Brian McBride
Brian McBride
Brian Robert McBrideis a retired American soccer player who played for the Columbus Crew, Fulham and the Chicago Fire and is the fourth highest all-time leading goalscorer for the United States national team. For much of his career he played in Europe, notably for Fulham in the English Premier League...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth19 June 1972
CountryUnited States of America
game home next until wins
Two wins from now, we'll be OK. But until then, we'll just think about the next game (Aug. 17 at home to Trinidad and Tobago).
across analyzing enjoy game problems solve
I enjoy analyzing the game and solve problems and get that across to my teammates.
answer clearly enjoyed enormous level pace says stepped talent time
I don't know the right way to answer that. I can say that this clearly has an enormous level of talent and that I've enjoyed it every time I stepped on the field. Just look around and you see the pace and the talent ? that says something.
bench eight home seems sit somewhat
To sit on the other bench was strange. This is somewhat like home in the sense that I have been here eight years. It seems so normal.
forefront guy maybe others scoring tendency
When one striker is scoring a lot and the others maybe not so much, there can be a tendency for the other guy to be at the forefront of people's attention,
american-athlete club columbus cup goals round second
My goals are for the U.S. team to get to the second round of the World Cup and to win a championship here in the U.S. with my club team the Columbus Crew.
favorite hockey sports
My favorite sports are soccer, hockey and volleyball.
accomplish concerned far players sticking targets team together yes
You only accomplish things by sticking together as players on the field. It's a team sport. Yes there are individuals in it but as far as I am concerned targets should be team targets.
ball beat guy knew nice open
I knew I just had to beat the guy to the spot, ... put a nice ball in and I just had to open up my foot.
best enjoy golf picked
I picked up golf - I'm not the best at it, but I enjoy it.
depth people shows talked
I didn't even know that. People haven't even talked about it. It shows the depth (of this team).
bobby few left quite shot strong
It's probably something we've never had before (on the left side). Bobby made quite a few strong runs. His right-footed shot was one of his best.
spend time wife
And, of course, I like to spend time with my wife and my two-year-old daughter.
beat good nice
It's nice to beat Mexico, but it wasn't the be-all, end-all. It was about qualifying, and we did it in a good way.