A third round pick in the 2003 MLS SuperDraft, Chicago Fire midfielder Logan Pause had already capped off a decade with the Men in Red last year before extending his deal to come back for a 12th season with the club in 2014 on Friday.
Logan's longevity got me thinking about players that held the longest consecutive tenures in terms of both years and games played ith one MLS club. After some research, I found that Fire legend and new assistant coach C.J. Brown holds the record for consecutive seasons with one team at 13, while Logan will tie Cobi Jones (LA Galaxy) and Pablo Mastroeni (Colorado Rapids) when he makes his first appearance for the Fire in 2014.
A look at the Top 10 players with the most consecutive seasons at one MLS club...
<strong>Rank</strong> |
<strong>Player</strong> |
<strong>Club</strong> |
<strong>Years</strong> |
<strong>Consecutive Seasons</strong> |
<strong>Games Played</strong> |
1 |
<strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">C.J. Brown</span></strong> |
Chicago Fire |
1998-2010 |
13 |
296 |
2 |
Cobi Jones |
LA Galaxy |
1996-2007 |
12 |
306 |
3 |
Pablo Mastroeni |
Colorado Rapids |
2002-2013 |
12 |
216 |
4 |
<span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>Logan Pause</strong></span> |
Chicago Fire |
2003-present |
11* |
274 |
5 |
Shalrie Joseph |
New England Revolution |
2003-2012 |
10 |
261 |
6 |
Davy Arnaud |
Sporting KC |
2002-2011 |
10 |
218 |
7 |
Jason Kreis |
Dallas Burn |
1996-2004 |
9 |
247 |
8 |
Kerry Zavagnin |
Kansas City Wizards |
2000-2008 |
9 |
237 |
9 |
Landon Donovan |
LA Galaxy |
2005-present |
9* |
216 |
10 |
Jay Heaps |
New England Revolution |
2001-2009 |
8 |
228 |
*-denotes active MLS player
You may be wondering where are Jaime Moreno and Ramiro Corrales? Good question. Moreno holds the MLS record for most seasons with one club, spending 14 years with D.C. United but he did have one stint with the MetroStars that broke up his two long stints in the nation's capital.
In Corrales' case, while he never played for another MLS club other than San Jose after being traded back to the Quakes in 2001, he did spend a few years abroad in Norway with HamKam that keep him out of the consecutive seasons count. Corrales spent a total of 12 seasons in San Jose over three stints (1996-97, 2001-04, 2008-13)
Just for fun, a look at the record number for consecutive appearances for MLS club is below too:
<strong>Rank</strong> |
<strong>Player</strong> |
<strong>Club</strong> |
<strong>Years</strong> |
<b>Consecutive Games Played</b> |
<strong> Seasons</strong> |
1 |
Cobi Jones |
LA Galaxy |
1996-2007 |
306 |
12 |
2 |
<span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>C.J. Brown</strong></span> |
Chicago Fire |
1998-2010 |
296 |
13 |
3 |
<strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Logan Pause</span></strong> |
Chicago Fire |
2003-present |
274* |
11 |
4 |
Shalrie Joseph |
New England Revolution |
2003-2012 |
261 |
10 |
5 |
Jason Kreis |
Dallas Burn |
1996-2004 |
247 |
9 |
6 |
Kerry Zavagnin |
Kansas City Wizards |
2000-2008 |
237 |
9 |
7 |
Jay Heaps |
New England Revolution |
2001-2009 |
228 |
8 |
8 |
Ramiro Corrales |
San Jose Earthquakes |
<p>2001-2004;<br>
2008-2013</p> |
225 |
10 |
9 |
Nick Garcia |
Kansas City Wizards |
2000-2007 |
224 |
8 |
10 |
Davy Arnaud |
Sporting KC |
2002-2011 |
218 |
10 |
*-denotes active MLS player
