Sean Franklin

5'10", 160 lbs born March 21, 1985 (age 41), Panorama City, CA

games
295
starts
276
minutes
25,095
goals
10
assists
29

first recorded game March 30, 2008 · last recorded game Aug. 11, 2018

Career totals and dates are as recorded here.

Honors

Career totals by team

team gp gs min g a sh
LA Galaxy 178 168 15357 6 21 79
D.C. United 105 98 8814 4 8 43
Vancouver Whitecaps 11 9 834 0 0 0
LA Galaxy Reserves 1 1 90 0 — —

Career totals by competition

competition gp gs min g a sh
MLS 272 254 23011 8 28 113
MLSp 22 21 1994 2 1 9
MLSr 1 1 90 0 — —

Goals by season

top flight 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 2008 0 2009 0 2010 2011, top flight: 4 goals 4 2011 0 2012 2013, top flight: 2 goals 2 2013 2014, top flight: 2 goals 2 2014 2015, top flight: 1 goal 1 2015 2016, top flight: 1 goal 1 2016 0 2017 0 2018

Season by season, clubs

team competition season gp gs min g a sh
LA Galaxy MLS 2008 27 26 2385 0 1 12
LA Galaxy Reserves MLSr 2008 1 1 90 0 — —
LA Galaxy MLS 2009 13 13 1125 0 1 5
LA Galaxy MLSp 2009 4 4 420 0 0 0
LA Galaxy MLS 2010 25 24 2126 0 6 9
LA Galaxy MLSp 2010 3 3 270 0 0 1
LA Galaxy MLS 2011 28 25 2338 4 3 15
LA Galaxy MLSp 2011 4 4 360 0 0 0
LA Galaxy MLS 2012 34 33 2937 0 5 17
LA Galaxy MLSp 2012 5 5 450 0 1 2
LA Galaxy MLS 2013 33 29 2736 1 4 15
LA Galaxy MLSp 2013 2 2 210 1 0 3
D.C. United MLS 2014 29 28 2532 1 4 16
D.C. United MLSp 2014 2 1 110 1 0 1
D.C. United MLS 2015 24 23 2089 1 0 11
D.C. United MLSp 2015 2 2 174 0 0 2
D.C. United MLS 2016 29 29 2494 1 2 5
D.C. United MLS 2017 19 15 1415 0 2 8
Vancouver Whitecaps MLS 2018 11 9 834 0 0 0

Most recent games

cmp date team r score vs g a minutes venue
MLS Aug. 11, 2018 Vancouver Whitecaps   1 - 2 Portland Timbers 0 — 90 Providence Park
MLS Aug. 4, 2018 Vancouver Whitecaps   2 - 2 New York City FC 0 — 90 Yankees Stadium
MLS July 14, 2018 Vancouver Whitecaps   3 - 1 D.C. United 0 — 66 Robert F. Kennedy Memorial St…
MLS July 7, 2018 Vancouver Whitecaps   2 - 3 Chicago Fire 0 — 0 BC Place
MLS July 1, 2018 Vancouver Whitecaps   1 - 0 Colorado Rapids 0 — 90 BC Place
MLS May 26, 2018 Vancouver Whitecaps   3 - 3 New England Revolution 0 — 90 BC Place
MLS May 16, 2018 Vancouver Whitecaps   2 - 2 San Jose Earthquakes 0 — 90 BC Place
MLS May 11, 2018 Vancouver Whitecaps   2 - 2 Houston Dynamo 0 — 90 BC Place
MLS May 5, 2018 Vancouver Whitecaps   1 - 0 Minnesota United FC 0 — 90 National Sports Center Stadium
MLS April 27, 2018 Vancouver Whitecaps   0 - 2 Real Salt Lake 0 — 90 BC Place
game log: 221 of 295 recorded games →

Most often alongside

Players who appeared in the most games alongside Sean Franklin
player together share
Nick DeLeon 92 42%
Bobby Boswell 88 40%
Landon Donovan 87 40%
Omar Gonzalez 73 33%
Taylor Kemp 72 33%
Steve Birnbaum 68 31%
Todd Dunivant 67 30%
David Beckham 64 29%
Bill Hamid 63 29%
Edson Buddle 62 28%
A.J. DeLaGarza 57 26%
Donovan Ricketts 55 25%

The 12 most frequent, of the 220 games Sean Franklin 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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