Ian Dwight Bennett (born August 27, 1983) is a Canadian soccer player who plays for the Milwaukee Wave in the Major Arena Soccer League.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ian Dwight Bennett | ||
| Date of birth | August 27, 1983 | ||
| 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 | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003–2006 | Marian Knights | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (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 | |||
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
- USSF Division 2 Pro League Regular Season Champions (1): 2010
- Major Indoor Soccer League - Champions (2): 2010–11, 2011–12
- Major Arena Soccer League - Champions: 2018-19
- Major Arena Soccer League - Regular Season Champions: 2021
Individual
- MASL All Star: 2019-20
- MASL MVP (2): 2021, 2021–22
- All-MASL First Team (7): 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20, 2021, 2021–22, 2022–23
- All-MASL Second Team: 2018-19