Brian McBride traded to Chicago Fire

The rumors were true. Brian McBride is going to join the Chicago Fire. Toronto FC had the right to McBride, but McBride made it known that he wanted to play near his hometown which is right near Chicago. The Fire sent forward Chad Barrett to TFC along with future considerations in order to get McBride.

McBride spent several years playing for Fulham FC in England after a long and very successful career in Major League Soccer playing for the Columbus Crew. At the league’s 10th anniversary they named the all time best XI team which included Brian McBride.

Any team should be happy to have a player like McBride, but Toronto doesn’t come out of this deal in a bad way at all. Chad Barrett has played with both the US Olympic team and the full men’s national team. He should be a welcome addition at Toronto.

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This entry was written by kidpurple, posted on July 30, 2008 at 2:46 pm, filed under Brian McBride, Chad Barrett, Chicago Fire, Toronto FC. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.
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One Comment

  1. John Reed
    Posted August 9, 2008 at 6:47 am | Permalink

    Thanks! Really funny. I wish i could spend my time on writing articles…just have no time for it.

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