Pat McBride
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Patrick McBride | ||
| Date of birth | November 13, 1943 | ||
| Place of birth | St. Louis, Missouri, United States | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1963–1967 | St. Louis University | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1967–1976 | St Louis Stars | 193 | (31) |
| 1971–1976 | St Louis Stars (indoor) | 5 | (4) |
| National team | |||
| 1969–1975 | United States | 5 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1979–1981 | St. Louis Steamers | ||
| 1981–1984 | Kansas City Comets | ||
| 1985–1987 | St. Louis Steamers | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Patrick "Pat" McBride (born November 13, 1943 in St. Louis, Missouri) is a retired American soccer midfielder and indoor soccer coach. He earned five caps with the U.S. national team and is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame.
As a youth growing up in the fertile soccer hotbed of St. Louis, McBride played for his parish school team in the competitive Catholic youth leagues before moving onto to high school at St. Louis University High. McBride attended St. Louis University from 1963 to 1967 where he played for the school's NCAA soccer team, known as the Billikens. He was selected a first-team All-American in 1964 and 1965.
After graduating in 1967, he was the first American-born player drafted by the Saint Louis Stars of the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL). After the 1967 season, the Stars moved to the newly established North American Soccer League (NASL). McBride remained with this team until 1976 and was one of the first outstanding native U.S. soccer players of the modern era. He was a 1970 and 1973 Second Team and a 1972 First Team All-Star.
McBride first donned the U.S. uniform as a member of the U.S. Olympic Team during their attempt to qualify for the 1964 Summer Olympics. The U.S. lost to Suriname and Mexico to go with one win over Panama. The 1-2 record was not good enough to qualify for the Olympics and McBride would not play for the U.S. again until his debut for the senior team in 1969. He went on to play five times for the United States men's national soccer team. He earned his first cap as a substitute for Adolph Bachmeier in a 2-0 loss to Haiti on April 20, 1969, and gained his first national team start in an August 20, 1972 loss to Canada. He saw time in two other games in 1972 but did not play again until his last cap which came in the crushing 7-0 loss to Poland on March 26, 1972.
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