Ben Olsen

5'8", 157 lbs born May 3, 1977 (age 49)

games
275
starts
239
minutes
20,687
goals
37
assists
51

first recorded game March 15, 1998 · last recorded game Oct. 24, 2009

Career totals and dates are as recorded here.

Honors

Career totals by team

team gp gs min g a sh
D.C. United 243 222 19022 31 51 315
United States 32 17 1665 6 — —

Career totals by competition

competition gp gs min g a sh
MLS 221 200 17097 29 49 283
MLSp 22 22 1925 2 2 32
IF 17 10 934 5 — —
GC 7 3 322 0 — —
CC 3 2 172 1 — —
CA 2 2 133 0 — —
WCq 2 — 54 0 — —
WC 1 — 50 0 — —

Goals by season

top flight international 0 2 4 6 8 10 1998, top flight: 4 goals 4 1998 1999, top flight: 7 goals 1999, international: 2 goals 9 1999 2000, top flight: 1 goal 2000, international: 1 goal 2 2000 0 2001 2002, international: 1 goal 1 2002 2003, top flight: 4 goals 4 2003 2004, top flight: 3 goals 3 2004 2005, top flight: 2 goals 2 2005 2006, top flight: 2 goals 2006, international: 2 goals 4 2006 2007, top flight: 7 goals 7 2007 0 2008 2009, top flight: 1 goal 1 2009

Season by season, clubs

team competition season gp gs min g a sh
D.C. United MLS 1998 31 24 2107 4 8 44
D.C. United MLSp 1998 6 6 475 0 1 5
D.C. United MLS 1999 28 26 2292 5 11 43
D.C. United MLSp 1999 6 6 532 2 0 13
D.C. United MLS 2000 13 13 1020 1 3 19
D.C. United MLS 2002 10 7 718 0 1 12
D.C. United MLS 2003 26 26 2239 4 7 31
D.C. United MLSp 2003 0 0 0 0 0 0
D.C. United MLS 2004 25 25 2046 3 4 41
D.C. United MLSp 2004 4 4 379 0 1 4
D.C. United MLS 2005 23 22 1874 2 4 23
D.C. United MLSp 2005 1 1 90 0 0 1
D.C. United MLS 2006 20 18 1534 2 3 21
D.C. United MLSp 2006 3 3 269 0 0 7
D.C. United MLS 2007 24 21 1881 7 7 29
D.C. United MLSp 2007 2 2 180 0 0 2
D.C. United MLS 2008 1 0 15 0 0 0
D.C. United MLS 2009 20 18 1371 1 1 20

Season by season, international

team competition season gp gs min g
United States IF 1998 1 — 17 0
United States CC 1999 3 2 172 1
United States IF 1999 2 2 180 1
United States GC 2000 3 1 115 0
United States IF 2000 3 1 142 1
United States IF 2001 1 1 85 0
United States WCq 2002 1 — 10 0
United States IF 2002 1 1 76 1
United States IF 2003 2 1 90 0
United States GC 2005 4 2 207 0
United States WC 2006 1 — 50 0
United States WCq 2006 1 — 44 0
United States IF 2006 7 4 344 2
United States CA 2007 2 2 133 0

Most recent games

cmp date team r score vs g a minutes venue
MLS Oct. 24, 2009 D.C. United   2 - 2 Kansas City Wizards 0 — 44 CommunityAmerica Ballpark
MLS Oct. 3, 2009 D.C. United   2 - 0 Chivas USA 0 — 65 Robert F. Kennedy Memorial St…
MLS Sept. 27, 2009 D.C. United   1 - 2 San Jose Earthquakes 0 1 90 Robert F. Kennedy Memorial St…
MLS Sept. 12, 2009 D.C. United   1 - 2 Seattle Sounders 0 — 83 Robert F. Kennedy Memorial St…
MLS Sept. 9, 2009 D.C. United   1 - 0 Kansas City Wizards 0 — 44 Robert F. Kennedy Memorial St…
MLS Sept. 5, 2009 D.C. United   2 - 2 FC Dallas 0 — 76 Toyota Stadium (Frisco)
MLS Aug. 29, 2009 D.C. United   0 - 1 Chicago Fire 0 — 90 Toyota Park
MLS Aug. 22, 2009 D.C. United   0 - 0 Los Angeles Galaxy 0 — 69 Robert F. Kennedy Memorial St…
MLS Aug. 1, 2009 D.C. United   3 - 4 Houston Dynamo 0 — 46 Robertson Stadium
MLS July 25, 2009 D.C. United   2 - 2 San Jose Earthquakes 0 — 73 Buck Shaw Stadium
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Most often alongside

Players who appeared in the most games alongside Ben Olsen
player together share
Jaime Moreno 192 70%
Bryan Namoff 122 44%
Marco Etcheverry 103 37%
Brian Carroll 101 37%
Christian Gómez 98 36%
Richie Williams 92 33%
Joshua Gros 86 31%
Brandon Prideaux 85 31%
Eddie Pope 80 29%
Jeff Agoos 79 29%
Nick Rimando 78 28%
Carey Talley 76 28%

The 12 most frequent, of the 275 games Ben Olsen has an appearance on record for. Two players count as teammates in a game when both have an appearance in it for the same club, so this is drawn from lineups rather than from rosters — and it is only as complete as the lineups are. Whole leagues here recorded none.

In the news

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season salary
2004 $135000.00
2005 $145000.00
2006 $155000.00
2007 $155000.00
2008 $215000.00
2009 $225000.00