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7th episode of the sixteenth season of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
"Chicago Crossover"
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode
Sergeants Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Hank Voight (Jason Beghe) discussing Voight's illegal interrogation technique.
Episode no.
Season 16
Episode 7
Directed by
Steve Shill
Story by
Warren Leight
Dick Wolf
Teleplay by
Ed Zuckerman
Production code
16007
Original air date
November 12, 2014 (2014-11-12)
Guest appearance(s)
Lou Taylor Pucci as Teddy Courtney/Voight
Danny Mastrogiorgio as George Turner
Mark H. Dold as Bob Clinton
Isabel Shill as Jocelyn Cerpaski
Christian Goodwin as Henry Thorne
Frank Deal as FBI Agent O’Connell
Donnetta Lavinia Grays as Lina Bagley
Sal Rendino as Deputy Warden Barberi
J.T. O'Connor as Don
Joshua Warr as Tombs C.O.
Paul Mauriello as Daddy Bear
Jesse Lee Soffer as Detective Jay Halstead
Sophia Bush as Detective Erin Lindsay
Jason Beghe as Sergeant Hank Voight
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"Chicago Crossover" is the seventh episode of the sixteenth season of the American police procedural-legal drama, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and the 350th overall episode of the long-running series. It originally aired on National Broadcasting Company (NBC) in the United States on November 12, 2014. In this episode, the SVU team meets up with the Intelligence Unit of Chicago P.D. to solve a decades-old child pornography ring case, which is personal for CPD's Detective Erin Lindsay (Sophia Bush).
The episode was written by Ed Zuckerman, Warren Leight, and Dick Wolf, and directed by Steve Shill. This episode marks an unprecedented crossover in Law & Order franchise history where three shows (all three created by Wolf) crossover with one main storyline. The story began in the 7th episode of season 3 "Nobody Touches Anything" of Chicago Fire where a fire victim was found with child pornography. The Fire Department turn the case over to the Chicago Police, who take on the initial investigation that leads them to Manhattan, where the detectives from Chicago P.D. team up with the SVU in "Chicago Crossover". The story concludes in the CPD episode "They'll Have To Go Through Me", where the main suspect returns to Chicago after leaving behind clues in New York. Filming on "Chicago Crossover" began on October 9, 2014 in New York City. NBC began using the hashtag "#CrossoverWeek" in their on-air promos for the three shows' episodes.
"Chicago Crossover" was seen by 10.01 million viewers making the second most viewed program of the night on NBC and the second ranked program in the time slot. Critical response to the SVU episode of the crossover was generally positive, many critics praising the tension-filled scenes and 'fireworks' between lead actors Mariska Hargitay and Jason Beghe, who portrayed Sgts. Olivia Benson and Hank Voight, respectively; Lou Taylor Pucci was also praised for his portrayal of Teddy Courtney.
Contents
1 Plot
2 Production
2.1 Concept and writing
2.1.1 Continuing storylines
2.2 Filming
2.3 Casting
3 Reception
3.1 Ratings
3.2 Critical response
4 References
5 External links
Plot[edit]
The case opens up where the Chicago Fire episode "Nobody Touches Anything", left off; where the CFD firefighters rescued a man from a burning building and in his possession, he held a box full of child pornography, a box which was dropped during Lieutenant Kelly Severide's (Taylor Kinney) attempt to save the man's life. The CFD then turned this evidence over to the Chicago police. Detective Erin Lindsay has a personal stake in the case: her half-brother is involved somehow and in New York City. Benson gets a call from Voight that his team is on a plane to Manhattan to help the SVU solve the case.
Lindsay explains to the SVU about how her half-brother Teddy Courtney (Lou Taylor Pucci) went missing when they were younger and how her mother thought that somehow he ran away to New York. Benson tells Lindsay that NCMEC ran Teddy’s face through their system and they found more images, and concluded that he was connected to a pedophile ring. While searching for Teddy they learn from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that another young boy, Henry Thorne (Christian Godwin), is being victimized on a live stream, although at the time no one could track down where the feed originated from. They learn from the photos found in the Chicago fire that the ring is called the "Chess and Checkers Club" and it originated out of Chicago back in 2004; NCMEC pushing the federal government to shut down the website, but to no avail.
