5 Americans who had successful stints in the Premier League

#4: Brian McBride

Brian McBride won Fulham's Player of the Year award twice

The 5th highest all-time leading goalscorer for the USA national team, striker Brian McBride had two successful spells in the Premier League.

Although he was never the most prolific goalscorer – scoring 37 Premier League goals in 148 appearances for Everton and Fulham – he was usually beloved by the fans for his high work rate and battling approach.

McBride first arrived in England outside the Premier League, on loan from MLS side Columbus Crew to Preston North End in 2000.

While he only played 9 games for Preston, he made enough impact with boss David Moyes that the Scotsman decided to bring him to Everton two years later, where he scored 4 goals in 8 games, including one on his debut against Tottenham.

When Everton were unable to make his transfer permanent, he headed back to Columbus before Fulham signed him in January 2004.

He spent 5 successful seasons at Craven Cottage – finishing the 2006/07 season as Fulham’s top scorer with 12 goals, and after being named Fulham’s Player of the Year, he was named the captain for the upcoming 2007/08 season.

When he finally left Fulham at the end of 2007/08 – after winning their Player of the Year award again, he’d become such a popular figure at the club that a bar inside Craven Cottage was named ‘McBride’s’ in his honour a year later.