Teal Alexander Bunbury (born February 27, 1990) is a Canadian-American soccer player who currently plays as forward or midfielder for the New England Revolution in Major League Soccer. Teal’s father, Alex Bunbury is a Canadian of Guyanese descent, and his mother, Patty, is a Canadian of Italian descent.
Bunbury was born in Hamilton, Ontario to an American mother of Italian descent, Patti, 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 led the NCAA in scoring with 20.