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Brian McBride (born June 19, 1972 in Arlington
Heights, Illinois|Arlington Heights, Illinois) is
an American soccer player, who currently plays
striker|forward for Fulham F.C.|Fulham of the FA
Premier League|English Premier League.

Fulham bought McBride from Major League Soccer on
January 19, 2004.  Before joining Fulham, he had
previously played in England for Everton
F.C.|Everton in 2002 and Preston North End
F.C.|Preston North End in 2000.  Before that,
McBride played for VfL Wolfsburg of the
Germany|German Bundesliga (football)|Bundesliga
and, most notably, for the Columbus Crew of Major
League Soccer, for whom he was a fan favorite.

After an illustrious career with Saint Louis
University, from which he graduated in 1993,
McBride briefly played for the minor league
Milwaukee Rampage before leaving the United States
to ply his trade overseas.  McBride returned to
America in 1996 for the inaugural season of Major
League Soccer, for whom he was the first overall
pick of the 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft|MLS
Inaugural Draft.  McBride would proceed to play
eight years with the Columbus Crew, amassing 62
goals (tied for the club record with Jeff
Cunningham) and 45 assists in 161 league games,
before his move to England.

McBride is also a significant player for the
United States men's national soccer team|United
States national team, with whom he made his debut
in 1993.  McBride has played 82 games and scored
26 goals for the national team (as of early 2005),
and perhaps most importantly played and scored
goals in both the Football World Cup 1998|1998 and
Football World Cup 2002|2002 World Cups.  Both
goals scored in the 2002 tournament were
game-winners for the United States (versus
Portugal national football team|Portugal and
Mexico national football team|Mexico).