Later the detectives discover through advanced facial recognition that Teddy has a juvenile record and went under the name Teddy Voight, who five years prior was arrested for solicitation. Lindsay explains to Detective Jay Halstead (Jesse Lee Soffer) that they knew Sgt. Voight before. SVU detectives Nick Amaro (Danny Pino) and Amanda Rollins (Kelli Giddish) go to a youth center where Teddy was remanded and learn that Teddy frequently ran away from the center. Security guard George Turner (Danny Mastrogiorgio) doesn't remember Teddy, but Miss Bagley (Donnetta Lavinia Grays) recommends that the detectives talk to Jocelyn Cerpaski (Isabel Shill), who left the center to start a better life. Jocelyn initially doesn't want to talk to the detectives, but she directs them to the piers where Teddy solicits. Rollins and Halstead find him and bring him in.
Lindsay tries to talk to Teddy, but he refuses. Benson tells Lindsay that they have him on narcotics possession. Benson tries to get Teddy to open up about what happened to him by letting him know that another boy is in danger, but he remains silent. Amaro and Rollins go back to Jocelyn, and learn that Teddy assaulted her. Later, Benson and Lindsay push Teddy, reassuring that he raped Jocelyn because his abusers forced him to. Teddy breaks down and admits what he did, reasoning that if he hadn't, the pedophile ring would have had someone else hurt her worse. Teddy explains to Benson and Lindsay there was someone they were all afraid of and that at the youth center, one of the security guards helped him escape—George Turner.
Benson, Halstead and Lindsay go back to the center to pick up Turner for questioning. He tries to run from them, and in the ensuing struggle Lindsay is injured by a passing bicyclist and hospitalized. When she awakes, Voight is at her bedside, telling her to go back to Chicago and vowing to help Teddy. Voight later shows up at SVU and immediately bursts into the interrogation room, where Amaro and Rollins are trying to question Turner. Voight threatens Turner, causing Benson to intervene; she threatens to have Voight arrested if he touches Turner again. However, Benson lets Turner believe that she is going to let Voight hurt him in order to scare him into revealing what he knows. Turner tells them some details involving toll fees that their prime suspect had to pay in order to get back into the city. Voight and Benson go to Teddy, who still refuses to remember that part of his life, so they go back to Jocelyn, undercover as Henry's parents in order to get her to talk. They take her back to SVU, where the detectives put her in an interrogation room with Teddy and a live feed of Henry. She remembers that they drove her across a long bridge, that she was blindfolded, and that she heard the sound of tires on metal. She and Teddy also remember a name: Bob Clinton (Mark H. Dold).
The detectives soon learn that Clinton is somewhere on Staten Island, and Benson and Voight rescue Henry and arrest Clinton. Meanwhile, Detectives Amaro and Fin Tutuola (Ice-T) arrest two others that seem to be involved. At the squad room, Rollins comes up with a laptop, showing video of another child who had been abducted by the ring, this time a young girl. Benson and Voight try to lean on Clinton, who asks for full immunity before he divulges anything. Benson decides to lock him up instead.
Hours after Benson sends Clinton to The Tombs, Clinton is shived in a shower while in protective custody by a Lester Davis, who was awaiting trial on armed robbery. SVU learns that Davis got a phone call from a no-name cell phone purchased in Chicago. Voight was told by Linsday that in Chicago, Andrew Llewellyn (the fire victim who had the child porn photos), and the officer guarding him were shot and killed. Benson comments that their suspect fled back to Chicago.
Production[edit]
"Chicago Crossover" was written by long-time Law & Order franchise writer Ed Zuckerman (teleplay), SVU executive producer/show runner Warren Leight and Law & Order: SVU creator Dick Wolf, and was directed by Steve Shill. This episode marks the first episode to credit Dick Wolf as a writer since the 100th episode of SVU, "Control", back in the fifth season. In this episode, Raúl Esparza (Assistant District Attorney Rafael Barba) and newcomer Peter Scanavino (Detective Sonny Carisi) were absent.
