Team Golden Boots

Who's scored the most goals for each team in each season? Includes only regular season matches, using the current method for determing golden boots (tiebreakers in order: assists, then fewest minutes played). CHI CHV 1996 xxx 1996 xxx 1997 xxx 1997 xxx 1998 Razov, Ante 10 1998 xxx 1999 Razov, Ante 14 1999 xxx 2000 Razov, Ante 18 2000 xxx 2001 Wynalda, Eric 10 2001 xxx 2002 Razov, Ante 14 2002 xxx 2003 Razov, Ante 14 2003 xxx 2004 Ralph, Damani 11 2004 xxx 2005 Rolfe, Chris 8 2005 Cuadros, Hector 4 2006 Herron, Andy 9 2006 Razov, Ante 14 2007 Barrett, Chad 7 2007 Galindo, Maykel 12 2008 Rolfe, Chris 9 2008 Kljestan, Sacha 5 2009 McBride, Brian 7 2009 Lillingston, Eduardo 8 2010 Pappa, Marco 7 2010 Braun, Justin 9 CLB COL 1996 McBride, Brian 17 1996 Harbor, Jean 11 1997 Marino, Pete 8 1997 Bravo, Paul 8 1998 John, Stern 26 1998 Harris, Wolde 13 1999 John, Stern 18 1999 Dely Valdes, Jorge 10 2000 Washington, Dante 15 2000 Agogo, Junior 10 2001 Cunningham, Jeff 10 2001 Spencer, John 14 2002 Cunningham, Jeff 16 2002 Chung, Mark 11 2003 McBride, Brian 12 2003 Spencer, John 14 2004 Buddle, Edson 11 2004 Jean Philippe, Peguero 7 2005 Buddle, Edson 9 2005 Cunningham, Jeff 12 2006 Ngwenya, Joseph 6 2006 Hernandez, Nicolas 7 2007 Moreno, Alejandro 7 2007 Kirovski, Jovan 6 2008 Moreno, Alejandro 9 2008 Casey, Conor 11 2009 Barros Schelotto, Guillermo 12 2009 Casey, Conor 16 2010 Barros Schelotto, Guillermo 9 2010 Cummings, Omar 14 DAL DC 1996 Kreis, Jason 13 1996 Diaz Arce, Raul 23 1997 Washington, Dante 12 1997 Moreno, Jaime 16 1998 Kreis, Jason 9 1998 Lassiter, Roy 18 1999 Kreis, Jason 18 1999 Lassiter, Roy 18 2000 Graziani, Ariel 15 2000 Moreno, Jaime 12 2001 Graziani, Ariel 11 2001 Conteh, Abdul Thompson 14 2002 Kreis, Jason 13 2002 Convey, Bobby 5 2003 Kreis, Jason 7 2003 Etcheverry, Marco 6 2004 Johnson, Eddie 12 2004 Eskandarian, Alecko 10 2005 Ruiz, Carlos 11 2005 Moreno, Jaime 16 2006 Ruiz, Carlos 13 2006 Gomez, Christian 14 2007 Ruiz, Carlos 7 2007 Emilio, Luciano 20 2008 Cooper, Kenny 18 2008 Emilio, Luciano 11 2009 Cunningham, Jeff 17 2009 Emilio, Luciano 10 2010 Cunningham, Jeff 11 2010 Najar, Andy 5 HOU KC 1996 xxx 1996 Preki 18 1997 xxx 1997 Preki 12 1998 xxx 1998 Johnston, Mo 11 1999 xxx 1999 Preki 7 2000 xxx 2000 