UC SANTA BARBARA
2022
Played in every game during the season and started in 16 of them … 3x Big West Offensive Player of the Week … United Soccer Coaches All-Far West First Team … Big West Offensive Player of the Year … Big West All-Academic Team … Third Team All American (College Soccer News) … CSC All American … lead the Big West in goals (13), game-winning goals (5), goals(27), and averaging 1.35 goals per game.
2021
Started in all but two games for the Gauchos on over 1400 minutes … averaged 1.2 goals per game with nine goals and seven assists … scored both game winning goals vs rival Cal Poly on 9/25 … All-Big West First Team … Big West All-Academic Team.
2019
All American Freshman (Top Drawer Soccer) … Big West Freshman of the Year … Big West All-Freshman Team … Big West Offensive Player of the Week … 3x Big West Freshman of the week … Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week … Top drawer Soccer Freshman Midseason Top 100 list.
High School/Club
Attended Newington College in Australia ... Played in central midfield and on the wings ... Played for Sydney FC U20 and in the NPL First Grade from 2016-18 ... Scored 10 goals in 19 games as a central attacking midfielder ... Played for FC Kitzbühel in Austria ... With him on the team, achieved a second place finish in Regionalliga West ... Was a member of several Australia and New Zealand U20 training camps
Personal
Finn Ballard McBride was born on December 17, 1999 in Sydney, Australia to Stevan McBride and Vicki Ballard ... Has one sibling, Evie Gallagher, aged 14 ... Majoring in Sociology ... Most memorable sporting moment is running in Australian athletics/cross country national championships ... Would love to play with/against injury-free Michu or Jonjo Shelvey ... When not playing soccer, he's eating, sleeping, or taking his pet kangaroo for a walk ... Can be best described as a fun guy ... Supports Swansea City ... Favorite athlete is Eden Hazard ... Favorite movies are Inception and Up, Favorite TV show is South Park