Concept and writing[edit]
Sophia Bush who portrays Detective Erin Lindsay on Chicago P.D., has previously guest starred as her character in the fifteenth season episode, "Comic Perversions".
In May 2014, NBC President, Robert Greenblatt announced that Chicago PD, Chicago Fire, and also SVU, could have another crossover episode, after SVU and CPD briefly crossed-over with SVU's fifteenth season's episode, "Comic Perversion" which guest starred Sophia Bush, who portrayed her CPD character, Detective Erin Lindsay; while Ice-T & Kelli Giddish briefly portrayed their characters respectively in the episode "Conventions" of Chicago PD, two episodes which Leight and Olmstead wouldn't call a true 'crossover'.[1]
On September 29, creator Dick Wolf said of the crossover, "Warren Leight and Matt Olmstead are two of the best writers in the business. We wanted to figure out a way to create a crime that connects all three shows. Warren, Matt and I came up with a story that was big and unique enough to transit to all three."[2] SVU show runner/EP Warren Leight noted the three-show crossover was Wolf's idea, although Leight said that both he and Chicago Fire/PD show runner/EP Matt Olmstead had their uncertainties about the crossover. Leight admitted, "I think my first reaction was anxiety, I know the fans will like it, but I know how much extra work is involved and also, legitimately these are two different kinds of police shows and I wasn’t sure how the cross-pollination would work."[3][4]
Olmstead said of crafting the crossover, "What Warren and I did was jump in, I knew what I was going to hand off to him at the end of [Chicago] Fire and he told me what he was going to hand back over to me at PD and then we fine-tuned and figured out the logistics.” Leight explained that each show's writers wrote for their own show and said that he and Olmstead were on the phone a lot for the plotting stages. "We sent the [Chicago PD] script to Warren to vet since he knows the [SVU] characters better than we do," said Olmstead, Leight jumped in adding, “If there was something I felt was wrong for one of our characters in the PD part, I made my opinions known.” Olmstead assured that it was the same with Leight in writing for the CPD characters, "There was a respectful vetting of both scripts. When I read the SVU script of our characters, it sounded very true, so there weren't any doubts."[4]
Leight and Olmstead however worried about having the audience have to tune in to three shows, "That’s a big fear," admits Leight, "But this is still in the Dick Wolf universe where each episode has to stand alone and also link. You don’t want to have a three minute ‘previously on Chicago Fire’ to open up ‘SVU.’ You want that to be as short and clear as possible. Our episode is stand alone yet the baton passes and there are enough unresolved parts for PD to get another hour out of it. That’s an interesting writing challenge – how much to reveal when and how to stage the investigation and the information over 80 minutes. One good thing what we have is that our episode goes right into PD. Our hope that the audience comes and stays for two hours and that we've made it compelling enough for them to do that."[4]
"You want to see Voight and Benson, you want to see Batman and Superman together for an extended period, working through things. So that’s what we’re doing here."
—SVU showrunner Warren Leight to TV Guide.[3]
Olmstead and Leight noted about tension and 'fireworks' between Sgts. Benson and Voight, both showrunners were also anxious to pair the two commanding officers on-screen, “There are two very different types of fireworks that we could be talking about." SVU's Leight started, "They have two very different approaches to interrogations and procedure. I think we all know Voight can be more physical and Olivia is a more empathetic detective. Those kind of fireworks take place in both episodes and they are among the most fun scenes in SVU and CPD.” Olmstead added with Leight, “When the Benson character shows up the first time during a pretty grim investigation there’s a smile on [Voight’s] face, he’s happy to see her. There’s this immediate chemistry, immediate shared affection between two very similar characters.[4] There’s a real bond right away between those two characters." Olmstead said in a separate interview with TV Guide, "More than anybody he's ever encountered, I think he respects this person because it's almost like a female version of Voight," Olmstead says. "When the case is starting to go south on the Chicago side and she calls to check in and says, 'What do you need?' he says, 'I need your help.' And he would never admit that to anybody. He's being vulnerable. And her response is, 'I'll get on the next flight out.' So, they just have an affinity towards each other."[3]