Molnar, Miklos 12 2001 xxx 2001 Lassiter, Roy 7 2002 xxx 2002 Preki 7 2003 xxx 2003 Preki 12 2004 xxx 2004 Wolff, Josh 10 2005 xxx 2005 Wolff, Josh 10 2006 De Rosario, Dwayne 11 2006 Sealy, Scott 10 2007 Ngwenya, Joseph 7 2007 Johnson, Eddie 15 2008 Ching, Brian 13 2008 Arnaud, Davy 7 2009 Ching, Brian 8 2009 Wolff, Josh 11 2010 Ching, Brian 7 2010 Kamara, Kei 10 LA NE 1996 Hurtado, Eduardo 21 1996 Moore, Joe-Max 11 1997 Welton 11 1997 Naveda, Alberto 7 1998 Jones, Cobi 19 1998 Diaz Arce, Raul 18 1999 Jones, Cobi 8 1999 Moore, Joe-Max 15 2000 Jones, Cobi 7 2000 Harris, Wolde 15 2001 Hernandez, Luis 8 2001 Cate 8 2002 Ruiz, Carlos 24 2002 Twellman, Taylor 23 2003 Ruiz, Carlos 15 2003 Twellman, Taylor 15 2004 Ruiz, Carlos 11 2004 Noonan, Pat 11 2005 Donovan, Landon 12 2005 Twellman, Taylor 17 2006 Donovan, Landon 12 2006 Twellman, Taylor 11 2007 Donovan, Landon 8 2007 Twellman, Taylor 16 2008 Donovan, Landon 20 2008 Ralston, Steve 8 2009 Donovan, Landon 12 2009 Joseph, Shalrie 8 2010 Buddle, Edson 17 2010 Perovic, Marko 6 NY PHI 1996 Savarese, Giovanni 13 1996 xxx 1997 Savarese, Giovanni 14 1997 xxx 1998 Savarese, Giovanni 14 1998 xxx 1999 Hurtado, Eduardo 7 1999 xxx 2000 Valencia, Adolfo 16 2000 xxx 2001 Faria, Rodrigo 8 2001 xxx 2002 Faria, Rodrigo 12 2002 xxx 2003 Mathis, Clint 9 2003 xxx 2004 Guevara, Amado 10 2004 xxx 2005 Guevara, Amado 11 2005 xxx 2006 Guevara, Amado 8 2006 xxx 2007 Angel, Juan Pablo 19 2007 xxx 2008 Angel, Juan Pablo 14 2008 xxx 2009 Angel, Juan Pablo 12 2009 xxx 2010 Angel, Juan Pablo 13 2010 Le Toux, Sebastien 14 RSL SEA 1996 xxx 1996 xxx 1997 xxx 1997 xxx 1998 xxx 1998 xxx 1999 xxx 1999 xxx 2000 xxx 2000 xxx 2001 xxx 2001 xxx 2002 xxx 2002 xxx 2003 xxx 2003 xxx 2004 xxx 2004 xxx 2005 Kreis, Jason 9 2005 xxx 2006 Cunningham, Jeff 16 2006 xxx 2007 Findley, Robbie 6 2007 xxx 2008 Movsisyan, Yura 7 2008 xxx 2009 Findley, Robbie 12 2009 Montero, Fredy 12 2010 Saborio, Alvaro 12 2010 Montero, Fredy 10 SJ TOR 1996 Bravo, Paul 13 1996 xxx 1997 Cerritos, Ronald 12 1997 xxx 1998 Cerritos, Ronald 13 1998 xxx 1999 Cerritos, Ronald 15 1999 xxx 2000 Conteh, Abdul Thompson 8 2000 xxx 2001 Cerritos, Ronald 11 2001 xxx 2002 Graziani, Ariel 14 2002 xxx 2003 Donovan, Landon 12 2003 xxx 2004 Ching, Brian 12 2004 xxx 2005 De