Ian Bennett (soccer)

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Ian Bennett
Personal information
Full name Ian Dwight Bennett
Date of birth (1983-08-27) August 27, 1983 (age 40)
Place of birth Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Milwaukee Wave
Number 26
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2003–2006 Marian Knights
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2001–2005 Hamilton Thunder
2006 Palm Beach Pumas 13 (1)
2007 Charleston Battery 23 (1)
2007–2009 Chicago Storm (indoor) 28 (15)
2008 Richmond Kickers 14 (2)
2009– Milwaukee Wave (indoor) [1] 307 (492)
2021 → Florida Tropics (loan; indoor) 15 (22)
2010 Rochester Rhinos 10 (0)
2016 Milwaukee Torrent
International career‡
2012– Canada Futsal 15 (2)
2017– Canada Beach 6 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of April 23, 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of May 4, 2021

Ian Dwight Bennett (born August 27, 1983) is a Canadian soccer player who plays for the Milwaukee Wave in the Major Arena Soccer League. He is the older brother of former Syracuse Silver Knights player Josh Bennett.

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Career

College and amateur

Bennett attended St. Thomas More Catholic Secondary School, and played college soccer at Marian College from 2003 to 2006.

During his college years Bennett also played with the Hamilton Thunder in the Canadian Professional Soccer League; he joined the Thunder in 2001 and remained with the team through the 2005 season. [2] In 2006, he spent the summer with the Palm Beach Pumas of the USL Premier Development League. [3]

Professional

Bennett turned professional in 2007 when he signed with the Charleston Battery in the USL First Division. In the fall of 2007, Bennett signed with the Chicago Storm of the Major Indoor Soccer League. [4] In 2008, he moved to the Richmond Kickers of the USL Second Division. He returned to the Storm, in the Xtreme Soccer League for the 2008–2009 season and then when the Xtreme Soccer League folded, he joined the Milwaukee Wave in the MASL.

Bennett played with Rochester Rhinos in the 2010 season, then re-joined Milwaukee Wave starting in the 2010-11 MISL season, then transitioned with the Wave to the MASL, where he has won multiple personal honors and a Championship with the team.

With the Milwaukee Wave taking a hiatus for the 2020–21 MASL season, Bennett joined Florida Tropics SC on a season-long loan. The move reunited Bennett with former Wave teammates Drew Ruggles, Chad Vandegriffe, and Ricardinho Sobreira. [5] Bennett was named MVP of the 2021 Major Arena Soccer League season. [6]

Honors

Rochester Rhinos

Milwaukee Wave

Florida Tropics

Individual

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References

  1. ↑ "Ian Bennett - Major Indoor Soccer League - on Pointstreak Sports Technologies".
  2. ↑ "CPSL - Canadian Professional Soccer League". 2005-02-11. Archived from the original on 2005-02-11. Retrieved 2017-11-24.
  3. ↑ "2006 Palm Beach Pumas". Archived from the original on 2012-02-10. Retrieved 2008-09-07.
  4. ↑ MAJOR INDOOR SOCCER LEAGUE DAILY REPORT Archived 2008-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ Ackley, Brian. "MASL SUPERSTAR IAN BENNETT WILL SUIT UP WITH TROPICS FOR UPCOMING 2020-21 SEASON". FLTropics.com. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  6. ↑ "YOUR 2021 MASL MOST VALUABLE PLAYER - FLORIDA'S IAN BENNETT". MASLSoccer.com. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
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