Continuing storylines[edit]
The case is very personal for Detective Lindsay (Bush) because her missing half-brother Teddy (Pucci) might be somehow involved. "It really knocks her sideways," Olmstead says of Lindsay's personal connection to the case. "She admits that she's just trying to keep her head on straight because she has so many competing emotions while trying to be objective and do her job. ... There's some hard-earned advice that Benson is able to impart to Lindsay."[3]
There is a slow-burning relationship between Detectives Lindsay and Halstead, Olmstead teased, "[There will be] further slow burning, because, as has been made clear to them by Voight, he doesn't tolerate in house romances." And showrunner Leight teased about sexual tension in TV Guide on November 11, "Lindsay and Halstead have this unrequited crush on each other, and you have Rollins and Amaro with a down-low affair going on. There's a moment or two when it seems like one group notices something about the other. We tease a little bit with that." Leight adds that going to Chicago will bring out a new side to the characters, particularly Amaro. "[He is] much more physical than he gets to be on our show," he adds.[5]
The cast members of all three shows spoke highly of the event. Pino called the crossover "a Dick Wolf universe, colliding."[6] Mariska Hargitay was excited when she got the script, "For me reading the Chicago PD script, I was very, very excited about it. Sort of not knowing what it was going to be. And he [Jason Beghe] kept saying 'have you read it, it's so great', and then I read it, and I was absolutely thrilled."[7] Kelli Giddish noted how unprecedented a move the three-show crossover was, "People are really going to enjoy seeing us all kind of mix-and-match. And it's really lucky that we've got three shows on the air right now that we can all do that with, I mean that's really cool."[8]
Filming[edit]
The shooting of the SVU episode "Chicago Crossover" began on October 9, 2014 in New York City.[9] SVU cast members Hargitay, Pino, and Giddish shot the CPD conclusion episode starting October 22 in Chicago.[10]
Leight said of the tight filming schedule in Observer, "We had Kelly and Danny in Chicago for four days and Mariska there for two days. Then we had Halstead (Soffer) and Voight (Beghe) here for four days and Lindsay (Bush) here for two days. It made production very difficult and it meant our next [SVU] episode had to be a legal one to allow for scheduling."[4]
Casting[edit]
Lou Taylor Pucci was highly praised for his portrayal of drug-addled Teddy Courtney in this episode.
It was announced on September 29, 2014 that three members of Chicago P.D.'s cast would be guest starring in the SVU hour; Sophia Bush (portraying Detective Erin Lindsay), Jesse Lee Soffer (portraying Detective Jay Halstead), and Jason Beghe (portraying Sergeant Henry "Hank" Voight).[2] On November 10, 2014, TV Guide noted that Lou Taylor Pucci would be portraying Lindsay's estranged half-brother, Teddy Courtney. Pucci guest starred in a Warren Leight written episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent, "Cruise to Nowhere" as Joey Frost.[3]
The showrunners mention in their interviews that the same togetherness the cast showed on-screen, they had it behind the scenes as well. "The most unexpected and rewarding development in filming the crossover episodes was seeing how close the actors from the different shows became," says CPD's Olmstead, "Between set-ups they stuck together as a group and they socialized after wrap. It brought the shows closer."[4] In TV Guide Olmstead continued, "One thing that I didn't really expect was the camaraderie with the actors, you never saw actors standing by themselves, waiting for their line. They were always in groups. They hung out as a group after they filmed. There was a lot of travel and working weekends, but the feedback I got from everybody was what a special event it was for them just as actors. I know that when we do it again — and I'm sure that we'll do it at some point down the road — it will not be a hard sell."[3]
Danny Mastrogiorgio who portrayed George Turner in "Chicago Crossover"; the actor has guest starred on SVU three times before, in the season thirteen episode, "Home Invasions" as a young boy's father, tenth season episode, "Lunacy" as 'the Cabbie Rapist', Orlando McTeer, and in the second season episode "Noncompliance" as Earl Miller/Gilmore as well. Prior to that, Mastrogiorgio has worked with SVU show runner Warren Leight, guest starring on Law & Order: CI as a murderous drug lord named Testarossa in the episode "Purgatory".
