Did you know?
Since Danny Dichio’s final appearance for Toronto FC – a meaningless late-game run-out on September 5 in Denver – the remains of the TFC strike force (Barrett, Gerba, White, Pablo Who?) scored a whopping total of two goals.
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White blazed one home at the supporters’ end against Colorado, and Barrett found twine in Chicago.
In the same time – over exactly the same stretch of games – young defender Nana Attakora also scored two goals.
Taking the longer view, here is how frequently TFC strikers dented net throughout the 2009 MLS regular season:
O’Brian White – once every 220 minutes
Danny Dichio – once every 253.3 minutes
Chad Barrett – once every 413.8 minutes
Ali Gerba – once every 534 minutes
Pablo Who? – once every 825 minutes
Just for comparison purposes:
Dwayne DeRosario – once every 222.2 minutes
Amado Guevara – once every 399.8 minutes
Nana Attakora – once every 826 minutes
Nobody else broke one in a thousand.
Also of note:
MLS Golden Boot winner Jeff Cunningham (ex-TFC) – once every 112.8 minutes
MLS Golden Boot runner-up Conor Casey (ex-TFC) – once every 130.4 minutes
Cunningham, by the way, added eight assists. Barrett-Gerba-White-Pablo Who? combined for four. Dichio had two.
Yes, I’m going somewhere with this.
Onward!