Players who have played for Preston and Everton
870) Brett Angell
651) Jim Arnold
546) Alec Ashworth
170) George Barlow
143) Jack Bell
179) Thomas Chadwick
403) Ted Common
462) Peter Corr
411) Ted Critchley
250) Stan Davies
175) John Donaldson
516) Alec Farrell
901) Scott Gemmill
548) Brian Godfrey
352) Duke Hamilton
302) George Harrison
649) Martin Hodge
234) Walter Holbern
392) Harry Holdcroft
2) Bob Howarth
748) Matt Jackson
267) Frank Jefferies
667) David Johnson
656) Dave Jones
19) Bob Kelso
349 Jack Kendall
545) Howard Kendall
344) Jasper Kerr
819) Kevin Kilbane
763) Mark Leonard
653) Paul Lodge
393) Harry Lowe
515) Derek Mayers
873) Brian McBride
818) Neil McDonald
434) Jimmy McIntosh
173) William McLaughlin
308) Harry Miller
266) Jimmy Miller
830) Bobby Mimms
921) Carlo Nash
57) Archibald Pinnell
807) Stuart Rimmer
20) Nick Ross
26) Billy Stewart
658) George Telfer
567) Derek Temple
13) Sammy Thompson
209) Bob Turner
556) Ray Veall
197) Billy Wareing
180) Arthur Winterhalder
255) Ronald Woodhouse
Player Profile – Brian McBride
Brian Carver McBride was born on 19 June 19, 1972 in Arlington Heights, Illinois..
McBride played varsity soccer at Buffalo Grove High School and later Saint Louis University, from which he graduated in 1993. In his four seasons with the St. Louis he played (and started) in 89 games, and set career records for goals (72), assists (40) and total points (184).
McBride briefly played for the minor league Milwaukee Rampage. In 18 games, he scored 17 goals and assisted another 18.
In 1994, McBride left the United States to ply his trade in Germany. At the time, VfL Wolfsburg played in the German Second Division One of his two goals came in an 2-1 victory over Bayern Munich in the German Cup quarterfinals. At the end of the season, McBride after 18 matches gained a release from Wolfsburg to return to play in the United States.
His return to America in 1996 for the inaugural season of major League Soccer, for whom he was the first overall pick of the MLS Inaugural Draft. McBride would proceed to play eight years with the Columbus Crew, amassing 61 goals (tied for the club record with Jeff Cunningham) and 45 assists in 162 league games, before his move to England. In 2005, he was named to the MLS All-Time Best XI. He reached double figures in goals on three occasions, his best in 1996 with 17 goals from 28 appearances with 10 goals in 1998 and 12 goals in 2003 both from 24 appearances.
In the 2000/01 season McBride joined David Moyes for the first time at Preston, while McBride played well for the club, he sat out several games after having a blood clot surgically removed from his arm. The clot came as a result of a hard collision McBride had suffered during his first game with Preston in a 1-1 draw at home to Stockport on 16 September 2000.
His only goal for Preston game came in a 5-0 home win over Q.P.R. on 10 February 2001. McBride made 9 appearances for the Lilywhites and made his last appearance in a 2-0 home win over Sheffield Wednesday on 24 February 2001.
As McBride's loan spell came to an end, Preston attempted to purchase his contract from MLS for $1.8 million. MLS rejected it, considering McBride to be worth twice that amount.
Two years later David Moyes, now with Everton, remembered McBride's success with Preston and sought the forward's services to help Everton as they slid down the table.. During McBride's three months with the club, he did not disappoint Moyes, scoring four goals in eight games, including three in the first two games, His first goal on debut with the club, a 4-3 defeat to Tottenham on 12 January 2003, and both goals in a 2-1 win over Sunderland six days later. After 8 matches Everton, unlike Preston, merely sought to extend McBride's loan period, but MLS rejected it, preferring a transfer over an extended loan for McBride. His last game came on 15 March in a 0-0 home draw over West Ham.
In January 2004 Fulham bought McBride's rights from MLS for $1.5 million. He made his debut as a substitute in a 2-1 win at home to Tottenham on 31 January 2004, McBride played 18 games during the last half of the 2003-04 season, scoring a total of five goals. .
His scoring pace remained steady through the next two seasons. In 2004-05, he played 31 league games and 6 cup games, scoring six league and three cup goals. In 2005-06, he played 39 league games and one cup game, scoring 10 league goals and one cup goal. McBride's original contract with Fulham continued only through the 2005-06 season. However, on 10 March 2006, he signed a one year extension which took him through the end of the 2006/07 season. On 2 February 2007, he signed yet another one year extension, taking him through the 2007/08 season. McBride was Fulham's top scorer for their 2006/07 Premier League campaign with 12 goals to his name. He was given Fulham's captaincy in August 2007.
On 28 May 2008, he announced that he would be leaving Fulham to return to the United States to play in the MLS.
After scoring 12 goals in 2006/07 season which helped Fulham retain their Premier League status, on 14 May 2007 McBride won the Club's Player of the Year award. He won it again in 2008, and became such a popular figure that the club renamed a bar inside Craven Cottage "McBride's" in June 2009.
Following the end of his one-year contract extension and after netting 40 goals from 153 league appearances, McBride decided to return to America to end his career in the MLS. He expressed his desire to play for the Chicago Fire, his hometown. His last game for Fulham came in a 1-0 win over Portsmouth on 11 May 2008.
On 30 July 2008, McBride was traded to the Chicago and made his Fire debut on August 16, 2008, coming on as a second-half substitute against DC United. McBride scored his first goal against Houston Dynamo. McBride scored the first goal in the MLS Playoff Eastern Conference Championship against the Columbus Crew, his former club from the MLS. However, Chicago lost that game 2-1 and were kept from being in the MLS Playoff final and had scored 16 goals from 43 appearances.
McBride was a significant player for the US National Team, earning 96 caps and scoring 30 goals for the national team. He made his international debut in 1993.
He appeared in three World Cups in 1998, 2002 and 2006 and became the first American ever to score goals in more than one World Cup, doing so in the tournaments of 1998 and 2002. Both of McBride's goals in the 2002 tournament were game-winners for the United States against Portugal and Mexico. McBride is third behind Bert Patenaude and another Everton loanee Landon Donovan for the most World Cup goals for an American .
In the 2006 World Cup McBride was severely bloodied in the group stage match against Italy. Daniele De Rossi elbowed McBride in the face, requiring the American to get three stitches. De Rossi was banned for four matches and fined $8,000.
McBride announced his retirement from international football on July 26, 2006. On July 18, 2008, McBride was named as one of the three overage players on the US Olympic Team and served as captain and made 5 appearances