Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Missing Out (post-2006 update)

What do the following pro athletes have in common?

Rafael Palmeiro (MLB)
Dale Ellis (NBA)
Gary Anderson (NFL)
Mike Gartner (NHL)

A: They all hold their league's records for most games played without playing in a championship game or series (to the best of my knowledge).

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. When I first posted about this on June 3rd, Mark Chung was the all time leader. Jason Kreis passed him on July 4th and is the current leader.


Most MLS Games Played Without Playing in an MLS Cup

(includes games through 2006 season)

1 Kreis, Jason 301
2 Chung, Mark 284
3 Cunningham, Jeff 239
4 Kotschau, Ritchie 224
5 Clark, Mike 221
6 Pareja, Oscar 189
7 Rhine, Bobby 186
8 Mastroeni, Pablo 184
9 Valderrama, Carlos 175
9
Brown, Chris 175
11 McKinley, Ivan 174
12 Maisonneuve, Brian 172
13 Dunseth, Brian 171
14 Washington, Dante 170
15 Burns, Mike 169
16 Chronopoulos, Ted 162
17 McBride, Brian 161
18 Denton, Eric 160
18 Warzycha, Robert 160
20 Farrer, Richard 158
21 Eck, Ted 156
22 Rodriguez, Jorge 155
23 Santel, Mark 154
24 Deering, Chad 147
25 Welton 144

Active players in bold.

I had to go 93 or 94 players deep to find the top 25 for this list.

Here are the current MLS players that have missed out despite playing over 100 games. They're next in line:

Beckerman, Kyle 135
Buddle, Edson 134
Wolyniec, John 128
Broome, Paul 127
Lisi, Mark 120
Jordan, Matt 117
Hejduk, Frankie 115
Clark, Ricardo 115
Martino, Kyle 115
Leitch, Chris 109
Guevara, Amado 103
Johnson, Eddie 103
O'Brien, Ronnie 101
Oughton, Duncan 100

Comments on "Missing Out (post-2006 update)"

 

Anonymous Anonymous said ... (8:31 PM, November 22, 2006) : 

Bye the way Mark Lisi just retired from soccer due to a medical condition so he won't pass the 120 mark.

 

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