American abroad

[lilphenom]

every week from know on i am gonna try to post some info on some americans more impotatny national regulars just to keep some movement in te form and if anyone that has any acces to be able to watch games in europe i would appreciate your comments on them as well

Joe Max-Moore Everton drew 2-2 with Derby Moore had a solid showing starting and came off in the 81 st min he setup i believe it was the first goal with a nice combination play with graveson in which moore calmly knocked the ball into the path of jefferson who slotted the ball home everton lead 2-0 at half and lst the lead and earned 1 point


Earnie Stewart NAC Breda 5 Gronigen 1
Earnie stewart also started and he went the entire 90 min scoring the early equliser in i think the 20th min thats all i know on him


thats all for today the rest of the players all have sunday matches which is about 4 or 5 players i will be back tomorrow with reports on how they did

USA 2002

[lilphenom]

the only news i good dig up today was on Claudio reyna his team was routed by arch rivals celtic in a 6-2 beating reyna scored the 1st rangers goal and was the only bright spot in the rangers debacle of celtic i dont know what happened but he scored and i read that he played a pretty solid match but rangers were no match today for rivals celtic

[mirkwood]

Taken from www.mlsnet.com: (http://www.mlsnet.com:)


McBride to be loaned to Preston North End
Columbus veteran will play in England First Division during the offseason


McBride will not miss any MLS action while on loan in England.

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Major League Soccer and the Columbus Crew announced today that Crew and U.S. National Team forward Brian McBride will be loaned to English First Division club Preston North End FC at the conclusion of The Crew's 2000 season. McBride, 28, will report to PNE following The Crew's final payoff game and return to Columbus in March of 2001, ensuring that he will not miss any MLS time.

Preston North End is competing in the English First Division for the first time in 20 years this season, having earned promotion by winning the 1999-2000 Second Division championship. McBride had not played professionally overseas since the 1994-95 season, which he spent with VfL Wolfsburg of the German Second Division. He will join ex-Crew marksman Stern John, one of the most prolific goal-scorers in MLS history, in the English First Division. John plays for Nottingham Forest.

"I think that this can only help Brian, The Crew and the league as a whole," said head coach Tom Fitzgerald. "It is an opportunity for him to continue to grow as a player, by going head-to-head against some very good competition, and he will then bring that experience back to our team. It is something he wants to do and I support him wholeheartedly, as do his teammates and the entire organization."

McBride has been with The Crew since its inaugural 1996 season - having been the No. 1 overall pick, by Columbus, in the very first MLS draft. He is a five-time MLS all-star and a key player on the U.S. National Team., for which he will compete this Sunday, September 3, in a 2002 World Cup qualifying match against Guatemala in Washington, D.C. He is currently at the national team's training camp in preparation for Sunday's match.

McBride missed six weeks this season after undergoing surgery to repair a fractured cheek bone, but he has totaled 14 points (5g, 4a) in 16 matches, to date.

[lilphenom]

man thats great news the only thing that bothers me is i think mcbride is good enough to play in the premier league but one step at a time and way to go brian one more american abroad

USA 2002

[lilphenom]

well after looking more into the mcbride transfer he was also offered to play for glascow rangers but turned the offer down because they wanted him ready for this weekend for CL playoff and he had alreadt commited to the national team and comitted to finsh the mls year so he went on to sign with the team in englands 1st division i in a way am glad and sad that he turned down rangers he was offered a starting role on rangers and turned it down which i thnk was well not a great move but then again i think he turned it down to be able to play with the national team which is good but anyway at least he will be playing in europe and will be seen by more clubs

USA 2002

[gb1520]

he was not offered a starting role. Rangers wanted to loan him for a couple weeks to see how he did. and if he did well enough than they would keep him for the rest of the season. But because he couldn't come right away the decided against the loan. the same thing is going to happen with Preston. They will play him in the reserves and see how he does. if he impresses he will get his chance to play with the first team. but he will have to impress off the bench before he gets a spot in the starting 11.

[lilphenom]

ok ya that is correct i misread the article they wanted mcbride as a target striker and he would have come off the bench to at rangers as for what his role at preston will be i dont know i can only take your word for it but yes he was needed for next week but turned rangers down

[lilphenom]

well i have dug up a little bit more on amother american possibly going abroad to the english 1st division nottingham forrest manager david platt showed intereset in US national team member ben olsen of DC united
the depth of this was very slim if any but thats all i know on that but that would be anice move for him i think and hopefully it will happen

USA 2002