Brent Whitfield
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Brent Whitfield | ||
| Date of birth | January 8, 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Long Beach, California, United States | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Ventura County Fusion | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2003 | Fullerton Titans | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004 | Southern California Seahorses | ||
| 2005 | Seattle Sounders | 25 | (6) |
| 2006–2007 | Chivas USA | 11 | (1) |
| 2009 | Los Angeles Legends | 9 | (14) |
| 2010 | Ventura County Fusion | 6 | (7) |
| 2010–2011 | Hollywood United Hitmen | 15 | (23) |
| 2012– | Ventura County Fusion | 2 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2001–2006 | Long Beach City College | ||
| 2009 | Los Angeles Legends | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of May 14, 2012 | |||
Brent Whitfield (born January 8, 1981, in Long Beach, California) is an American soccer player currently playing for Ventura County Fusion in the USL Premier Development League.
Career
[edit]College and amateur
[edit]Whitfield played college soccer at California State University, Fullerton, in four seasons there he scored 23 goals and registered 9 assists. Undrafted out of college, Whitfield played with the Southern California Seahorses in the USL Premier Development League during the 2004 season.
Professional
[edit]In 2005, Whitfield signed with the USL First Division side, the Seattle Sounders, subsequently playing in 25 games and scoring 6 goals.
Whitfield signed with Chivas USA of Major League Soccer in May 2006, and would go on to play 11 games with the club, scoring 1 goal, before Chivas released him at the end of the 2007 season.
He was hired to be player-head coach of the Los Angeles Legends in the USL Premier Development League for the 2009 season,[1] replacing former head coach Phil Wolf. He scored three back-to-back hat tricks in his first three games for the team - on June 5 in a 6–1 win over Lancaster Rattlers,[2] on June 13 in a 7–1 win over Fresno Fuego,[3] and on June 19 in a 5–0 win over Ogden Outlaws.[4]
In 2010 Whitfield switched to the Ventura County Fusion, and scored a hat trick on his Fusion debut on May 1 in a game against the Lancaster Rattlers.[5]
Coaching
[edit]Whitfield was the coach of men's soccer team at Long Beach City College from 2001 to 2006, and was player-coach of the Los Angeles Legends in the USL Premier Development League in 2009.
References
[edit]- ^ "Los Angeles Legends 2009 roster". Archived from the original on 2013-02-05. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
- ^ "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". Archived from the original on 2009-06-18. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ^ "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". Archived from the original on 2009-07-08. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
- ^ "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". Archived from the original on 2009-06-24. Retrieved 2009-06-20.
- ^ "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". Archived from the original on 2010-05-14. Retrieved 2010-05-05.
External links
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- 1981 births
- Living people
- African-American soccer players
- American soccer coaches
- American men's soccer players
- Men's association football forwards
- Cal State Fullerton Titans men's soccer players
- Chivas USA players
- Hollywood United Hitmen players
- LA Laguna FC players
- Major League Soccer players
- National Premier Soccer League players
- Seattle Sounders (1994–2008) players
- Southern California Seahorses players
- Soccer players from Long Beach, California
- USL First Division players
- USL League Two players
- Ventura County Fusion players
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- 20th-century African-American sportsmen
- 21st-century American sportsmen
- 21st-century African-American sportsmen