Ryan Nelsen

6'1", 196 lbs born Oct. 18, 1977 (age 48)

games
87
starts
84
minutes
7,495
goals
7
assists
6

first recorded game April 7, 2001 · last recorded game Nov. 14, 2004

Career totals and dates are as recorded here.

Honors

Career totals by team

team gp gs min g a sh
D.C. United 86 83 7420 7 6 66
New Zealand 1 1 75 0 — —

Career totals by competition

competition gp gs min g a sh
MLS 81 78 6970 7 5 63
MLSp 5 5 450 0 1 3
IF 1 1 75 0 — —

Goals by season

top flight 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 2001 2002, top flight: 4 goals 4 2002 2003, top flight: 1 goal 1 2003 2004, top flight: 2 goals 2 2004

Season by season, clubs

team competition season gp gs min g a sh
D.C. United MLS 2001 19 19 1643 0 2 11
D.C. United MLS 2002 20 17 1596 4 3 15
D.C. United MLS 2003 25 25 2314 1 0 30
D.C. United MLSp 2003 2 2 180 0 0 2
D.C. United MLS 2004 17 17 1417 2 0 7
D.C. United MLSp 2004 3 3 270 0 1 1

Season by season, international

team competition season gp gs min g
New Zealand IF 2003 1 1 75 0

Most recent games

cmp date team r score vs g a minutes venue
MLSp Nov. 14, 2004 D.C. United   3 - 2 Kansas City Wizards 0 — 90 StubHub Center
MLSp Oct. 30, 2004 D.C. United   2 - 0 MetroStars 0 — 90 Robert F. Kennedy Memorial St…
MLSp Oct. 23, 2004 D.C. United   2 - 0 MetroStars 0 1 90 Giants Stadium
MLS Oct. 17, 2004 D.C. United   3 - 2 MetroStars 0 — 90 Robert F. Kennedy Memorial St…
MLS Oct. 9, 2004 D.C. United   1 - 0 New England Revolution 0 — 90 Robert F. Kennedy Memorial St…
MLS Sept. 25, 2004 D.C. United   1 - 0 Columbus Crew 0 — 44 MAPFRE Stadium
MLS Sept. 18, 2004 D.C. United   1 - 3 Chicago Fire 0 — 90 Robert F. Kennedy Memorial St…
MLS Sept. 11, 2004 D.C. United   3 - 0 Dallas Burn 0 — 90 Robert F. Kennedy Memorial St…
MLS Sept. 4, 2004 D.C. United   3 - 1 Chicago Fire 0 — 90 Soldier Field
MLS July 17, 2004 D.C. United   1 - 1 Los Angeles Galaxy 1 — 90 Robert F. Kennedy Memorial St…
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Most often alongside

Players who appeared in the most games alongside Ryan Nelsen
player together share
Brandon Prideaux 58 67%
Marco Etcheverry 57 66%
Bryan Namoff 55 63%
Nick Rimando 55 63%
Bobby Convey 53 61%
Jaime Moreno 49 56%
Ben Olsen 48 55%
Dema Kovalenko 40 46%
Mike Petke 39 45%
Earnie Stewart 38 44%
Alecko Eskandarian 37 43%
Santino Quaranta 33 38%

The 12 most frequent, of the 87 games Ryan Nelsen 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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season salary
2004 $80554.00