Most/Fewest Goalscorers/Players Used Records

Updating my posts on this subject from last August, it's time to take a look at which teams in MLS history hold these records and also which teams in 2007 have a chance of breaking the records. Note: Counting MLS regular season games only. Most Players Used in a Single Season 1 1996 New York 36 2 2006 Columbus 33 3 2006 Los Angeles 32 3 2005 Real Salt Lake 32 5 1999 Miami 31 6 2005 Colorado 30 6 1998 Miami 30 6 1997 New York 30 6 2002 New York 30 10 (3 teams tied) 29 There have been many trades this season in MLS, so this record is definitely vulnerable. However there are two fewer games this season which may make it hard to break. Currently, already there are five teams who have used at least 24 players. The league average all time is exactly 25 per season. Current numbers: 2007 Chicago 24 2007 Chivas USA 18 2007 Colorado 21 2007 Columbus 24 2007 Dallas 19 2007 DC United 21 2007 Houston 21 2007 Kansas City 19 2007 Los Angeles 23 2007 New England 18 2007 New York 24 2007 Real Salt Lake 25 2007 Toronto 25 Toronto and LA seem like the best candidates to break the record. Toronto will have Todd Dunivant, Tyrone Marshall and Collin Samuel adding to their total soon, but their bench is weak and many of the lesser guys may never see action. The Galaxy meanwhile have added Carlos Pavon in addition to David Beckham, which would then leave them 11 short of the record. They'll have Alan Gordon coming back from injury, and it also seems likely that Steve Cronin will get a shot at some point. Given the trade-crazy attitudes of Mo Johnston and Alexi Lalas, there may be many more guys coming in (who knows). 1996 NY/NJ Metrostars Baba, Barber, Brauchle, Caricola, da Silva, De Avila, Donadoni, Gillen, Harty, Hennessey, Hernandez, Hesse, Huseinovic, Johnson, Joseph, Ken-Kwofie, Knowles, Kydes, Lagos, Lembryk, Longenecker, Meola, Munnelly, Namazi, Ramos, Restrepo, Rinker, Rodriguez, Savarese, Silvera, Thornton, Unger, Vermes, Villegas, Wood, Zaun Fewest Players Used in a Single Season 1 2002 San Jose 19 2 2006 Houston 20 2 1996 Tampa Bay 20 2 2000 Tampa Bay 20 5 (12 teams tied) 21 This record is in no danger as you can see above. The increased roster sizes make it easier to bench players or give them a rest. Frank Yallop and Dominic Kinnear have certainly liked to use few players, though. 2002 Earthquakes Agoos, Barclay, Barrett, Cannon, Conrad, Conway, Corrales, Dayak, De Rosario, Donovan, Ekelund, Gonzalez, Graziani, Ibsen, Lagos, Mulrooney, Robinson, Roner, Russell Most Goalscorers in a Single Season 1 2005 Chicago 17 1 1997 DC United 17 3 1997 Columbus 16 3 2003 Dallas 16 3 1999 San Jose 16 6 (11 teams tied) 15 The all time average is 12.0 per season. This is one that definitely could go down. Current numbers: 2007 Chicago 7 2007 Chivas USA 6 2007 Colorado 6 2007 Columbus 11 2007 Dallas 9 2007 DC United 5 2007 Houston 8 2007 Kansas City 10 2007 Los Angeles 9 2007 New England 8 2007 New York 9 2007 Real Salt Lake 5 2007 Toronto 9 The Crew still has guys like Garey, Hejduk and Virtuoso yet to score, while the Galaxy has Klein, Pavon, Gordon, Beckham, etc. 17 is pretty hard to reach, but I feel it's more likely to be broken than the players used record. 2005 Fire goalscorers Armas, Barrett, Caballero, Curtin, Gray, Guerrero, Herron, Jaqua, Johnson, Mapp, Marsch, Reiter, Rolfe, Segares, Stewart, Thiago, Thorrington 1997 United goalscorers Agoos, Diaz Arce, Etcheverry, Gori, Harkes, Iroha, Kamler, Kelderman, Maessner, Marsch, Moreno, Peay, Pope, Rammel, Sanneh, Wegerle, Williams Fewest Goalscorers in a Single Season 1 2002 Colorado 6 2 2001 Miami 7 3 2006 Chivas USA 8 3 2001 Colorado 8 3 2003 Colorado 8 3 1999 Kansas City 8 7 (8 teams tied) 9 Seems to be an almost impossible record to break. You would need a couple of very talented goalscorers who dominate your offense. 2002 Rapids goalscorers Carrieri, Chung, Henderson, Kingsley, Spencer, Valderrama