Rosario, Dwayne 9 2005 xxx 2006 xxx 2006 xxx 2007 xxx 2007 Dichio, Danny 6 2008 Huckerby, Darren 6 2008 Dichio, Danny 5 2009 Johnson, Ryan 11 2009 De Rosario, Dwayne 11 2010 Wondolowski, Chris 18 2010 De Rosario, Dwayne 15 MIA TB 1996 xxx 1996 Lassiter, Roy 27 1997 xxx 1997 Lassiter, Roy 10 1998 Serna, Diego 11 1998 Ramos, Mauricio 9 1999 Serna, Diego 10 1999 Shannon, Musa 12 2000 Serna, Diego 16 2000 Diallo, Mamadou 26 2001 Pineda Chacon, Alex 19 2001 Diallo, Mamadou 9 Most team boots: 6 - Cunningham, Donovan, Kreis, Razov, Ruiz. 5 - Lassiter, Preki, Twellman. 4 - Angel, Cerritos, Ching, De Rosario. Boots with multiple teams: 4 - Cunningham. 3 - De Rosario, Lassiter. 2 - Bravo, Buddle, Ching, Conteh, Diaz Arce, Donovan, Graziani, Harris, Hurtado, Johnson, Kreis, McBride, Ngwenya, Razov, Ruiz, Washington. Most boots in a row with same team: 5 - Donovan (LA 2005-09). 4 - Angel (NY 2007-10). Most boots in a row, total: 6 - Ruiz (2002-07). Fewest goals to win a boot: 4 - Cuadros. 5 - Convey, Dichio, Kljestan, Najar. Most goals scored without winning a team boot: 51 - Chris Henderson, 49 - Chris Klein, 41 - Nate Jaqua, 38 - Dema Kovalenko, 37 - Eddie Gaven, 35 - Mauricio Cienfuegos, 33 - John Wolyniec, 32 - Sasha Victorine, 31 - Jesse Marsch, 31 - Ross Paule.

Juan Pablo Angel - Best Ever Age 34 Goal Haul

I've updated the Top Goalscorers by Season Age post to include 2010. That's the page where I look at the top 10 single season goalscorers for each age, based on the age each player is on July 1st of that year (basically the mid-point). This year, we have one new leader: Juan Pablo Angel's 13 goals were the most ever for an age 34 season, replacing Preki's 12 goals in 1997 for first place. Angel already shares the top spot for age 31 based on his 2007 exploits, and he's 4th for age 32 and 2nd for age 33. I'm sure New York won't miss him at all. The only other players to be first in more than one age are Roy Lassiter (27, 29, 30) and Preki (33, 38, 39, 40, 42). The following players all entered the top ten for their age: 17-McInerney/Najar, 18-Mwanga, 19-Bowen, 20-Bunbury/Shea, 22-Montero/Zakuani, 25-Kamara, 26-Le Toux/Wondolowski, 27-Cummings, 28-Casey, 29-Buddle, 32-De Rosario, 33-Cunningham, 34-Angel, 35-Nkufo, 37-Barros Schelotto, 38-McBride.

