List of United States men's national soccer team captains
The following table includes players who have captained the United States men's national soccer team (featuring all caps, goals and assists or goalkeeper wins and shutouts) from January 24, 1998, through January 31, 2021, a game with Trinidad & Tobago. Values come from U.S. Soccer Federation Media Guide.
All other Captain amounts from 1916 to 1997 are based on extensive research of game film, match statistics and match lineups found on numerous websites,[1][2][3][4] which have been able to place a captain with every FIFA USMNT Match.
USMNT captains
| Rank | Player | Captain | POS | GP | GS | G/GK-W | A/GK-SO | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlos Bocanegra | 64 | D | 110 | 105 | 14 | 8 | 2001–2012 |
| 2 | Tony Meola | 55 | GK | 100 | 97 | 37 | 32 | 1988–2002 |
| 3 | Michael Bradley | 48 | M | 141 | 134 | 17 | 22 | 2006– |
| 4 | Claudio Reyna | 46 | M | 112 | 94 | 8 | 19 | 1994–2006 |
| 5 | Mike Windischmann | 40 | D | 50 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 1984–1990 |
| 6 | John Harkes | 30 | M | 90 | 89 | 6 | 11 | 1987–2000 |
| 7 | Kasey Keller | 25 | GK | 102 | 99 | 53 | 47 | 1990–2007 |
| 8 | Thomas Dooley | 23 | D/M | 81 | 76 | 7 | 3 | 1992–1999 |
| 9 | Clint Dempsey | 20 | F | 140 | 122 | 57 | 20 | 2004–2017 |
| 10 | Landon Donovan | 19 | M/F | 157 | 142 | 57 | 58 | 2000–2014 |
| Marcelo Balboa | 19 | D | 127 | 117 | 13 | 4 | 1988–2000 | |
| 12 | Peter Vermes | 18 | F | 66 | 58 | 11 | 3 | 1988–1997 |
| 13 | Walter Bahr | 13 | M | 19 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1948–1957 |
| 14 | Rick Davis | 12 | M | 35 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 1977–1988 |
| Werner Roth | 12 | D | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1972–1975 | |
| 16 | Adolph Bachmeier | 11 | M | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1959–1969 |
| Jeff Agoos | 11 | D | 134 | 124 | 4 | 8 | 1988–2003 | |
| 18 | Tim Howard | 10 | GK | 120 | 118 | 61 | 42 | 2002–2017 |
| 19 | Earnie Stewart | 9 | M/F | 101 | 77 | 17 | 10 | 1990–2004 |
| Steve Pecher | 9 | D | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1976–1980 | |
| Wil Trapp | 9 | D | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2015- | |
| 22 | Al Trost | 8 | M | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1973–1978 |
| 23 | Jozy Altidore | 7 | F | 109 | 93 | 41 | 13 | 2007– |
| DaMarcus Beasley | 7 | M/D | 123 | 98 | 17 | 13 | 2001–2017 | |
| Harry Keough | 7 | D | 19 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1949–1957 | |
| Tim Ream | 7 | D | 27 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 2010– | |
| 27 | Brad Friedel | 5 | GK | 82 | 80 | 27 | 24 | 1992–2004 |
| Eddie Pope | 5 | D | 82 | 82 | 8 | 0 | 1996–2006 | |
| Jimmy Conrad | 5 | D | 28 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 2005–2010 | |
| Manuel Martin | 5 | D | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1947–1949 | |
| Pablo Mastroeni | 5 | M | 65 | 56 | 0 | 2 | 2001–2009 | |
| Paul Caligiuri | 5 | D | 110 | 93 | 5 | 4 | 1984–1997 | |
| Mike Ivanow | 5 | GK | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1973–1975 | |
| Tom Florie | 5 | F | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1925–1934 | |
| Aaron Long | 5 | D | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2018- | |
| 36 | Andy Straden | 4 | F | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1924 |
| Willy Roy | 4 | F | 20 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 1965–1973 | |
| Kevin Crow | 4 | D | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1984–1988 | |
| Francis Ryan | 4 | M | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1928–1936 | |
| Brian McBride | 4 | F | 95 | 76 | 30 | 10 | 1993-2006 | |
| Mike Flater | 4 | F | 15 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1975–1977 | |
| Cobi Jones | 4 | M/F | 164 | 109 | 15 | 22 | 1992–2004 | |
| Bob Kehoe | 4 | D | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1965 | |
| Clint Mathis | 4 | F | 46 | 30 | 12 | 9 | 1998–2005 | |
| Chris Armas | 4 | M | 66 | 61 | 2 | 4 | 1998–2005 | |
| Dave D'Errico | 4 | D/M | 19 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1974–1977 | |
| Glenn Myernick | 4 | M | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1977–1979 | |
| 48 | Eric Eichmann | 3 | M | 29 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1986–1993 |
| Fernando Clavijo | 3 | D | 61 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 1990–1994 | |
| Steve Cherundolo | 3 | D | 87 | 83 | 2 | 10 | 1999–2012 | |
