Jeff Cunningham

5'8", 154 lbs born Aug. 21, 1976 (age 50)

games
408
starts
257
minutes
25,045
goals
142
assists
78

first recorded game March 29, 1998 · last recorded game Oct. 27, 2011

Career totals and dates are as recorded here.

Honors

Career totals by team

team gp gs min g a sh
Columbus Crew 220 128 13120 67 48 445
FC Dallas 69 48 4524 34 11 159
Real Salt Lake 38 33 3006 19 11 94
Toronto FC 32 20 1781 6 1 40
Colorado Rapids 29 19 1897 13 3 58
United States 14 4 395 1 2 —
Columbus Crew Reserves 4 4 271 2 2 —
Colorado Rapids Reserves 1 — 0 0 — —
Toronto FC Reserves 1 1 51 0 — —

Career totals by competition

competition gp gs min g a sh
MLS 365 233 22751 134 70 772
MLSp 23 15 1577 5 4 24
MLSr 6 5 322 2 2 —
IF 9 3 244 1 1 —
WCq 3 1 101 0 — —
GC 2 — 50 0 1 —

Goals by season

top flight international 0 5 10 15 20 1998, top flight: 8 goals 8 1998 1999, top flight: 15 goals 15 1999 2000, top flight: 2 goals 2 2000 2001, top flight: 10 goals 10 2001 2002, top flight: 16 goals 16 2002 2003, top flight: 5 goals 5 2003 2004, top flight: 9 goals 9 2004 2005, top flight: 13 goals 13 2005 2006, top flight: 16 goals 16 2006 2007, top flight: 6 goals 6 2007 2008, top flight: 8 goals 8 2008 2009, top flight: 17 goals 2009, international: 1 goal 18 2009 2010, top flight: 12 goals 12 2010 2011, top flight: 2 goals 2 2011

Season by season, clubs

team competition season gp gs min g a sh
Columbus Crew MLS 1998 25 8 1076 8 1 47
Columbus Crew MLSp 1998 2 0 45 0 0 2
Columbus Crew MLS 1999 28 15 1556 12 5 60
Columbus Crew MLSp 1999 5 5 424 3 1 9
Columbus Crew MLS 2000 29 16 1755 2 8 48
Columbus Crew MLS 2001 22 20 1770 10 13 72
Columbus Crew MLSp 2001 2 2 180 0 0 4
Columbus Crew MLS 2002 27 21 1962 16 5 78
Columbus Crew MLSp 2002 5 5 422 0 3 —
Columbus Crew MLS 2003 21 13 1401 5 7 49
Columbus Crew MLS 2004 30 19 1853 9 4 63
Columbus Crew MLSp 2004 2 0 70 0 0 0
Colorado Rapids MLS 2005 26 17 1667 12 3 55
Colorado Rapids MLSp 2005 3 2 230 1 0 3
Colorado Rapids Reserves MLSr 2005 1 — 0 0 — —
Real Salt Lake MLS 2006 31 26 2404 16 11 83
Real Salt Lake MLS 2007 7 7 602 3 0 11
Toronto FC MLS 2007 16 13 1034 3 1 21
FC Dallas MLS 2008 11 11 951 5 2 24
Toronto FC MLS 2008 16 7 747 3 0 19
Toronto FC Reserves MLSr 2008 1 1 51 0 — —
FC Dallas MLS 2009 28 23 1918 17 8 71
FC Dallas MLS 2010 27 13 1464 11 1 58
FC Dallas MLSp 2010 3 1 191 1 0 6
Columbus Crew MLS 2011 21 4 591 2 1 13
Columbus Crew MLSp 2011 1 0 15 0 0 0
Columbus Crew Reserves MLSr 2011 4 4 271 2 2 —

Season by season, international

team competition season gp gs min g a
United States WCq 2002 1 — 44 0 —
United States GC 2002 2 — 50 0 1
United States IF 2002 2 — 29 0 —
United States IF 2003 3 1 78 0 1
United States WCq 2006 2 1 57 0 —
United States IF 2009 2 1 69 1 —
United States IF 2010 2 1 68 0 —

Most recent games

cmp date team r score vs g a minutes venue
MLSp Oct. 27, 2011 Columbus Crew   1 - 0 Colorado Rapids 0 — 15 Dick's Sporting Goods Park
MLS Oct. 22, 2011 Columbus Crew   3 - 2 Chicago Fire 0 — 25 Toyota Park
MLS Oct. 15, 2011 Columbus Crew   3 - 0 New England Revolution 0 — 1 Gillette Stadium
MLSr Oct. 10, 2011 Columbus Crew Reserves   3 - 0 New York Red Bulls Reserves 0 1 90 MAPFRE Stadium
MLS Sept. 28, 2011 Columbus Crew   1 - 2 Sporting Kansas City 0 — 6 Children's Mercy Park
MLSr Sept. 18, 2011 Columbus Crew Reserves   2 - 1 Philadelphia Union Reserves 0 — 64 Union Training Fields
MLS Sept. 17, 2011 Columbus Crew   0 - 1 Philadelphia Union 0 — 16 Talen Energy Stadium
MLSr Sept. 11, 2011 Columbus Crew Reserves   4 - 2 Toronto FC Reserves 2 1 54 MAPFRE Stadium
MLS Sept. 10, 2011 Columbus Crew   2 - 4 Toronto FC 0 1 16 MAPFRE Stadium
MLS Aug. 27, 2011 Columbus Crew   2 - 6 Seattle Sounders 1 — 34 CenturyLink Field
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Most often alongside

Players who appeared in the most games alongside Jeff Cunningham
player together share
Mike Clark 149 37%
Brian West 125 31%
Brian Maisonneuve 114 28%
Brian McBride 110 27%
Robert Warzycha 104 25%
Eric Denton 94 23%
Duncan Oughton 91 22%
Ansil Elcock 83 20%
Edson Buddle 83 20%
Mike Lapper 83 20%
Todd Yeagley 83 20%
Dante Washington 75 18%

The 12 most frequent, of the 408 games Jeff Cunningham 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.

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Josef Martínez moves up MLS record books with first Earthquakes goal MLSSoccer.com 2025-03-01 detail
Columbus Crew star Cucho Hernández named MLS Player of the Month MLSSoccer.com 2024-07-26 detail
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season salary
2004 $175000.00