Brian Mullan
Colorado Rapids 2011
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | April 23, 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Mineola, New York, United States | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–2000 | Creighton Bluejays | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999 | Wisconsin Rebels | ||
| 2001–2002 | Los Angeles Galaxy | 31 | (5) |
| 2003–2005 | San Jose Earthquakes | 83 | (12) |
| 2006–2010 | Houston Dynamo | 136 | (9) |
| 2010–2014 | Colorado Rapids | 73 | (3) |
| Total | 323+ | (29+) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2004–2007 | United States | 4 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 29, 2014. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of March 13, 2009 |
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Brian Mullan (born April 23, 1978) is a retired American soccer player. He is one of only four players to have won the MLS Cup five or more times. He also won four caps for the United States between 2004 and 2007.
Mullan grew up in Aurora, Colorado and graduated from Regis Jesuit High School where he was the 1995 Colorado Player of the Year. That season, Regis won the Colorado 4A soccer championship. He played his college soccer at Creighton University from 1997 to 2000, where he was named a second team All-American as a senior. While at Creighton, Brian played with former Houston Dynamo teammate Richard Mulrooney. In 1999, he played for the Wisconsin Rebels and Colorado Comets during an unknown season, both in the Premier Development League during college.
Upon graduating, he was drafted 9th overall by Los Angeles Galaxy in the 2001 MLS SuperDraft. Mullan played two seasons for the Galaxy, totaling five goals and four assists in 31 games.
He was traded to San Jose Earthquakes prior to the 2003 season for a 2003 second round draft pick, and, with a move from forward to right midfield, his career took off. Mullan started all 30 regular season and four playoff games as the Quakes won MLS Cup; he scored six goals and added nine assists and added a goal and two assists in the playoffs. In 2004, Mullan scored three goals and recorded eight assists. He scored three goals and six assists in 2005.
Along with the rest of his Earthquakes teammates, he moved to Houston for the 2006 season and played 31 of the 32 games (he was suspended for the other) in the inaugural season of Houston Dynamo. In the opening leg of the Western Conference semifinals of the 2009 MLS Cup Playoffs, he made what was arguably the play of the match, in clearing a 14th-minute header by former teammate Patrick Ianni off the line to help preserve a scoreless draw.
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