Reception[edit]
Ratings[edit]
In its original American broadcast on November 12, 2014, "Chicago Crossover" was viewed by 10.01 million viewers and acquired a 2.4 rating/7% share in the age 18–49 demographic. "Chicago Crossover" was the second watched program on NBC that night, retaining more than 95% viewership of its lead-in for the night, The Voice. "Chicago Crossover" was the second ranked program in that timeslot, under ABC's Modern Family, but above Criminal Minds on CBS by 0.1 in the 18-49 age demo.[11]
Critical response[edit]
The crossover in its entirety got extremely positive reviews from both critics and fans alike, praising how the show were meshed together to make the three-hour crossover along with praising the cast and crew members of the shows as well. Narsimha Chintaluri of TV Fanatic said in a positive review, "It was a bold, and probably complicated, move to tie these three shows together, but the premise definitely delivered a strong episode of SVU." Chintaluri also noted how the characters interacted in scenes, "The interpersonal dynamics were entertaining to be privy too. There were subtle moments, such Rollins and Amaro saying "we get it," after Halstead denied any sort of relationship with Lindsay, and then there were the not so subtle moments where Voight almost simulated raping a suspect to get his point across."[12]
Matt Carter of cartermatt.com gave the episode a "B+" rating, commenting "This story was about chasing a criminal ring doing unspeakable things to New York City, and there were a number of memorable moments that we saw throughout this. Obviously, seeing Benson completely take some of these people (including Voight) to task was a highlight, but there were some very cool moments that came out of seeing most of these people together." Carter compared this season's crossover to last with, "some of the crossovers between “SVU” and “Chicago PD” just didn't feel right, and mostly because we did not know many of the people well enough yet. This hour really changed that, and we felt the weight of the investigation. Plus, it is so much easier to root for many of the people when you know who they are."[13] The showrunners of both shows promised to deliver true crossover, "They were true to their word here as the episode zipped along and every character was successfully integrated into the narrative in a satisfying and in a manner that kept each character completely true to his/her nature. Well done, gentlemen." said Anne Easton of Observer.[14]
Easton continued, "While the intermingling of established SVU and CPD characters was great to watch, it would be a huge oversight not to give a commendation of some sort to actor Lou Taylor Pucci whose performance as Lindsay’s extremely damaged brother, Teddy, really tied the two shows together. His portrayal of the fragile victim, and victimizer, was equal parts cringe worthy and heat wrenching, a combination that is incredibly difficult to pull off. Watching him struggle to come to terms with the direction his life had taken gave the narrative a deeper meaning than had this just been a case of the week." Easton commented on the chemistry between Sgts. Benson (Hargitay) and Voight (Beghe), "They butted heads, they worked things out, and they made things happen, all in the name of protecting their respective turfs and solving the case. It was fun to see these two go toe-to-toe, each pushing the other to explore new tactics in interrogation. Their chemistry, while not really ignited on the personal side, was clearly the type of which ‘work husband and wife’ partnerships are made."[14]
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "'Chicago Fire' season 3 will feature more 'Law & Order: SVU,' 'Chicago PD' crossovers". CarterMatt. May 12, 2014. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
^ Jump up to: a b Harnick, Chris (September 29, 2014). "Crossover Alert! Law and Order: SVU, Chicago Fire and Chicago PD Plan Mega Event". E!. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Stanhope, Kate (November 10, 2014). "Chicago Fire, SVU and Chicago P.D. Join Forces for "Disturbing" Three-Part Crossover Event". TV Guide. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Easton, Anne (November 10, 2014). "'Chicago Fire,' 'SVU' and 'Chicago PD' Exec-Producers Discuss Complicated Crossover". Observer. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
Jump up ^ Bryant, Adam (November 11, 2014). "Mega Buzz: Parenthood's End, More Frozen on Once and Loyalty on Walking Dead". TV Guide. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
Jump up ^ "Law & Order: SVU - Danny Pino on #CrossoverWeek (Interview)". YouTube/NBC. NBC.
Jump up ^ "Chicago PD - Mariska and Jason Love the Story (Interview)". YouTube/NBC. NBC.
Jump up ^ "Law & Order: SVU - Kelli Giddish on #CrossoverWeek (Interview)". YouTube/NBC. NBC.
