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Jeff Cunningham (born August 21, 1976 in Montego Bay, Jamaica) is a Jamaican-American soccer striker, who currently plays for the Columbus Crew of Major League Soccer.Cunningham was born in Jamaica, but moved to Florida at the age of 14. He played college soccer at the University of South Florida from 1994 to 1997. As a sophomore and a junior, Cunningham was named first-team All-Conference USA, and as a senior he was named Conference USA Player of the Year. He finished his career at USF with 41 goals and 36 assists.
Upon graduating, Cunningham was selected 9th overall in the 1998 MLS College Draft by the Crew. As a rookie, he played in 25 games, mostly as a substitute, and tied the rookie record for goals (since broken by Damani Ralph) with 8. Cunningham became a starter in 1999, and has largely held that role to the present day. In 182 games for the team, he has scored 62 goals and 43 assists. He was named to the MLS Best XI in 2002, after scoring 16 goals and 5 assists for the team. He is currently tied with Brian McBride for the all-time Crew lead in goals, and is eighth on the all-time MLS goalscoring list.
Cunningham became a U.S. citizen November 13, 2001, and received his first cap for the United States national team less than a month later, December 9December 9 is the 343rd day (344th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 22 days remaining. Events 1793 New York City's first daily newspaper, the American Minerva is established by Noah Webster 1824 Battle of Ayacucho Peru defea, in a friendly against South KoreaKorea, in ancient times, had a ball game called 'chuk-guk' very similar in form to contemporary football. However, Koreans first saw the present version of football in 1882 when British crew members played a game while their vessel was visiting the lnchon. In total, he has received 8 caps with the national team, but he seems unlikely to get many more, as his individualistic style does not lend itself well to the United States tactics.
See also
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