Teal Bunbury
Teal Bunbury in 2011
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Teal Alexander Bunbury | ||
| Date of birth | February 27, 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Hamilton, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Playing position | Forward, Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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New England Revolution | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2007 | Apple Valley Juventus | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2009 | Akron Zips | 45 | (23) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009 | Rochester Thunder | 11 | (5) |
| 2010–2013 | Sporting Kansas City | 88 | (19) |
| 2014– | New England Revolution | 88 | (10) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2007 | Canada U17 | 1 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Canada U20 | 2 | (1) |
| 2012 | United States U23 | 3 | (0) |
| 2010–2012 | United States | 4 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:50, 26 October 2016 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of November 25, 2014 |
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Teal Alexander Bunbury (born February 27, 1990) is a Canadian-American soccer player who currently plays for the New England Revolution in Major League Soccer.
Bunbury was born in Hamilton, Ontario to an American mother of Polish and Swedish descent, Kristi, and Alex Bunbury, a Guyanese-born, Canadian professional soccer player who is the eighth most capped player for the Canadian men's soccer team. At the age of two, he left Canada to travel with his family, at first to England, where the elder Bunbury played briefly, and then to Portugal. When he was 10 years old. he moved to the United States with his family and has lived there since. He grew up in Prior Lake, Minnesota and attended Shattuck-St. Mary's High School.
Bunbury's first club was Apple Valley Juventus, followed by college soccer at the University of Akron. He made a total of 35 starts and appeared in 48 games with the Zips during the 2008 and 2009 seasons. In his first season, he made 23 appearances, starting ten games and scoring six goals, a total second only to future SuperDraft pick Steve Zakuani, who lead the NCAA in scoring with 20.
After Steve Zakuani was selected first overall in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft, Bunbury began to shine for Akron. As a sophomore, he started all 25 games for the Zips, including the 2009 Division I Men's College Cup final. Bunbury led the team and the nation in goals, scoring 17 during the year, led the team in shots (103) and tied with fellow forward, Darlington Nagbe, in game-winning goals (5). Bunbury earned many accolades during the 2009 season, including the Mid-American Conference's Player of the Week award three times and same award by College Soccer News, once. He was also named to Top Drawer Soccer's national Team of the Week during the season. At the end of the season he was named as the winner of the 2009 Hermann Trophy Award, honoring the best player in college soccer.
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