Jump up ^ -, Christine (October 9, 2014). "'Law and Order: SVU', 'Chicago Fire' and 'Chicago PD' will be filming three-part crossover shows". On Location Vacations. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
Jump up ^ Gomez, Luis (October 22, 2014). "'SVU' star Mariska Hargitay filming crossover episode in Chicago this week". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
Jump up ^ Bibel, Sara (November 13, 2014). "Wednesday Final Ratings: 'Modern Family' Adjusted Up; 'The 100' Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
Jump up ^ Chintaluri, Narsimha (November 12, 2014). "Law & Order SVU Season 16 Episode 7 Review: Chicago Crossover". TV Fanatic. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
Jump up ^ Carter, Matt (November 12, 2014). "'Law & Order: SVU' season 16, episode 7 review: Benson, Voight team up in Crossover Week". cartermatt.com. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
^ Jump up to: a b Easton, Anne (November 13, 2014). "'Law & Order: SVU' Recap 16×7: 'Chicago Crossover'". Observer. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
External links[edit]
"Chicago Crossover"[permanent dead link] at NBC
Chicago Crossover at IMDb
"Chicago Crossover" at TV.com
Chicago Fire - "Nobody Touches Anything[permanent dead link] at NBC
Chicago P.D. - "They'll Have to Go Through Me"[permanent dead link] at NBC
Chicago Fire - Dick Wolf talks #CrossoverWeek (Interview) at YouTube (NBC).
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Cap (sport)
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For the physical headgear, see cap.
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Sports cap awarded to a Perth Academy schoolboy in the UK in the 1930s
In sport, a cap is a metaphorical term for a player's appearance in a game at international level. The term dates from the practice in the United Kingdom of awarding a cap to every player in an international match of association football. In the early days of football, the concept of each team wearing a set of matching shirts had not been universally adopted, so each side would distinguish itself from the other by wearing a specific sort of cap.
An early illustration of the first international football match between Scotland and England in 1872 shows the Scottish players wearing cowls, and the English wearing a variety of school caps. The practice was first approved on 10 May 1886 for association football after a proposal made by N. Lane Jackson, founder of the Corinthians: [1]
That all players taking part for England in future international matches be presented with a white silk cap with red rose embroidered on the front. These to be termed International Caps.
The act of awarding a cap is now international and is applied to other sports. Although in some sports physical caps may not now always be given (whether at all or for each appearance) the term "cap" for an international or other appearance has been retained as an indicator of the number of occasions on which a sportsperson has represented a team in a particular sport. Thus, a "cap" is awarded for each game played and so a player who has played x games, for the team, is said to have been capped x times or have won x caps.
The practice of awarding a physical cap varies from sport to sport. It may be awarded prior to a player's debut or, particularly for national teams, a commemorative cap may be awarded after a player reaches the 100th cap.[2][3]
Contents
1 Association football
1.1 Records
1.1.1 Men
1.1.2 Women
2 Cricket
2.1 Records
3 Rugby Union
4 Rugby League
5 References
6 External links
Association football[edit]
As an example, the England men's association football teams still awards physical caps. Players are awarded one cap for every match they play — unless they play in a World Cup or European Championship finals tournament. Then they are given a single cap for the competition — with the names of all their opponents stitched into the fabric of the cap itself. For example, when David Beckham made his one hundredth appearance for England, because a number of his appearances had been at World Cup and European Championship final tournaments for which he received only one cap, he received only his 85th physical cap.[4]
The world record holder for the highest number of international caps as of 5 November 2010 is retired American player Kristine Lilly, who has 354 caps (between 1987 and 2010). In men's association football, the record belongs to former player Ahmed Hassan of Egypt; he surpassed Claudio Suárez with his 178th cap on 27 March 2012. The first footballer to win 100 international caps was Billy Wright of England's Wolverhampton Wanderers. Wright went on to appear 105 times for England, 90 of them he obtained whilst he was a captain.
FIFA rules state that any club that refuses to release a player for national team duty is barred from using the player for two matches, a rule which is intended to discourage clubs from pretending that the player is injured. However, it is a player's choice to refuse to play for or retire from his or her national team.
