YA Premiership Appearances (1992/93 - 2008/09)

Updated to include this past season's numbers. Thanks to Numerista on Bigsoccer for originally compiling the list through 2005/6, to which I've been updating it since (so if anything's wrong, take it up with him :P). This does not include data for any seasons before the formation of the Premiership. I've also decided to leave out the non-USMNT Americans like Giuseppe Rossi. 2008/09 was a pretty steady year for the top Premiership YA's, as the name of the game was quality over quantity. We may have not had the numbers of Americans that we had there in previous years, but Dempsey, Friedel, and Howard all had really good seasons as starters. Spector got a few matches when he wasn't hurt, and Guzan became the 27th name on this list. Dempsey is now the second highest goalscorer, passing Wegerle. Only 23 more to catch McBride. Games Goals Clubs 1 Brad Friedel 324 1 Liverpool, Blackburn, Aston Villa 2 Kasey Keller 201 0 Leicester, Tottenham, Southampton, Fulham 3 Tim Howard 155 0 Manchester Utd, Everton 4 Brian McBride 148 37 Everton, Fulham 5 Carlos Bocanegra 116 8 Fulham 6 Claudio Reyna 104 7 Sunderland, Man City 7 Jonathan Spector 83 0 Manchester Utd, Charlton, West Ham 8 Clint Dempsey 81 14 Fulham 9 Marcus Hahnemann 76 0 Reading 10 Roy Wegerle 75 13 Blackburn, Coventry 11 Joe-Max Moore 52 8 Everton 12 Preki 46 4 Everton 13 John Harkes 43 2 Sheff Wed, West Ham, Forest 14 Jay DeMerit 33 2 Watford 14 Juergen Sommer 33 0 QPR 16 Bobby Convey 29 0 Reading 17 Eddie Lewis 25 0 Fulham, Derby 18 Jovan Kirovski 23 2 Birmingham 19 Cobi Jones 21 2 Coventry 20 DaMarcus Beasley 18 3 Manchester City 21 Oguchi Onyewu 12 0 Newcastle 22 Benny Feilhaber 10 0 Derby 23 Eddie Johnson 6 0 Fulham 24 Ian Feuer 5 0 West Ham, Derby 24 Jemal Johnson 5 0 Blackburn 26 Brad Guzan 1 0 Aston Villa 26 Johann Smith 1 0 Bolton