Bruce Murray (soccer)

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Bruce Edward Murray (born January 25, 1966) is a retired American soccer player who was a key scorer for the U.S. national team and later a coach and broadcaster. He was born in Germantown, Maryland, and is 6 ft 3 in tall. He played as a forward and midfielder.

College and early honors
- Attended Clemson University (1984–1987), helping the Tigers win NCAA championships in 1984 and 1987.
- Won the 1987 Hermann Trophy and was the 1987 ISAA Player of the Year.
- Named to Soccer America’s College Team of the Century in 2000 and inducted into the Clemson Hall of Fame in 1993.

Club career
- Washington Stars (1988–1990) in the American Soccer League, with a winter stint at FC Luzern (1988–1989) in Switzerland.
- Maryland Bays (1991).
- Millwall (1993–1994) in England, where he scored several game-winning goals; loaned to Stockport County in 1994.
- Ayr United (1995).
- Atlanta Ruckus (1995) in the A-League.

International career
- United States national team (1985–1993): 85 caps and 21 goals.
- First cap: June 16, 1985, vs England.
- First goal: February 7, 1986, vs Uruguay.
- Played in the 1988 Olympics and started all three games at the 1990 FIFA World Cup, contributing a goal and an assist.
- Also played for the U.S. futsal team, finishing third at the 1989 FIFA Futsal World Championship (6 caps, 1 goal).
- Noted for scoring against European teams, with nine goals in European play (third-most for the U.S. behind Clint Dempsey and Landon Donovan).

After playing
- Retired in 1995 due to concussion syndrome.
- Briefly worked in metals trading before returning to soccer in 2001 with the Atlanta Silverbacks youth program.
- Director of Coaching at Roswell Soccer Club (Georgia) in 2002.
- Assistant coach for Harvard men’s soccer (2004–2006).
- Inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 2011.
- Currently a radio color commentator for D.C. United games on iHeartRadio Sports DC.