MLS Hat Tricks: A Comprehensive Review

(Bumped and updated. Original post was in June 2007.) There have been 95 hat tricks in MLS regular season play from 1996 until now. When you realize that there's been 2,748 games (through 2010), that means that the odds of seeing a hat trick for either team are 3.46%. Based on that, if you attend all your team's home games, you'll probably see one every two years. In addition, there have only been 10 games where a player has scored 4+ goals. Odds of seeing one of those: 0.36% (or one in 275 games). The home/away breakdown is 62/33 (65% at home). Also, the records of the teams with the hat trick: 90-3-2. The player with the fewest amount of goals in his MLS career to have a hat trick prior to this year is Jose Vasquez (6). After the retirement of Blaise Nkufo (5) before the 2011 season, he now holds that record along with Birahim Diop (who should score at least one more goal to surpass him). There have also been 12 more hat tricks by MLS teams outside of the regular season: 8 in the Open Cup, 2 in the playoffs, 1 in the CONCACAF Champions League, and 1 in the Canadian Championship. Most Hat Tricks (regular season only) 1 Stern John 5 1 Diego Serna 5 3 Edson Buddle 4 3 Mamadou Diallo 4 3 Cobi Jones 4 6 Conor Casey 3 6 Landon Donovan 3 6 Amado Guevara 3 6 Eduardo Hurtado 3 6 Taylor Twellman 3 Most Hat Tricks (all competitions) 1 Stern John 6 2 Diego Serna 5 3 Edson Buddle 4 3 Raul Diaz Arce 4 3 Mamadou Diallo 4 3 Cobi Jones 4 7 Conor Casey 3 7 Landon Donovan 3 7 Amado Guevara 3 7 Eduardo Hurtado 3 7 Roy Lassiter 3 7 Taylor Twellman 3 Team Breakdown (regular season only) FOR AGAINST CHI 5 4 CHV 0 8 CLB 9 6 COL 6 10 DAL 4 8 DC 8 8 HOU 4 0 KC 6 8 LA 16 4 MIA 6 3 NE 9 8 NY 10 13 PHI 1 0 RSL 1 3 SEA 1 0 SJ 4 6 TB 5 4 TOR 0 2 Team Breakdown (all competitions) FOR AGAINST CHI 6 4 CHV 0 8 CLB 10 6 COL 6 10 DAL 6 9 DC 12 9 HOU 4 0 KC 6 8 LA 17 4 MIA 7 3 NE 9 8 NY 10 13 PHI 1 0 RSL 2 3 SEA 1 0 SJ 4 6 TB 5 5 TOR 1 2 Year Breakdown (regular season only) Tricks Games PCT 1996 8 160 5.0% 1997 5 160 3.1% 1998 13 192 6.8% 1999 3 192 1.6% 2000 9 192 4.7% 2001 7 158 4.4% 2002 6 140 4.3% 2003 4 150 2.7% 2004 6 150 4.0% 2005 6 192 3.1% 2006 4 192 2.1% 2007 5 195 2.6% 2008 7 210 3.3% 2009 5 225 2.2% 2010 7 240 2.9% Total 95 2748 3.5% Year Breakdown (all competitions) Tricks 1996 9 1997 5 1998 14 1999 5 2000 12 2001 8 2002 6 2003 5 2004 6 2005 7 2006 5 2007 5 2008 7 2009 6 2010 7 All MLS Hat Tricks (note: OC = Open Cup, PO = Playoffs, CCL = Champions League, CAN = Canadian Championship. The number on the far right is the number of goals the player scored). CD CHIVAS USA (none) CHICAGO FIRE MLS 2000-05-06 A Miami 3-0 W Ante Razov 3 OC 2000-08-09 H Dallas 5-1 W Josh Wolff 4 MLS 