Brian Bliss
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Brian Boyer Bliss | ||
| Date of birth | September 28, 1965 | ||
| Place of birth | Webster, New York, United States | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1983–1986 | Southern Connecticut State Univ. | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1988 | Cleveland Force | 51 | (4) |
| 1989 | Albany Capitals | 5 | (0) |
| 1990 | Boston Bolts | ? | (?) |
| 1990–1991 | Energie Cottbus | 13 | (1) |
| 1991 | Chemnitzer FC | 12 | (0) |
| 1992–1996 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 83 | (1) |
| 1996–1997 | Columbus Crew | 31 | (2) |
| 1997 | MetroStars | 16 | (0) |
| 1998 | Kansas City Wizards | 3 | (0) |
| 1999 | Connecticut Wolves | 22 | (0) |
| Total | 236 | (8) | |
| National team | |||
| 1984–1995 | United States | 33 | (2) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1999 | Connecticut Wolves | ||
| 2000–2006 | Kansas City Wizards (assistant) | ||
| 2006 | Kansas City Wizards (interim) | ||
| 2012– | United States U-20 (assistant) | ||
| 2013 | Columbus Crew (interim) | ||
| 2015 | Chicago Fire (interim) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Brian Boyer Bliss (born September 28, 1965) is a retired American soccer defender and front office executive. He also serves as an assistant coach for the United States U-20 national team.
Bliss played professionally in Europe and the United States, including the original Major Indoor Soccer League, American Soccer League, and American Professional Soccer League. He earned forty-four caps, scoring two goals, with the U.S. national soccer team and was part of 1990 FIFA World Cup squad.
Bliss attended Webster Schroeder High School in Webster, New York. After high school, he attended Southern Connecticut State University from 1983 to 1986. On December 2, 1984, Bliss earned his first cap in a 2–2 tie with Ecuador. He would not play again until 1987 when he would play two of the three U.S. games. That year, the Cleveland Force of the Major Indoor Soccer League drafted Bliss with the top pick. He would play a single season with the Force in 1987–1988. In 1988, he played in the Summer Olympics. In 1989, Bliss played five games with the Albany Capitals of the American Soccer League. However, by that time he was a regular with the national team, playing nearly every game in the team's qualification campaign for the 1990 FIFA World Cup. He played only one of the team's three games in that cup, as a substitute in the loss to Austria. In 1990, he was on the roster of the Boston Bolts of the American Professional Soccer League.
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