Jason Bent

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Jason Bent
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Bent in 2010
Personal information
Full name Jason Andrew Bent [1]
Date of birth (1977-03-08) March 8, 1977 (age 46)
Place of birth Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) [2]
Position(s) Midfielder
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1996 Maryland Terrapins
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1997–1998 FSV Zwickau 13 (0)
1998–2000 Colorado Rapids 51 (2)
2001–2004 Plymouth Argyle 64 (5)
International career
1992–1993 Canada U17 9 (0)
1996–1997 Canada U20 9 (0)
2000 Canada U23 5 (0)
1997–2003 Canada 32 (0)
Managerial career
2008–2011 Toronto FC Academy
2011–2014 Toronto FC (assistant)
2014–2018 Toronto FC II
2018–2021 Toronto FC (assistant)
2021– LA Galaxy (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jason Andrew Bent (born March 8, 1977) is a Canadian former soccer player and current assistant coach for LA Galaxy. A midfielder, he played in Major League Soccer for the Colorado Rapids, 2. Bundesliga for FSV Zwickau and the Football League for Plymouth Argyle. Bent won 32 caps for Canada at full international level.

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Club career

After playing college soccer for the University of Maryland, Bent played a season with FSV Zwickau, before moving to Colorado Rapids in MLS. [3] During his time with the Rapids he helped the Rapids reach the finals in the US Open Cup.

Bent was really close to signing a long-term contract with FC Copenhagen in 2001. But later in the year Bent signed with Plymouth Argyle helping the team win the English Third Division Championship in 2002, and the English Second Division Championship in 2004.

International career

Bent played at the 1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Japan, in a team alongside Paul Stalteri and Jeff Clarke. [1] He then also played at the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship in Malaysia, again with Stalteri and Clarke. [1] [4]

He made his senior his debut for Canada in an October 1997 World Cup qualification match against Mexico. [1] He earned a total of 32 caps, scoring no goals. He represented Canada in 11 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played at the 2001 Confederations Cup. [1]

He was a member of the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup winning squad, [5] but did not play because of injury. In 2002, Bent also scored a decisive penalty kick against Martinique in the 2002 Gold Cup quarter-finals where Canada finished in third place.

His final international was a November 2003 friendly match against Republic of Ireland, [1] in which Bent suffered a serious knee injury. For two full years he spent every day in physiotherapy, but nothing could be done to save his career. Bent announced his official retirement on March 23, 2006, after failing to recover from knee injuries. [1] [6]

Coaching career

Jason started his managerial career in 2008 as assistant coach of TFC Academy, after the academy's inaugural season in the Canadian Soccer League Bent took over as the head coach of the U-18 program. [7] He served as the academy's U-18 manager until 2011 with two players, Doneil Henry and Nicholas Lindsay graduating into Toronto FC first team. On February 22, 2011, it was announced that Bent would become assistant coach to the Toronto FC first team joining newly appointed manager Aron Winter and first assistant Bob de Klerk. [8] Jason was named the new head coach of Toronto FC's new USL Pro team on November 20, 2014. [9]

In 2018, he returned to the first team to serve once more as an assistant coach to Greg Vanney. [10] In 2021, he was named an assistant coach for the third time under Greg Vanney this time with the LA Galaxy. [11]

Coaching record

As of February 25, 2017
TeamFromToRecord
GWDLGFGAGDWin %
Toronto FC II November 20, 2014 [9] January 28, 20185813103562110−48022.41

Honours

Plymouth Argyle

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Jason Bent". Canadian Soccer Association. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
  2. ↑ mlssoccer. "Jason Bent | MLSsoccer.com". mlssoccer. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Jason Bent | SoccerStats.us". soccerstats.us. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
  4. ↑ Jason Bent – FIFA competition record (archived)
  5. ↑ Courtney, Barrie (November 19, 2005). "CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2000 – Full Details". RSSSF . Retrieved March 13, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Ex-Plymouth midfielder Bent quits". BBC Sport. BBC. April 5, 2006. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Canadian Soccer League Powered by Goalline Sports Administration Software". May 18, 2008. Archived from the original on May 18, 2008. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Bent Named Assistant Coach". TorontoFC.ca. February 22, 2011. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved March 13, 2012.
  9. 1 2 Larson, Kurtis (November 20, 2014). "Toronto FC establishes USL PRO affiliate". Toronto Sun. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Academy director Laurent Guyot to also coach Toronto FC 2 this season". CFJC Today. January 26, 2018. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
  11. ↑ Davidson, Neil (February 2, 2021). "Vanney adds three former Toronto FC coaches to his staff at the Los Angeles Galaxy". CollingwoodToday.ca. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
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