Records[edit]
Some current leading holders of association football caps (as of 11 June 2017) are:
Men[edit]
See also: List of association football players with 100 or more caps § Men, and Progression of association football caps record
184 – Ahmed Hassan, Egypt
178 – Hossam Hassan, Egypt
178 – Mohamed Al-Deayea, Saudi Arabia
177 – Claudio Suárez, Mexico 178 in Mexican records
169 – Gianluigi Buffon, Italy
168 – Iván Hurtado, Ecuador
167 – Iker Casillas, Spain
166 – Vitālijs Astafjevs, Latvia
164 – Cobi Jones, United States
163 – Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi, Saudi Arabia
161 – Adnan Al-Talyani, United Arab Emirates
158 – Bader Al-Mutawa, Kuwait
157 – Landon Donovan, United States
157 – Martin Reim, Estonia
Women[edit]
See also: List of football (soccer) players with 100 or more caps § Women
354 – Kristine Lilly, United States World record holder
311 – Christie Rampone, United States
275 – Mia Hamm, United States
272 – Julie Foudy, United States
259 - Christine Sinclair, Canada
256 – Abby Wambach, United States
239 – Joy Fawcett, United States
231 – Heather O'Reilly, United States
214 – Birgit Prinz, Germany
214 – Therese Sjögran, Sweden
Bold denotes players currently active in international football.
Cricket[edit]
See also: Cricket cap
In cricket, there are two types of caps. Firstly, there is the international type, as described above. Some countries also award a domestic type generally known as a "county cap". The latter system is most commonly applied in English county cricket. Most counties do not automatically award caps to players on their first appearance; instead, they have to be "earned" through good performances. Indeed, one can play at the highest domestic level for several years, and have a quite significant career in first-class cricket, without ever winning a cap.
Records[edit]
The world record for the number of caps in Test cricket is held by Sachin Tendulkar of India, who has, over the course of a 22-year career, collected 200. Tendulkar also holds the record for One Day Internationals, with 463 caps.
Rugby Union[edit]
See also: List of rugby union Test caps leaders
In rugby union, 35 players have reached 100 international caps as of 5 June 2012. Players from England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland are eligible for selection to the British and Irish Lions touring squad. Lions matches are classed as full international tests, and caps are awarded. The Pacific Islanders team, composed of players from Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Niue and Cook Islands have a similar arrangement, although no players involved have so far reached 100 caps (Fijian Nicky Little is closest with 71 caps).
Players still active at Test level are in bold type.
Richie McCaw, New Zealand — 148 [2001 to 2015]
Brian O'Driscoll, Ireland — 141 [133 for Ireland (1999 to 2014), 8 for the British and Irish Lions (2001, 2005, 2009, 2013)]
George Gregan, Australia — 139 [1994 to 2007]
Gethin Jenkins, Wales, 131 — [2002-2016,5 for the British and Irish Lions (2005, 2009, 2013)]
Ronan O'Gara, Ireland — 130 [128 for Ireland (2000 to 2013), 2 for the British and Irish Lions (2001, 2005, 2009)]
Keven Mealamu, New Zealand — 125 [2002 to 2015]
Victor Matfield, South Africa – 122 [2001 to 2011, 2014 to 2015]
Jason Leonard, England — 119 [114 for England (1990 to 2004), 5 for the British and Irish Lions (1993, 1997, 2001)]
Fabien Pelous, France — 118 [1995 to 2007]
Stephen Moore, Australia — 117 [2005 to - ]
Nathan Sharpe, Australia — 116 [2002 to 2012]
Paul O'Connell, Ireland 115 — [108 for Ireland (2002 to 2015), 7 for the British and Irish Lions (2005, 2009, 2013)]
Tony Woodcock, New Zealand - 114 [2002 to 2015]
