He was an all-league soccer player, who captained California’s De La Salle High School to a 1989 section championship.

It wasn’t until his senior year that he first stepped on a football field, taking his father’s suggestion to play for a legendary coach (Bob Ladouceur) who would inspire a movie (“When the Game Stands Tall”) and produce the longest winning streak in the history of American football.

At the University of California, Brien was a walk-on, spending two years on the bench behind an All-American.

Former kicker Doug Brien had a chance to send the Jets toward a Super Bowl, but fate, and two missed kicks, changed the course of his NFL career and set him on a very different path.{ai:summary}<p>Doug Brien, initially an all-league soccer player, transitioned to football in his senior year of high school, inspired by coach Bob Ladouceur. He later walked on at the University of California, where he spent two years as a backup behind an All-American kicker.</p><p>#sports</p>

Doug Brien could have been a Jets hero. Fate, and some wise investments, made him a real estate mogul

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