RSL's Rimando Closing In on League Shutout Streak Record
Published on Jul 10, 2010 09:15AM
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Goalkeeper Nick Rimando has his franchise-record shutout streak up to 498 minutes now, after the goalposts helped him hold off the Chicago Fire in RSL's 1-0 victory at Toyota Park on Thursday night.
And he's starting to close in on the Major League Soccer record.
Rimando ranks fifth all-time at the moment, and needs just 49 more minutes of shutout soccer to move up to third, behind Tony Meola's record 681-minute streak for Kansas City in 2000 and Donovan Ricketts' 612-minute streak for the Los Angeles Galaxy earlier this season.
As a team, RSL has the fourth-longest shutout streak in league history. Ahead of them: the Houston Dynamo went 727 minutes without conceding a goal en route to a championship in 2007, while the Kansas City Wizards had that 681-minute streak with Meola and the Galaxy had a 521-minute streak in 2006.
Oh, and here's one other good tidbit — RSL and the Galaxy are the only teams in the last four seasons to pile up 30 points in the first 15 games of the season.
