Chris Bennett (soccer)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 15 January 1952 | ||
| Place of birth | London, England | ||
| Height | Script error: No such module "person height". | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1970-1971 | Chelsea | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1974 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 8 | (2) |
| 1976-1977 | Seattle Sounders | 17 | (0) |
| 1978 | Memphis Rogues | 5 | (0) |
| 1979-1980 | Cleveland Force (indoor) | 25 | (6) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 1973-1975 | Canada | 6 | (1) |
| 1975 | Canadian Olympic (amateur) | 4 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1993-1997 | Canada U20 (assistant) | ||
| 1998-2000 | Canada U15 | ||
| 2000-2004 | Canadian Soccer Association | ||
| 2004, 2005 | Whitecaps FC Women | ||
| 2005 | Whitecaps FC men's reserves | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 May 2008 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 May 2008 |
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Chris Bennett (born 1951) is a former Canadian international and North American Soccer League soccer player. He was also one of the original Vancouver Whitecaps players from their first season in 1974. Since retiring from playing, he has been a soccer coach and instructor in the Vancouver area.
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Player
Professional
An English immigrant to Canada, Bennett was a member of the Vancouver Whitecaps of the NASL in their inaugural season of 1974, playing 8 games and netting two goals and an assist. Just before the 1976 season, the Whitecaps traded Bennett to the Seattle Sounders in exchange for Tommy Baldwin.[1] In 1978, he moved to the Memphis Rogues. Prior to going to North America, Bennett was a member of Chelsea F.C. in 1970 and '71, although he never played a first-team game [1]. He played indoor soccer at some point, likely the 1978-9 season, for the Cleveland Force.
National team
Bennett earned six 'A' caps between 1973 and 1975 for Canada, scoring once. He also earned four Olympic team caps in 1975, scoring once.
Coach
Bennett was a coach for 12 years with the Canadian Soccer Association, including 1998 to 2000 as the U-15 boy's team head coach as well as assistant coach to the U-20 side and as an interim to the national side. The U-20 men's team won the 1995-6 CONCACAF gold medal whereas the 1993-4 team finished third in the same tournament. From 2001 he has provided soccer coaching to his local community in Coquitlam and at Penticton, BC, Canada.
Bennett was in 2005 and possibly 2006 coach of the Whitecaps F.C. men's reserves. In 2004 he led the Whitecaps women's team to the W-League championship which subsequently led to his inauguration in the BC Sports Hall of Fame in 2007.
Coaching Certification
Level I, II, III NCCP Theory, Technical and Practical Certified
National 'B' License Course
National 'A' License Course
Special Recognition
2004 - 2005 BC Directors Coaching Award, for dedication to the development of soccer through coaching
2001 - 2002 Coach of the Year, North Coquitlam
2014 - Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame inductee[2]
References
External links
- Pages using infobox football biography with height issues
- No local image but image on Wikidata
- 1952 births
- Living people
- Soccer people from British Columbia
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Canadian expatriate soccer players
- Canada men's international soccer players
- Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame inductees
- Canadian soccer players
- Cleveland Force (original MISL) players
- Canadian people of English descent
- English footballers
- English emigrants to Canada
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Association football forwards
- Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–92) players
- Memphis Rogues players
- Naturalized citizens of Canada
- North American Soccer League (1968–84) players
- Sportspeople from Vancouver
- People from Coquitlam
- Seattle Sounders (1974–83) players
- Vancouver Whitecaps (1974–84) players
