Brent Whitfield
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Brent Whitfield | ||
| Date of birth | January 8, 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Long Beach, California, United States | ||
| Height | Script error: No such module "person height". | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
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Current team
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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
College and Amateur
Whitfield played college soccer at California State University, Fullerton, in four seasons there he scored 23 goals and registered 9 assists. Undrafted ut of college, Whitfield played with the Southern California Seahorses in the USL Premier Development League during the 2004 season.
Professional
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
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
External links
- Pages using infobox football biography with height issues
- No local image but image on Wikidata
- 1981 births
- Living people
- American soccer coaches
- American soccer players
- African-American sportspeople
- Chivas USA players
- Cal State Fullerton Titans men's soccer players
- Hollywood United Hitmen players
- LA Laguna FC players
- Major League Soccer players
- Seattle Sounders (1994–2008) players
- Southern California Seahorses players
- USL First Division players
- Premier Development League players
- Ventura County Fusion players
