Brian Sylvestre

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Brian Sylvestre
Personal information
Full name Brian Sylvestre
Date of birth (1992-12-19) December 19, 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Hollywood, Florida, U.S.
Height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Fort Lauderdale Schulz Academy
Weston FC
2008 IMG Soccer Academy
2009–2011 Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011 Vancouver Whitecaps U23 5 (0)
2011–2012 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0 (0)
2013–2014 Harrisburg City Islanders 3 (0)
2015–2017 North Carolina FC 48 (0)
2015 → Philadelphia Union (loan) 12 (0)
2018 LA Galaxy 0 (0)
2018 LA Galaxy II 2 (0)
2019 Forward Madison 17 (0)
2020–2021 Miami FC 4 (0)
International career‡
2011 United States U20 1 (0)
2021 Haiti 5 (0)
Managerial career
2022 USC Beaufort Sand Sharks (women's assistant)
2023– Savannah Clovers (goalkeeping)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of January 17, 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of January 17, 2023

Brian Sylvestre (born December 19, 1992) is a Haitian-American professional soccer goalkeeper. Born in the United States, he represents the Haiti national team.

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Early life

Sylvestre was born in Hollywood, Florida, [1] and is of Haitian descent. [2]

Career

Youth

Sylvestre attended Hollywood Hills High School, and began his youth career in Florida, playing for the Schulz Academy U-16 squad, Weston FC, and at the IMG Soccer Academy. Foregoing a college soccer career, Sylvestre signed for the Vancouver Whitecaps Residency program in February 2010. In March 2010, he started for the Residency team in the U-19 Super Group of Dallas Cup XXXI.

Sylvestre was part of the IMG Soccer Academy in Florida, before moving to the Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency in 2009. [3]

Professional

Sylvestre began the 2011 Major League Soccer pre-season with Vancouver Whitecaps FC. He was signed to the senior squad on March 15, 2011. [4] He was released by the team on November 8, 2012 after two years and having appeared four times for its reserve team and five times for the U-23 professional development team, but without having played for the senior men's team. [5]

Sylvestre joined USL Pro club Harrisburg City Islanders in 2013. [6] He made his professional debut on June 17, 2014 in a US Open Cup game against Philadelphia Union. [7]

On February 6, 2015, Sylvestre signed with NASL club Carolina RailHawks. [8] On May 7, 2015, he was loaned to Philadelphia Union. [9] While on loan with the Union he started 12 games and recorded 5 shutouts. He only appeared in one game for the RailHawks that season, a U.S. Open Cup loss to the Charlotte Independence. [10] Sylvestre took over as the starting goalkeeper for the RailHawks in May 2016 and started 19 games for the club.

Prior to the 2017 NASL season, Sylvestre trained with Croatian First Football League side Istra 1961. [11]

On January 12, 2018, Sylvestre signed with MLS club LA Galaxy. [12] Sylvestre was released by LA Galaxy at the end of their 2018 season. [13]

On January 14, 2019, Sylvestre became the first goalkeeper signed by USL League One expansion team Forward Madison FC. [14]

Sylvestre was transferred to USL Championship team Miami FC on January 23, 2020, for an undisclosed fee. [15] After being re-signed for 2021, he was not brought back for a third season and departed after only playing in four matches. [16]

International

Sylvestre was called up to the United States U-20 national team in January 2011 and again in May 2011 for a mini-camp in Vichy, France. Sylvestre started in a 2–1 loss against the French U-20 squad on May 19, 2011. [17] Sylvestre accepted a call-up to Haiti's senior squad for 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification and was cap-tied to Haiti upon his start in their second match, against Bermuda. [18]

Coaching

Sylvestre began coaching in 2022, joining the USC Beaufort women's team as an assistant. [19] In January 2023, Sylvestre joined the technical staff of Savannah Clovers FC ahead of their inaugural season in the National Independent Soccer Association. [20]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Ranking Haitian Players by Leagues". HaitiSports. July 6, 2014. Retrieved September 10, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Brian Sylvestre - ASM - Associated Sports Management". asmsoccer.com. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Whitecaps FC sign Brian Sylvestre, Bilal Duckett, and Jeb Brovsky". Whitecapsfc.com. March 14, 2011. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
  5. ↑ "Three players move on | Vancouver Whitecaps FC". Whitecapsfc.com. November 8, 2012. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Brian Sylvestre, former U20 National Team player and former Vancouver Whitecap goal keeper has signed a professional contract with the Harrisburg City Islanders". asmsoccer.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Philadelphia Union vs. Harrisburg City Islanders - MLS MatchCenter". MLSsoccer.com MatchCenter. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
  8. ↑ "RailHawks Sign Goalkeeper Brian Sylvestre". carolinarailhawks.com. February 6, 2015. Archived from the original on February 7, 2015. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Union Acquire Brian Sylvestre Via Short-Term Loan". Philadelphia Union. Retrieved May 9, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Goalkeeper Brian Sylvestre To Push Akira Fitzgerald, For Starting Spot In 2016" . Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  11. ↑ "Nazmi Albadawi and Brian Sylvestre Train with First-Division Croatian Team | North Carolina FC". Archived from the original on October 16, 2017. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
  12. ↑ "LA Galaxy sign goalkeeper Brian Sylvestre". January 12, 2018. Archived from the original on July 13, 2021. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  13. ↑ "LA Galaxy exercise 2019 contract options on four players". LAGalaxy.com. November 26, 2018. Archived from the original on July 13, 2021.
  14. ↑ "FORWARD MADISON FC SIGNS BRIAN SYLVESTRE AS FIRST GOALKEEPER". ForwardMadisonFC.com. January 14, 2019. Archived from the original on September 12, 2020. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  15. ↑ staff, Madison365 (January 23, 2020). "Forward Madison Confirms Transfer of Sylvestre to Miami FC". Madison365. Retrieved January 15, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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  20. ↑ "A warm welcome to Brian Sylvestre who joins our Technical Staff as Goalkeeper Coach ☘". Twitter.com. Savannah Clovers FC. Retrieved January 17, 2023.
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