Pat McBride

Infobox Football biography
playername= Pat McBride
fullname = Patrick McBride
nickname =


dateofbirth = birth date and age|1943|11|13
cityofbirth = St. Louis, Missouri
countryofbirth = United States
height =
currentclub =
clubnumber =
position = Midfielder
youthyears = 1963-1967
youthclubs = St. Louis University
years = 1967-1976
clubs = St Louis Stars
caps(goals) = 193 (31)
nationalyears = 1969–1975
nationalteam = United States
nationalcaps(goals) = 005 (0)
manageryears = 1979-1981
1981-1984
1985-1987
managerclubs = St. Louis Steamers
Kansas City Comets
St. Louis Steamers
pcupdate = 31 May 2006
ntupdate = 22 June 2006

Patrick "Pat" McBride (born November 13, 1943 in St. Louis, Missouri) is a former U.S. 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.

College and professional

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. ^{[http://www.stlmag.com/media/St-Louis-Magazine/June-2006/Sports-Pat-McBride/]} McBride attended St. Louis University from 1963 to 1967 where he played for the school's NCAA soccer team, known as the Billikins. He was selected as a first team All American in 1964 and 1965. After graduating in 1967, he joined 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 1975 and was one of the first outstanding native U.S. soccer players of the modern era. In 1970 he was named to the NASL second team All Star list.

National team

McBride first donned the U.S. uniform as a member of the U.S. Olympic Team as it attempted to qualify for the 1964 Summer Olympics. The U.S. lost to Surinam 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. until his debut for the senior team in 1969.

He not only had a successful professional career, but also played five times for the United States men's national soccer team. He earned his first cap as a substite for Adolph Bachmeier in a 2-0 loss to Haiti on April 20, 1969. He 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 loss. He also played for the U.S. Olympic Team in 1963.

Coaching

After retiring as a player, Pat became the head coach of the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) expansion team St. Louis Steamers in 1979. He coached the team for most of two seasons, earning MISL coach of the year for the 1979-1980 season and being fired in the 1980-1981 post-season over a contract dispute. McBride returned as coach in 1985 and remained through the 1985-1986 season. Between his two stints with St Louis, McBride also coached the Kansas City Comets (MISL). The team hired him on December 27, 1981 and fired him on December 24, 1984.

He was inducted into the U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1994.

External links

* [http://www.soccerhall.org/famers/pat_mcbride.htm Profile at the National Soccer Hall of Fame]