2002-05-19 A New England 3-1 W Ante Razov 3 MLS 2004-06-05 H DC United 3-0 W Damani Ralph 3 MLS 2005-06-04 H Chivas USA 5-2 W Nate Jaqua 3 MLS 2008-10-23 H New York 5-2 W Chris Rolfe 33 COLORADO RAPIDS MLS 2001-07-04 H DC United 3-1 W John Spencer 3 MLS 2002-07-04 H Chicago 3-2 W Chris Carrieri 3 MLS 2005-06-18 A Chivas USA 3-1 W Jeff Cunningham 3 MLS 2008-09-27 A New York 5-4 W Conor Casey 3 MLS 2009-04-04 A Los Angeles 3-2 W Conor Casey 3 MLS 2009-08-08 H Chivas USA 4-0 W Conor Casey 3 COLUMBUS CREW MLS 1996-09-07 A Kansas City 5-1 W Brian Maisonneuve 3 MLS 1998-04-18 H Miami 5-1 W Stern John 3 MLS 1998-05-30 H San Jose 4-1 W Stern John 3 MLS 1998-08-16 H Kansas City 5-3 W Stern John 3 MLS 1999-08-01 H Miami 4-0 W Stern John 3 MLS 1999-08-18 A New York 4-2 W Stern John 3 PO 1999-11-07 H DC United 5-1 W Stern John 3 MLS 2001-06-16 H Tampa Bay 6-1 W Dante Washington 3 MLS 2004-09-04 H Los Angeles 3-1 W Ross Paule 3 MLS 2004-09-18 H New York 4-2 W Edson Buddle 4 DC UNITED MLS 1996-05-15 H Columbus 5-2 W Steve Rammel 3 MLS 1996-07-07 H Dallas 6-1 W Raul Diaz Arce 4 PO 1996-10-10 H Tampa Bay 4-1 W Raul Diaz Arce 3 MLS 1997-04-12 A Colorado 5-2 W Raul Diaz Arce 4 MLS 1998-07-18 H Chicago 4-1 W Roy Lassiter 3 CCL 1998-08-11 H Joe Public 8-0 W Roy Lassiter 4 MLS 2000-05-06 A Colorado 5-2 W Jaime Moreno 3 OC 2000-06-14 A Charleston 4-0 W Raul Diaz Arce 3 MLS 2001-05-09 H New England 5-0 W Abdul Thompson Conteh 4 OC 2001-06-27 H New Jersey 8-0 W Abdul Thompson Conteh 3 MLS 2007-06-10 H New York 4-2 W Ben Olsen 3 MLS 2008-06-14 H New York 4-1 W Luciano Emlio 3 FC DALLAS MLS 1997-07-18 H San Jose 3-1 W Dante Washington 3 MLS 1999-03-20 H Kansas City 4-0 W Jason Kreis 3 OC 1999-07-13 H Jacksonville 3-0 W Bobby Rhine 3 MLS 2002-06-08 H Colorado 4-1 W Bobby Rhine 3 OC 2006-08-02 A Charleston 3-3 D Kenny Cooper 3 MLS 2009-08-01 H Kansas City 6-0 W Jeff Cunningham 4 HOUSTON DYNAMO MLS 2006-04-02 H Colorado 5-2 W Brian Ching 4 MLS 2007-06-21 H Chivas USA 4-0 W Brad Davis 3 MLS 2007-09-08 H Real Salt Lake 4-3 W Nate Jaqua 3 MLS 2010-08-21 H Chicago 4-3 W Brian Ching 3 KANSAS CITY WIZARDS MLS 1998-05-16 A New England 3-1 W Vitalis Takawira 3 MLS 1998-09-05 H San Jose 5-1 W Preki 3 MLS 2004-07-03 H Dallas 5-1 W Davy Arnaud 3 MLS 2007-05-26 A New England 4-3 W Eddie Johnson 3 MLS 2007-06-02 H New York 3-2 W Eddie Johnson 3 MLS 2010-10-23 H San Jose 4-1 W Birahim Diop 3 LOS ANGELES GALAXY MLS 1996-06-09 A New York 4-0 W Eduardo Hurtado 3 MLS 1996-06-26 H Colorado 3-1 W Eduardo Hurtado 3 MLS 1996-07-27 A Tampa Bay 3-4 L Cobi Jones 3 MLS 1997-09-07 H Tampa Bay 6-1 W Eduardo Hurtado 3 MLS 1997-09-21 A San Jose 3-2 W Jose Vasquez 3 MLS 1998-05-06 H Colorado 7-4 W Cobi Jones 3 MLS 1998-05-17 A Columbus 4-2 W Martin