Brian Loftin

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Brian Loftin
Personal information
Full name Brian James Loftin
Date of birth (1972-04-04) April 4, 1972 (age 51)
Place of birth Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Forward
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1991–1992 Army Cadets
1993–1994 Evansville Purple Aces
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1994–1998 Kansas City Attack (indoor) 148 (142)
1997 Carolina Dynamo 32 (15)
1998 Tampa Bay Mutiny 8 (0)
1998 → Charleston Battery (loan) 5 (2)
1999–2000 Milwaukee Rampage 42 (15)
1999–2003 Milwaukee Wave (indoor) 151 (138)
International career
1996–2000 U.S. Futsal 12 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Brian Loftin (born April 4, 1972 in Kansas City, Missouri) is a retired American soccer forward and was the commissioner of the Xtreme Soccer League. He played one season in Major League Soccer with the Tampa Bay Mutiny, as well as several seasons in the USISL. However, his greatest fame as a player came in eight seasons of indoor soccer where he was a consistent scoring threat with the Kansas City Attack and Milwaukee Wave. He also earned twelve caps, scoring five goals, with the United States national futsal team.

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Player

Loftin graduated in 1990 from The Barstow School, an independent private school in Kansas City, Missouri, before attending the U.S. Military Academy at West Point for two years where he was a 1992 All Patriot League soccer player. [1] He transferred to the University of Evansville in 1993. After completing his collegiate eligibility in the fall of 1994, Loftin attended an open tryout with the Kansas City Attack of the National Professional Soccer League. He impressed the coaches and was signed to a contract, becoming a regular on the Attack front line for four seasons. In 1997, he played for the Carolina Dynamo in the USISL. In March 1998, the Tampa Bay Mutiny selected Loftin in the first round (second overall) in the 1998 MLS Supplemental Draft. He played eight games for the Mutiny that season. He also played five games for the Charleston Battery of USISL. [2] In April 1999, he signed with the Milwaukee Rampage of the USL A-League. He would play outdoor summer soccer with the Rampage through the 2000 season. [3] In 2000, he was First Team All League with the Rampage. [4] Loftin also signed with the Milwaukee Wave of the NPSL and remained with them for four seasons before retiring in 2003. One of his most notable goals came in the Game 5 of the 2000 NPSL finals, in which Loftin executed a spectacular bicycle kick to score. [5] In his last two seasons, the Wave played in the Major Indoor Soccer League. Loftin also earned twelve caps, scoring five goals, with the U.S. national futsal team between 1996 and 2000. [6]

Executive

In between his playing career with the Wave and becoming commissioner of the XSL, Loftin was the GM/CEO of the Chicago Storm. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "School notes." Kansas City Star, The (MO), June 1, 2002: 29. NewsBank: Access World News. https://infoweb-newsbank-com.dartmouth.idm.oclc.org/apps/news/document-view?p=AWNB&docref=news/0F3E8049051972F5.
  2. ↑ Charleston Battery stats Archived March 16, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ 1999 Milwaukee Rampage season stats [ permanent dead link ]
  4. ↑ "The Year in American Soccer - 2000". Archived from the original on 2016-12-29. Retrieved 2012-02-24.
  5. ↑ Brian Loftin bicycle kick goal video
  6. ↑ U.S. Futsal All Time Player Register Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ Brian Loftin CEO of Chicago
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