Brian McBride
Player - Inaugural Class of 2002

Milwaukee Rampage 1994

US National Team: 1993-Present
Widely considered to be the best American player ever in the air, McBride is one of the USA's most accomplished forwards. He has played in the last two FIFA World Cups for the US (1998 and 2002). He scored one goal in 1998 and helped lead the US to the quarterfinals in 2002 with two goals, both game-winners, and an assist. He won the Gold Boot (top scorer) and Gold Ball (MVP) and was named to the Gold Cup Best XI at 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup after finishing with four goals. He was a member of the U.S. Under-20 National Team while attending Buffalo Grove (Ill.) High School and played for the U.S. at the World University Games in Buffalo, New York in 1993. First Appearance: March 25, 1993, vs. Honduras. First Goal: Nov. 3, 1996, vs. Guatemala.

Major League Soccer: 1996-Present
The personification of the Columbus Crew and one of the league's signature players, McBride is a seven-time MLS All-Star, who earned All-Star MVP honors in 1998. He won the 1998 MasterCard Goal of the Year award and was the first player taken in the 1996 Inaugural MLS Draft. McBride helped lead the Crew to the 2002 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup Championship.

Foreign Leagues
English First Division: 2000-01 - Spent the 2000-01 MLS offseason on loan to Preston North End of the English First Division... Scored one goal in a stint interrupted by a blood clot in his right underarm. German Second Division: 1994-5 - Spent the 1994-95 season with VfL Wolfsburg in the German Second Division (Oberliga)... Played 18 games, scoring two goals... One of the goals came in a 2-1 victory over Bayern Munich in the German Cup quarterfinals

United Soccer Leagues: 1994
McBride helped lead the Milwaukee Rampage to a 16-2 record in 1994, which was second only to the 18-0 division rival Minnesota Thunder, who eliminated the Rampage in the playoffs. Along the way, McBride was second on the team in scoring with 17 goals and a division-leading 17 assists. US National Team and Rampage teammate Tony Sanneh finished 10 points back of McBride with 14 goals and 13 assists.

College:
McBride set numerous records and was honored many times during his four years at St. Louis University (1990-93). He was a two-time All-America selection, a Hermann Award Finalist and runner-up for the Missouri Athletic Club Player of the Year as a senior in 1993. He will become the first SLU player to ever have his jersey retired on November 9, 2002 at a game in St. Louis.




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