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Philly MLS 25: Luzerne County high school star Brian Kelly made headlines in journey to MLS

As we count down the days until the MLS season begins, we will be looking at 25 players from greater Philadelphia who have made an impact on the league 25 years after the first ball was kicked. Read the rest of the series at brotherlygame.com/philly-mls-25.

Players who played in the early days of MLS can sometimes be tough to find a lot of information about in web and news article searches.

Brian Kelly is not one of those players.

The California-born Kelly, who starred at Lake Lehman High School and for FC Delco after his family relocated to the Shavertown area from the western part of the state his freshman year, was written about quite extensively during his teenager years.