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Doug McIntyre

football journalist

Multiple sources have confirmed to FOX Sports that Brian McBride has stepped down as general manager of the US Men’s National Team.

McBride, who represented the United States in three World Cups and became the first American to score in multiple competitions in 2002 (a feat that rivals Clint Dempsey and Landon Donovan), won the award in January 2020. appointed to the role.

The contract McBride signed expired last month. McBride replaced Stewart as GM after Stewart became the first sports director of U.S. soccer, coaching both the U.S. men’s team and his four-time world champion women’s varsity team. .

A US Soccer spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment on McBride’s departure. No details were provided.

McBride, 50, won 95 caps and scored 30 goals for the United States between 1994 and 2006. He is second only to Dempsey, Donovan, Josie Altidore and Eric Wynalda on his list of all-time goals for the USMNT. He also played for MLS sides Columbus Crew and Chicago He Fire at German clubs He played for Wolfsburg, and in the English Premier League he played for Everton and Fulham, captaining the Cottergers and making 140 Premier League appearances. He scored 33 goals.

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