Not the Brian McBride, but still pretty funny to see this.... http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/m/mcbride_brian/when-the-detail-lost-its-freedom.shtml The main page even had the tagline, "Not the Fulham striker..."
Ican just imagine the conversation at the Pitchfork offices. Editor 1: "Yeah, it's funny that we refer to soccer, but won't that be kind of an obscure reference for most people?" Editor2: "Obscure reference? Dude....we're ********ing Pitchfork." Editor 1: "....Oh Yeah."
Pitchfork do make the occasional soccer reference. I seem to recall a mention of the Mackems in some piece on Maximo Park. (Or maybe it was the Futureheads?)