Brent Whitfield
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| Personal information | |||
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| 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) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Hollywood United Hitmen | ||
| Number | 13 | ||
| 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– | Hollywood United Hitmen | 1 | (2) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2001–2006 | Long Beach City College | ||
| 2009 | Los Angeles Legends | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of August 7, 2010. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Brent Whitfield (born January 8, 1981 in Long Beach, California) is an American soccer player currently playing for Hollywood United Hitmen in the USL Premier Development League.
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[edit] Career
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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]
[edit] 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.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- 1981 births
- Living people
- American soccer coaches
- American soccer players
- African American soccer players
- C.D. Chivas USA players
- Cal State Fullerton Titans men's soccer players
- Hollywood United Hitmen players
- Los Angeles Legends players
- Major League Soccer players
- Seattle Sounders (1994–2008) players
- Southern California Seahorses players
- USL First Division players
- USL Premier Development League players
- Ventura County Fusion players
