Brent Whitfield (born January 8, 1981 in Long Beach, California) is an American

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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 out of college, Whitfield played with the

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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

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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

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in the USL Premier Development League for the 2009 season, 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

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, on June 13 in a 7-1 win over Fresno Fuego, and on June 19 in a 5-0 win over

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. 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

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

in the USL Premier Development League in 2009.

References

External links

CSU Fullerton Player Profile
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