Sporting Kansas City forward Teal Bunbury is set to surpass the 4,000 minutes played mark in his MLS and KC career. Now in his third season as a pro after being taken in the first round of the 2010 MLS SuperDraft out of Akron, Bunbury has scored 16 goals in 3,975 minutes of regular season MLS action.
How does that compare to other MLS draft picks? It puts him in the Top 20 all-time. See the table below for the full list...
Goals scored by MLS college draft picks in first 4,000 minutes (min. 16 goals & 4,000 minutes)
<strong>Player Name</strong> |
<strong>Goals</strong> |
Taylor Twellman |
36 |
Edson Buddle |
27 |
Chris Wondolowski |
24 |
Brian Ching |
23 |
Ante Razov |
23 |
Jeff Cunningham |
22 |
Pat Noonan |
21 |
Robbie Findley |
21 |
Damani Ralph |
21 |
<strong><em>Scott Sealy</em></strong> |
<strong><em>20</em></strong> |
Alecko Eskandarian |
20 |
Rodrigo Faria |
20 |
<strong><em>Yura Movsisyan</em></strong> |
<strong><em>19</em></strong> |
Eddie Johnson |
18 |
Chris Rolfe |
18 |
Chris Carrieri |
18 |
Steven Lenhart |
18 |
Alejandro Moreno |
17 |
Chad Barrett |
16 |
Johy Wolyniec |
16 |
Omar Cummings |
16 |
Ryan Johnson |
16 |
Justin Braun |
16 |
Clint Dempsey |
16 |
As noted with the bold italics, Bunbury becomes just the third KC draft pick -- along with Sealy (2005) and Movsisyan (2006) -- to score 16 or more goals in the player's first 4,000 minutes.
With 25 minutes of action, Bunbury will become the 40th player all-time to log 4,000 or more regular season MLS minutes in a KC uniform and will be one of eight active players to do so along with Jimmy Nielsen, Matt Besler, Chance Myers, Michael Harrington, Roger Espinoza, Graham Zusi and Kei Kamara.
