1. Jeff Cunningham was born on August 21,1976 and is a former professional soccer player who played as a forward.
27 Facts About Jeff Cunningham
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Jeff Cunningham is Major League Soccer's third-all-time leader in regular-season goals scored with 134.
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Jeff Cunningham was born in Jamaica, but moved to Crystal River, Florida, at the age of fourteen.
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Jeff Cunningham played college soccer at the University of South Florida from 1994 to 1997.
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Jeff Cunningham finished his career at USF with forty-one goals and thirty-six assists.
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Jeff Cunningham was inducted to the USF Athletics Hall of Fame in August 2024.
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Jeff Cunningham became a starter in 1999 and held that role for several years.
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Jeff Cunningham was named to the MLS Best XI in 2002, after scoring sixteen goals and adding five assists.
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Jeff Cunningham left the Crew tied with Brian McBride for the all-time team lead in goals.
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Jeff Cunningham finished the 2005 season with twelve league goals for Colorado.
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Jeff Cunningham scored twice against Fulham FC of the Premier League in the 2005 MLS All-Star Game.
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Jeff Cunningham was seventh on the all-time MLS goalscoring list entering the 2006 season.
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Jeff Cunningham tied for the second-most assists in the league with eleven.
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On May 22,2007, Jeff Cunningham was dealt to Toronto FC in exchange for Alecko Eskandarian and a first-round draft pick in the 2008 MLS SuperDraft.
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Jeff Cunningham fell out of favor in his second season with Toronto FC, missing scoring a goal line ball that would have taken Toronto to the CONCACAF Champions League.
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Jeff Cunningham played in 11 games with FC Dallas during the 2008 season scoring 5 goals.
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Jeff Cunningham scored 17 goals in 2009, including four goals on August 1 against the Kansas City Wizards.
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Jeff Cunningham netted seven goals in five games in September, winning MLS Player of the Month and went on to win the 2009 MLS Golden Boot.
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On December 15,2010, Jeff Cunningham was selected by Columbus Crew in Stage 2 of the Re-Entry draft.
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On July 7,2011, Jeff Cunningham scored his 133rd career MLS goal to tie the league's all-time scoring record.
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Jeff Cunningham was not selected in the draft and became a free agent.
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In January 2012, Jeff Cunningham signed on with first division side and current runner up CSD Comunicaciones of Guatemala for the 2012 Torneo Clausura.
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In 1999, Jeff Cunningham played for Jamaica in a friendly international against Ghana.
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Jeff Cunningham became a US citizen in November 2001, and received his first cap for the United States national team less than a month later, on December 9, in a friendly against South Korea.
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Jeff Cunningham made his first start in a World Cup qualifier on September 7,2005, against Guatemala.
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Jeff Cunningham and his wife, Jocelyn have two children, Mikayla, born in 2008 and Eli born in 2014.
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Jeff Cunningham became a naturalized US citizen on November 13,2001.