Where do Mines, Davies rank among the youngest goalscorers in MLS history?

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The first two weekends of the 2018 MLS season have featured teenage goalscorers, both a mere 17 years of age, opening their league accounts in record time.


First Vancouver Whitecaps and Canadian national team phenom Alphonso Davies netted the game-winner vs. Montreal in Week 1, and then on Saturday Homegrown rookie Ben Mines opened the scoring for the New York Red Bulls in their 4-0 rout of the Portland Timbers


But where do this year's fresh-faced starlets rank in the league's all-time history of youngest goalscorers? Maybe not as high as you might think, but both slot into the top 15. Here's that list, courtesy of the Elias Sports Bureau.


  1. Freddy Adu - 14 years, 320 days
  2. Jesus Ferreira - 16 years, 161 days
  3. Diego Fagundez - 16 years, 173 days
  4. Santino Quaranta - 16 years, 217 days
  5. Eddie Gaven - 16 years, 253 days
  6. Jack McBean - 16 years, 312 days
  7. Jozy Altidore - 16 years, 314 days
  8. Fuad Ibrahim - 16 years, 332 days
  9. Andy Najar - 17 years, 74 days
  10. Eddie Johnson - 17 years, 95 days
  11. Alphonso Davies - 17 years, 122 days
  12. Omar Salgado - 17 years, 232 days
  13. Luis Gil - 17 years, 265 days
  14. Jack McInerney - 17 years, 269 days
  15. Ben Mines - 17 years, 301 days