After reading the most games without a cap thread, I was looking at the Soccer Hall of Fame's stats, and I made a list of the alltime highest goalscorers for the national team: 34-Eric Wynalda 24-Joe-Max Moore 23-Brian McBride 17-Earnie Stewart 15-Landon Donovan 14-Cobi Jones 13-Hugo Perez 13-Marcelo Balboa 12-Frank Klopas 11-Peter Vermes 11-Clint Mathis 10-Willy Roy Donovan's already fifth. When do you guys think he'll overtake Wynalda? I would guess sometime in early 2007, depending on if he has any more Cuba-like games (maybe against Grenada?)
Makes you wonder where Bert Patenaude, Billy Gonsalves, and Archie Stark fall on this list. I believe Patenaude has 6 goals, Gonsalves 2, and Stark 5. I believe Stark scored all 5 in one game. FRIENDLY INTERNATIONAL 08/11/1925, Brooklyn, 8,000 USA 6-1 CANADA [HT] Scorers: Davey Brown, Archie Stark 5 - Gordon Burness
Interesting. Wynalda has 11 more international goals than McBride and Mathis has 11 more international goals than I do. That's pretty good company.
this list doesn't look complete... wasn't there some big hoopla when wynalda passed bruce murray? (brian murray? i forget)
Bruce Murray is definitely missing from the list. I believe, without looking, that he's in the 27-28 range.
You are correct, the list is not complete. Bruce Murray had 21 goals for the US http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/us/news/2003/07/12/usa_elsalvador_ap/ Andy
I think that article has it wrong. It says Moore has 31 goals...that's incorrect....he has 24. I believe Murray is 2nd all-time at 31. The US web site used to have all-time records hiding somewhere but I can't find it to confirm.
I'm wrong, it's 21 for Murray...Moore does have 24. Confirmed Murray count on the following page...entertaining read: http://www.yanksformillwall.com/bruce_murray.html