Eddie Pope

Eddie Pope headed in the golden goal that won the first MLS Cup as a rookie in 1996, and was the league's Defender of the Year the next season. He played in three World Cups for the United States, in 1998, 2002 and 2006.

6'0", 174 lbs born Dec. 24, 1973 (age 52)

games
336
starts
333
minutes
28,866
goals
18
assists
11

first recorded game April 20, 1996 · last recorded game Oct. 20, 2007

Career totals and dates are as recorded here.

Honors

Career totals by team

team gp gs min g a sh
D.C. United 166 163 14256 9 9 77
United States 77 77 6594 7 — —
Real Salt Lake 47 47 4004 2 0 13
New York Red Bulls 46 46 4012 0 2 28

Career totals by competition

competition gp gs min g a sh
MLS 232 229 19884 10 10 105
MLSp 27 27 2388 1 1 13
IF 33 33 2878 4 — —
WCq 31 31 2675 3 — —
WC 9 9 800 0 — —
GC 4 4 241 0 — —

Goals by season

top flight international 0 1 2 3 4 1996, top flight: 3 goals 3 1996 1997, top flight: 3 goals 3 1997 1998, top flight: 1 goal 1998, international: 2 goals 3 1998 1999, top flight: 1 goal 1 1999 0 2000 0 2001 2002, top flight: 1 goal 2002, international: 2 goals 3 2002 0 2003 2004, international: 1 goal 1 2004 2005, top flight: 1 goal 1 2005 2006, international: 2 goals 2 2006 2007, top flight: 1 goal 1 2007

Season by season, clubs

team competition season gp gs min g a sh
D.C. United MLS 1996 18 18 1575 2 1 12
D.C. United MLSp 1996 6 6 544 1 0 3
D.C. United MLS 1997 29 29 2513 3 2 12
D.C. United MLSp 1997 5 5 450 0 0 1
D.C. United MLS 1998 20 20 1754 1 0 6
D.C. United MLSp 1998 6 6 539 0 0 5
D.C. United MLS 1999 19 18 1647 1 0 7
D.C. United MLSp 1999 6 6 495 0 1 1
D.C. United MLS 2000 21 21 1740 0 2 13
D.C. United MLS 2001 19 18 1528 0 2 6
D.C. United MLS 2002 17 16 1471 1 1 11
New York Red Bulls MLS 2003 20 20 1724 0 2 15
New York Red Bulls MLSp 2003 2 2 180 0 0 3
New York Red Bulls MLS 2004 22 22 1928 0 0 10
New York Red Bulls MLSp 2004 2 2 180 0 0 0
Real Salt Lake MLS 2005 20 20 1756 1 0 8
Real Salt Lake MLS 2007 27 27 2248 1 0 5

Season by season, international

team competition season gp gs min g
United States IF 1997 1 1 90 0
United States WC 1998 2 2 180 0
United States WCq 1998 13 13 1109 2
United States IF 1998 6 6 540 0
United States IF 1999 2 2 132 0
United States GC 2000 2 2 180 0
United States IF 2000 1 1 90 0
United States IF 2001 3 3 270 0
United States WC 2002 5 5 440 0
United States WCq 2002 9 9 764 1
United States IF 2002 6 6 540 1
United States IF 2003 2 2 175 0
United States IF 2004 4 4 345 1
United States GC 2005 2 2 61 0
United States IF 2005 1 1 73 0
United States WC 2006 2 2 180 0
United States WCq 2006 9 9 802 0
United States IF 2006 7 7 623 2

Most recent games

cmp date team r score vs g a minutes venue
MLS Oct. 20, 2007 Real Salt Lake   0 - 1 Colorado Rapids 0 — 54 Dick's Sporting Goods Park
MLS Oct. 15, 2007 Real Salt Lake   1 - 0 Houston Dynamo 0 — 90 Rice-Eccles Stadium
MLS Sept. 29, 2007 Real Salt Lake   2 - 2 New York Red Bulls 0 — 90 Giants Stadium
MLS Sept. 19, 2007 Real Salt Lake   2 - 2 Los Angeles Galaxy 0 — 90 Rice-Eccles Stadium
MLS Sept. 15, 2007 Real Salt Lake   0 - 0 Toronto FC 0 — 90 BMO Field
MLS Sept. 8, 2007 Real Salt Lake   4 - 3 Houston Dynamo 0 — 53 Robertson Stadium
MLS Sept. 1, 2007 Real Salt Lake   1 - 2 Los Angeles Galaxy 1 — 90 StubHub Center
MLS Aug. 29, 2007 Real Salt Lake   3 - 1 Kansas City Wizards 0 — 55 Rice-Eccles Stadium
MLS Aug. 26, 2007 Real Salt Lake   1 - 0 Chivas USA 0 — 90 StubHub Center
MLS Aug. 18, 2007 Real Salt Lake   2 - 0 Chicago Fire 0 — 90 Rice-Eccles Stadium
all 358 recorded games →

Most often alongside

Players who appeared in the most games alongside Eddie Pope
player together share
Richie Williams 164 46%
Jeff Agoos 156 44%
Jaime Moreno 140 39%
Marco Etcheverry 137 38%
Carey Talley 125 35%
Ben Olsen 92 26%
John Harkes 91 25%
Tony Sanneh 83 23%
Carlos Llamosa 81 23%
John Maessner 68 19%
Andy Williams 62 17%
Clint Mathis 62 17%

The 12 most frequent, of the 358 games Eddie Pope 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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Five steps and approaches for the USMNT heading into 2023. American Soccer Now 2022-12-16 detail
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season salary
2004 $286165.00
2005 $314782.00
2006 $330521.00
2007 $265000.00