Brian McBride vs. Portugal – World Cup ‘02 | Unfiltered Soccer
2002 World Cup vs. Portugal
I'm standing on the goalkeeper and so it comes right by my head and I kind of turn and as I dive and save it and before I can tell it actually nicks off my hand and slows down... if there was VAR now, yeah, it hits my hand.
It was more shock than it was joy because we did, I mean did we think we could win? Yeah, an outside chance to win 1-0 or something, but we were blasting them and we deserved to be three up.
USMNT Player Analysis
John O'Brien, and you believe this, probably. It could go down as the most talented technical player. Top three in U.S. soccer history.
Bruce Arena / USMNT locker room culture
We used to hammer Bruce [Arena]. He could not get players' names right. Clint Mathis would walk around and go, 'So guys, today we're playing against Louis Foggo.'
USMNT World Cup History
The U.S. scored three goals that day against Portugal. How many times have we scored three goals in a World Cup match since then? Zero.
USMNT World Cup Records
Brian McBride has scored the fourth most World Cup goals in U.S. men's national team history. The three players who have more are Landon [Donovan], Clint [Dempsey], and Bert Patenaude.
USMNT Legends
When you think about like Tony [Sanneh] and Eddie Pope, these guys don't get enough credit for being like these just monster athletes. They could just gobble you up defensively.