 - Maykel Galindo (27)
1 - Daniel Paladini (23)
1 - Carey Talley (32)
1 - Sasha Victorine (30)

Colorado Rapids - Avg. 26.43
8 - Conor Casey (27)
6 - Omar Cummings (26)
4 - Colin Clark (24)
4 - Tom McManus (27)
3 - Christian Gomez (33)
2 - Herculez Gomez (26)
2 - Nick LaBrocca (23)
2 - Mike Petke (32)
1 - Mehdi Bllouchy (25)
1 - Jose Burciaga Jr. (26)
1 - Terry Cooke (32)
1 - John DiRaimondo (22)
1 - Facundo Erpen (25)
1 - Jacob Peterson (22)

Columbus Crew - Avg. 25.21
8 - Alejandro Moreno (29)
6 - Guillermo Barros Schelotto (35)
6 - Robbie Rogers (21)
4 - Brad Evans (23)
4 - Chad Marshall (24)
3 - Jason Garey (24)
3 - Steven Lenhart (22)
2 - Emmanuel Ekpo (20)
2 - Eddie Gaven (21)
2 - Adam Moffat (22)
1 - Brian Carroll (27)
1 - Frankie Hejduk (34)
1 - Andy Iro (23)
1 - Pat Noonan (28)

DC United - Avg. 27.46
11 - Luciano Emilio (29)
10 - Jaime Moreno (34)
5 - Santino Quaranta (23)
4 - Marcelo Gallardo (32)
2 - Fred (29)
2 - Clyde Simms (26)
1 - Thabiso Khumalo (27)
1 - Quavas Kirk (20)
1 - Gonzalo Martinez (32)
1 - Devon McTavish (24)
1 - Bryan Namoff (29)
1 - Gonzalo Peralta (28)
1 - Joe Vide (24)

FC Dallas - Avg. 24.50
16 - Kenny Cooper (23)
5 - Jeff Cunningham (32)
5 - Dominic Oduro (23)
3 - Arturo Alvarez *(23)
3 - Andre Rocha (24)
3 - Abe Thompson *(26)
2 - Juan Toja *(23)
1 - Bruno Guarda (22)
1 - Drew Moor (24)
1 - Aaron Pitchkolan (25)

Houston Dynamo - Avg. 25.42
10 - Brian Ching (30)
5 - Dwayne De Rosario (30)
4 - Nate Jaqua (26)
3 - Brad Davis (26)
3 - Brian Mullan (30)
2 - Franco Caraccio* (21)
2 - Kei Kamara (24)
1 - Corey Ashe (22)
1 - Bobby Boswell (25)
1 - Geoff Cameron (23)
1 - Ricardo Clark (25)
1 - Stuart Holden (23)

Kansas City Wizards - Avg. 27.36
5 - Davy Arnaud (28)
5 - Jimmy Conrad (31)
4 - Claudio Lopez (34)
3 - Jack Jewsbury (27)
3 - Josh Wolff (31)
2 - Scott Sealy* (27)
1 - Roger Espinoza (21)
1 - Michael Harrington (22)
1 - Kevin Souter (24)
1 - Ivan Trujillo (26)
1 - Sasha Victorine* (30)

Los Angeles Galaxy - Avg. 27.72
19 - Landon Donovan (26)
13 - Edson Buddle (27)
5 - David Beckham (33)
5 - Alan Gordon (26)
1 - Ely Allen (22)
1 - Alvaro Pires (23)
1 - Bryan Jordan (23)
1 - Chris Klein (32)
1 - Eddie Lewis (34)
1 - Carlos Ruiz* (29)
1 - Peter Vagenas (30)

New England Revolution - Avg. 25.44
7 - Steve Ralston (34)
6 - Adam Cristman (23)
6 - Taylor Twellman (28)
3 - Kheli Dube (25)
3 - Jeff Larentowicz (25)
3 - Kenny Mansally (19)
2 - Sainey Nyassi (19)
2 - Khano Smith (26)
1 - Shalrie Joseph (30)

New York Red Bulls - Avg. 25.20
11 - Juan Pablo Angel (32)
6 - Dave van den Bergh (32)
5 - Mike Magee (24)
3 - Jozy Altidore* (18)
2 - Danleigh Borman (23)
2 - Kevin Goldthwaite (25)
2 - Dane Richards (24)
1 - Matthew Mbuta (22)
1 - Seth Stammler (27)
1 - Sinisa Ubiparipovic (25)

Real Salt Lake - Avg. 25.82
5 - Fabian Espindola (23)
5 - Robbie Findley (23)
5 - Javier Morales (28)
5 - Yura Movsisyan (21)
3 - Kyle Beckerman (26)
3 - Kenny Deuchar (28)
1 - Will Johnson (21)
1 - Dema Kovalenko (31)
1 - Tino Nunez (24)
1 - Jamison Olave (27)
1 - Carey Talley* (32)

San Jose Earthquakes - Avg. 26.80
6 - Darren Huckerby (32)
5 - Ryan Johnson (23)
4 - Ronnie O'Brien (29)
3 - Arturo Alvarez (23)
2 - Ramiro Corrales (31)
2 - John Cunliffe (24)
2 - Kei Kamara* (24)
1 - Ryan Cochrane (25)
1 - Ivan Guerrero* (30)
1 - Scott Sealy (27)

Toronto FC - Avg. 26.60
5 - Danny Dichio (33)
3 - Jeff Cunningham * (32)
3 - Amado Guevara (32)
2 - Chad Barrett (23)
2 - Rohan Ricketts (25)
1 - Jim Brennan (31)
1 - Maurice Edu* (22)
1 - Abdus Ibrahim (17)
1 - Julius James (24)
1 - Laurent Robert* (33)
1 - Carl Robinson (31)
1 - Tyler Rosenlund (22)
1 - Jarrod Smith (24)
1 - Marco Velez (28)
1 - Marvell Wynne (22)

* no longer with the team

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