Brian McBride Offers His Recipe for the American Striker

Filed under: MLS, U.S. Men's National Team, Chicago Fire, Columbus Crew

It doesn't get more All-American than Brian McBride.

He grew up in the Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights and played for Buffalo Grove High School. He played four years at Saint Louis University (and graduated), the home of American soccer during the dark days of the 1960s, and was the first pick in the inaugural MLS draft.

There was no foreign upbringing, no foreign club, to instill him with that Olde World soccer sense. Yet somehow, he was able to score goals. Lots of them. At every level. From Columbus and West London to Lyon, Suwon and Jeonju, McBride beat goalkeepers with unprecedented consistency for a Yank.

 

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