Machon 3 MLS 1998-06-04 A Dallas 8-1 W Harut Karapetyan 3 MLS 1998-08-05 A Colorado 6-1 W Cobi Jones 3 MLS 1998-08-22 A New England 5-1 W Cobi Jones 3 MLS 2002-08-31 H New York 3-0 W Carlos Ruiz 3 OC 2003-08-27 A Seattle 5-1 W Carlos Ruiz 3 MLS 2004-05-19 A DC United 4-2 W Alejandro Moreno 3 MLS 2008-04-26 H Chivas USA 5-2 W Landon Donovan 3 MLS 2008-05-18 A Dallas 5-1 W Edson Buddle 3 MLS 2008-06-14 A San Jose 3-0 W Edson Buddle 3 MLS 2008-09-20 H DC United 5-2 W Landon Donovan 3 MIAMI FUSION MLS 1998-08-30 H New England 3-2 W Diego Serna 3 OC 2000-06-14 H New Jersey 6-1 W Welton 4 MLS 2000-06-21 A Tampa Bay 4-1 W Diego Serna 3 MLS 2000-09-02 H New York 4-1 W Diego Serna 4 MLS 2000-09-09 A DC United 6-2 W Diego Serna 3 MLS 2001-06-02 A Dallas 6-2 W Diego Serna 3 MLS 2001-09-08 H DC United 3-1 W Alex Pineda Chacon 3 NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION MLS 1997-05-30 H New York 3-1 W Alberto Naveda 3 MLS 2002-09-07 H DC United 3-0 W Taylor Twellman 3 MLS 2003-08-30 H Chicago 5-1 W Chris Brown 3 MLS 2003-10-25 H New York 5-2 W Pat Noonan 3 MLS 2004-06-02 A Kansas City 3-2 W Pat Noonan 3 MLS 2005-07-16 H Dallas 3-2 W Taylor Twellman 3 MLS 2005-09-10 H Columbus 3-1 W Taylor Twellman 3 MLS 2009-08-23 H Real Salt Lake 3-1 W Kheli Dube 3 MLS 2010-04-10 H Toronto 4-1 W Zack Schilawski 3 NEW YORK RED BULLS (Metrofanatic story) MLS 1996-05-16 H Colorado 3-0 W Giovanni Savarese 3 MLS 2000-08-26 A Dallas 6-4 W Clint Mathis 5 MLS 2000-09-09 A New England 3-4 L Alex Comas 3 MLS 2001-05-02 H Kansas City 4-1 W Clint Mathis 3 MLS 2002-06-15 H Los Angeles 5-0 W Mamadou Diallo 4 MLS 2005-04-30 A Colorado 3-1 W Amado Guevara 3 MLS 2005-08-21 H Chivas USA 3-3 D Amado Guevara 3 MLS 2006-05-20 H Chivas USA 5-4 W Jean-Philippe Peguero 3 MLS 2006-08-26 H Real Salt Lake 6-0 W Edson Buddle 3 MLS 2006-10-14 H Kansas City 3-2 W Amado Guevara 3 PHILADELPHIA UNION MLS 2010-04-10 H DC United 3-2 W Sebastien Le Toux 3 REAL SALT LAKE OC 2005-07-13 A Minnesota 4-6 L Jason Kreis 3 MLS 2009-04-02 H Columbus 4-1 W Robbie Findley 3 SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES MLS 2003-09-20 A Kansas City 4-1 W Landon Donovan 3 MLS 2003-09-27 H Dallas 5-2 W Dwayne De Rosario 3 MLS 2010-09-25 A Toronto 3-2 W Chris Wondolowski 3 MLS 2010-10-20 H Chivas USA 3-0 W Chris Wondolowski 3 SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC MLS 2010-09-18 A Columbus 4-0 W Blaise Nkufo 3 TAMPA BAY MUTINY MLS 1996-08-03 H Colorado 3-1 W Roy Lassiter 3 MLS 1998-05-10 A New England 3-4 L Musa Shannon 3 MLS 2000-08-16 H New York 4-3 W Mamadou Diallo 3 MLS 2000-08-30 A Columbus 4-3 W Mamadou Diallo 3 MLS 2001-05-09 H Los Angeles 4-4 D Mamadou Diallo 4 TORONTO FC CAN 2009-06-18 A Montreal 6-1 W Dwayne De Rosario 3