Benjamin Fitzpatrick (born December 15, 1994) is an American

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

coach and retired player who played as a

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. He appeared for

FC London FC London is a Canadian semi-professional association football, soccer club based in London, Ontario, London, Ontario that plays in the men's and women's divisions of League1 Ontario Premier in the Canadian third tier. The team was founded in ...

Michigan Bucks Flint City Bucks is an American soccer team based in Flint, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1995, the team plays in USL League Two. The club was founded in 1995 as the Mid-Michigan Bucks, playing in Saginaw, and began playing in 1996. In ...

, and Cleveland SC at the semi-professional level and played professionally with

Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC is an American professional association football, soccer team based in Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1998 and beginning play in 1999, the club plays in the Eastern Conference (USL), Eastern Conferenc ...

College and amateur

Fitzpatrick started his college career at

Urbana University Urbana University was a private university specializing in liberal arts education and located in Urbana, Ohio. In its final few years, it was purchased by Franklin University and was a branch campus of that university. History Urbana Universi ...

, where he studied sports management and earned numerous accolades. He then transferred to

Ohio State University The Ohio State University (Ohio State or OSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio, United States. A member of the University System of Ohio, it was founded in 1870. It is one ...

and spent a season with the Buckeyes' soccer team.

Michigan Bucks

Before transferring to Ohio State, Fitzpatrick played for the Michigan Bucks in the

Premier Development League USL League Two (USL2), formerly the Premier Development League (PDL), is a semi-professional soccer league sponsored by United Soccer Leagues in the United States, forming part of the United States soccer league system. The league will featu ...

and starred as the Bucks claimed the 2016 title.

Club career

Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC

After leaving Ohio State, Fitzpatrick joined

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side Pittsburgh Riverhounds. He made his senior debut against

Charlotte Independence Charlotte Independence is an American soccer team based in Charlotte, North Carolina, that plays in the USL League One, the third tier of the American soccer pyramid. The Independence currently play their home games at American Legion Memoria ...

, playing 90 minutes in a 1–1 draw.

Career statistics

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External links

Urbana profile

* * 1994 births Living people American men's soccer players Soccer players from Ohio People from Hilliard, Ohio Sportspeople from Franklin County, Ohio Men's association football midfielders Ohio State Buckeyes men's soccer players Flint City Bucks players Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC players Cleveland SC players USL Championship players National Premier Soccer League players USL League Two players Urbana University alumni Urbana Blue Knights American expatriate sportspeople in Canada Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada American expatriate men's soccer players College men's soccer coaches in the United States 21st-century American sportsmen {{US-footy-midfielder-1990s-stub