Sergio Parisse, Italy — 112 [2002 to 2015]
Marco Bortolami, Italy — 111 [2001 to 2015]
George Smith, Australia — 111 [2000 to 2009, 2013]
Philippe Sella, France — 111 [1982 to 1995]
John Smit, South Africa — 111 [2000 to 2011]
Stephen Jones, Wales – 110 [104 for Wales (1998 to 2011), 6 for the British and Irish Lions (2005, 2009)]
Ross Ford, Scotland — 110 [2004 to 2017]
Bryan Habana, South Africa, 109 — [2002 to 2015]
Chris Paterson, Scotland — 109 [1999 to 2011]
Adam Ashley-Cooper, Australia — 107 [2005 to 2015]
Jean de Villiers, South Africa — 107 [2002 to 2015]
John Hayes, Ireland — 107 [105 for Ireland (2000 to 2011), 2 for the British and Irish Lions (2005, 2009)]
Daniel Carter, New Zealand — 105 [2003 to 2015]
Martyn Williams, Wales — 104 [100 for Wales (1996 to 2012), 4 for the British and Irish Lions (2001, 2005)]
Andrea Lo Cicero, Italy — 103 [2000 to 2013]
Gareth Thomas, Wales — 103 [100 for Wales (1995 to 2007), 3 for the British and Irish Lions (2005)]
Mauro Bergamasco, Italy — 102 [1998 to 2015]
Stephen Larkham, Australia — 102 [1996 to 2007]
Percy Montgomery, South Africa — 102 [1997 to 2008]
David Campese, Australia — 101 [1982 to 1996]
Alessandro Troncon, Italy — 101 [1994 to 2007]
Adam Jones, Wales — 100 [95 for Wales (2002 to 2014), 5 for the British and Irish Lions (2009,2013)]
Mils Muliaina, New Zealand — 100 [2003 to 2011]
Vasco Uva, Portugal — 100 [2003 to 2015]
Ma'a Nonu, New Zealand — 100 [2003 to 2015]
Sean Lamont, Scotland - 100 [2004 to 2015]
Rugby League[edit]
In rugby league, only three players have achieved 50 Test match caps. The record for most caps is held by former Australian Kangaroos player & captain Darren Lockyer with 59 games. Former New Zealand Kiwis player & captain Ruben Wiki has 55 caps, and the current Australian Kangaroos player & captain Cameron Smith has 50 caps.
Players still active at Test level are in bold type.
Darren Lockyer, Australia — 59 [1998 to 2011]
Ruben Wiki, New Zealand - 55 [1994 to 2006]
Cameron Smith, Australia - 50 [2006 to 2017]
Stacey Jones, New Zealand - 46 [1995 to 2006]
Gary Freeman, New Zealand - 46 [1986 to 1996]
Mal Meninga, Australia — 46 [1982 to 1994]
Stephen Kearney, New Zealand - 45 [1993 to 2004]
Petero Civoniceva, Australia — 44 [2001 to 2011]; Fiji — 6 [2013 to 2014]
Graeme Langlands, Australia - 45 [1963 to 1975]
Simon Mannering, New Zealand - 41 [2006 to 2016]
Isaac Luke, New Zealand - 40 [2008 to 2017]
Brad Fittler, Australia - 40 [1990 to 2001]
Greg Inglis, Australia - 39 [2006 to 2016]
Adam Blair, New Zealand - 39 [2006 to 2017]
Reg Gasnier, Australia - 39 [1959 to 1967]
Johnny Raper, Australia - 39 [1959 to 1968]
Johnathan Thurston, Australia - 38 [2006 to 2016]
Thomas Leuluai, New Zealand - 38 [2003 to 2017]
Nathan Cayless, New Zealand - 38 [1998 to 2008]
Nigel Vagana, New Zealand - 38 [1998 to 2006]; Samoa — 3 [1995, 2008]
The most capped Briton is Warrington Wolves forward Adrian Morley who has 52 caps (30 for Great Britain, 22 for England).
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "What does the term 'Cap' mean in sport?". albionsports.wordpress.com. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
Jump up ^ "All Blacks century-makers: What it takes to crack 100". The New Zealand Herald. 9 October 2015.
Jump up ^ "Steven Gerrard memorabilia to be exhibited at Anfield". Sky Sports. 15 May 2015.
Jump up ^ http://blogs.reuters.com/soccer/2008/03/26/dont-tell-anyone-but-this-is-only-beckhams-85th-cap/
External links[edit]
Men's Records and Facts FIFA
Players with 100+ Caps (men) RSSSF
Picture of International Football Cap National Museum of Scotland
Gallery of International Caps and Honours Caps
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