It had been a long-time coming and put off a bit by Gonzalo Segares' ankle injury earlier this season but the Costa Rican's appearance in the Fire's 1-1 draw at Sporting KC had a ring of history to it.
With the 90 minute shift, Segares played his 216th regular season game for the club, moving him past goalkeeper Zach Thornton for third all-time on the club's MLS regular season appearance list, joining current Fire assistant coach CJ Brown (1st, 296) and teammate Logan Pause (2nd, 279).
Fire kitman Charles Raycroft worked a little magic and made the trio these jerseys to commemorate the occasion...
Congrats to Gonzalo on joining the club and thanks to all three of you for your 791 regular season matches and 35 years of combined service to the Fire!
For your reference, here is the club's Top 15 MLS Appearance List:
<strong>Rank</strong> |
<strong>Player</strong> |
<strong>Games Played</strong> |
<strong>Years</strong> |
1 |
C.J. Brown |
296 |
1998-2010 |
2 |
<strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Logan Pause</span></strong> |
279* |
2003-present |
3 |
<strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Gonzalo Segares</span></strong> |
216* |
2005-present |
4 |
Zach Thornton |
215 |
1998-2006 |
5 |
Chris Armas |
214 |
1998-2007 |
6 |
Jesse Marsch |
200 |
1998-2005 |
7 |
Chris Rolfe |
178 |
2005-2009, 2012-2014 |
8 |
Justin Mapp |
174 |
2003-2010 |
9 |
<span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>Patrick Nyarko</strong></span> |
169* |
2008-present |
10 |
Diego Gutierrez |
157 |
1998-2001, 2006-2008 |
11 |
Ante Razov |
155 |
1998-2004 |
12 |
Jim Curtin |
151 |
1998-2007 |
13 |
<span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>Sean Johnson</strong></span> |
116* |
2010-present |
14 |
Peter Nowak |
114 |
1998-2002 |
15 |
Marco Pappa |
112 |
2008-2012 |
See more historical Fire player stats in the TrueCar Player Registry.
