International Strike Rates of US players

Discussion in 'USA Men' started by Eldinter, Jun 18, 2012.

  1. Eldinter

    Eldinter Member

    Jul 28, 2009
    Fort Wayne, IN
    Club:
    FC Internazionale Milano
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I did some number crunching to calculate international strike rates for our current player pool and our top ten list of all-time goalscorers.

    Player, Caps/Goals, Strike Rate (1 goal every x matches)
    -this list only includes player in the pool that have scored 2 international goals or more

    Current Pool:
    Donovan 143/49 (2.918)
    Dempsey 87/27 (3.222)
    Gomez 13/4 (3.250)
    Buddle 11/3 (3.667)
    Altidore 49/13 (3.769)
    Beasley 96/17 (5.647)
    Bradley 69/10 (6.900)
    Agudelo 15/2 (7.500)
    Adu 17/2 (8.500)
    Bocanegra 106/13 (8.154)
    Holden 17/2 (8.500)
    Kljestan 35/4 (8.750)
    Rogers 18/2 (9.000)
    Goodson 31/3 (10.333)
    Onyewu 66/6 (11.000)
    Clark 34/3 (11.333)
    Bornstein 39/2 (19.000)
    Feilhaber 39/2 (19.500)
    Cherundolo 84/2 (42.000)

    Our All-Time Top 10 Goalscorers (list ordered by goals scored, strike rate noted)
    1. Donovan 143/49 (2.918)
    2. Wynalda 106/34 (3.118)
    3. McBride 95/30 (3.167)
    4. Dempsey 87/27 (3.222)
    5. Moore 100/24 (4.167)
    6. Murray 86/21 (4.095)
    7. Beasley 96/17 (5.647)
    7. Stewart 101/17 (5.942)
    9. Jones 165/15 (11.000)
    10. Altidore 49/13 (3.769)
    10. Perez 73/13 (5.615)
    10. Bocanegra 106/13 (8.154)
    10. Balboa 128/13 (9.846)

    Does this information make you look at our player pool any differently?
     
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  2. Southern Man

    Southern Man Member

    Jun 14, 2008
    Nope, very similar to what I would have expected.
     
  3. dna77054

    dna77054 Member+

    Jun 28, 2003
    houston
    I wonder what it would be if you looked at per 90 minutes played instead of per cap. Gomez might shoot to the top of the list.
     

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