| John Dubienny | 3 | M | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1937 | |
| Brad Guzan | 3 | GK | 58 | 50 | 30 | 18 | 2006– | |
| Hugo Perez | 3 | M | 73 | 66 | 13 | 8 | 1984–1994 | |
| Christian Pulisic | 3 | M/F | 23 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 2016– | |
| Tab Ramos | 3 | M | 81 | 70 | 8 | 14 | 1988–2000 | |
| Alejandro Bedoya | 3 | M | 65 | 55 | 2 | 11 | 2010–2017 | |
| Brian Quinn | 3 | M | 48 | 41 | 1 | 2 | 1991–1994 | |
| Zack Steffen | 3 | GK | 12 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 2018- | |
| 59 | Zenon Snylyk | 2 | M | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1956–1963 |
| Tom Kain | 2 | M | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1986–1987 | |
| Chris Henderson | 2 | M | 79 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1990–2001 | |
| Jeff Durgan | 2 | D | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1983–1985 | |
| Alex Skotarek | 2 | D | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1975–1976 | |
| John Doyle | 2 | D | 53 | 49 | 3 | 2 | 1987–1994 | |
| Charlie McCully | 2 | F | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1973–1975 | |
| Jack Swithenby | 2 | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1885-86 | |
| Thomas Swords | 2 | F | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1916 | |
| Steve Trittschuh | 2 | D | 37 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 1987–1995 | |
| Eric Wynalda | 2 | F | 106 | 90 | 34 | 16 | 1990–2000 | |
| Archie Stark | 2 | M/F | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1925 | |
| Eddie Murphy | 2 | F | 18 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1955–1969 | |
| Danny Califf | 2 | D | 23 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 2002-2009 | |
| Brian Ching | 2 | F | 45 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 2003-2010 | |
| Eddie Lewis | 2 | M/F | 82 | 57 | 10 | 16 | 1996-2008 | |
| Jermaine Jones | 2 | M | 69 | 64 | 4 | 8 | 2010-2017 | |
| Oguchi Onyewu | 2 | D | 69 | 62 | 6 | 3 | 2004-2014 | |
| 75 | Weston McKennie | 1 | D | 13 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2017– |
| Mark Dodd | 1 | GK | 15 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 1988-1997 | |
| Alexi Lalas | 1 | D | 96 | 87 | 9 | 11 | 1991–1998 | |
| Omar Gonzalez | 1 | D | 51 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 2010– | |
| Graham Zusi | 1 | M/D | 51 | 37 | 5 | 6 | 2012–2017 | |
| DeAndre Yedlin | 1 | D | 59 | 35 | 0 | 7 | 2014– | |
| Danny Williams | 1 | M | 23 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2011–2017 | |
| Kyle Beckerman | 1 | M | 58 | 46 | 1 | 2 | 2007–2016 | |
| Dax McCarty | 1 | M | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2009–2017 | |
| Dominic Kinnear | 1 | M | 54 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1990–1993 | |
| Jonathan Bornstein | 1 | D | 38 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 2007–2011 | |
| Frankie Hejduk | 1 | D | 85 | 64 | 7 | 2 | 1996–2009 | |
| Carlos Llamosa | 1 | D | 29 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1998–2002 | |
| Richie Williams | 1 | M | 20 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1998–2002 | |
| Boris Bandov | 1 | M | 33 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 1976–1983 | |
| Bob Gansler | 1 | D | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1968 | |
| Edward McIlvenny | 1 | M | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1950 | |
| George Moorhouse | 1 | D | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1926–1934 | |
| Eric Lichaj | 1 | D | 15 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2010- | |
| Bruce Murray | 1 | F | 85 | 76 | 21 | 6 | 1985–1993 |
- Steve Sampson stated that Thomas Dooley and John Harkes captained the majority of USMNT matches during Sampson's tenure from 1995–1998.[5]
References
- "USA national football team complete 'A' international record". 11v11.com - Home of Football Statistics. Archived from the original on June 22, 2012.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
- "U.S. Soccer Media Guides". U.S. Soccer Media Guides.
- "Captain America! Players that captained USA during a World Cup". FOX Sports. October 20, 2016.
- "QUIZ: CAN YOU NAME THE USMNT CAPTAINS SINCE 1989?p". US Soccer. April 2, 2020.
- "The Captains's Armband". United States National Soccer Team Players. May 19, 2009.
External links
- Captain America! Players that captained USA during a World Cup
- Remembering USA Soccer captains over the years
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