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Benjamin Fitzpatrick (born December 15, 1994) is an American soccer coach and retired player who played as a
midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
. He appeared for
FC London FC London is a Canadian semi-professional association football, soccer club based in London, Ontario, London, Ontario. The club was founded in 2008 and plays in the League1 Ontario men's and League1 Ontario (women), women's divisions. The team pl ...
,
Michigan Bucks Flint City Bucks is an American association football, soccer team based in Flint, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1995, the team plays in USL League Two, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. The club was founded in 1995 as the Mi ...
, and
Cleveland SC Cleveland SC is an American semi-professional soccer club based in the Greater Cleveland, Ohio region. Cleveland competes in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) as part of the Midwest Region's Rust Belt Conference. The club was established ...
at the semi-professional level and played professionally with
Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC is an American professional soccer team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1999 and beginning play in 1999, the club plays in the Eastern Conference of the USL Championship, the second tier of the American so ...
.


College and amateur

Fitzpatrick started his college career at
Urbana University Urbana University was a private university specializing in liberal arts education and located in Urbana, Ohio. In its final few years, it was purchased by Franklin University and was a branch campus of that university. History Urbana Universit ...
, where he studied sports management and earned numerous accolades. He then transferred to
Ohio State University The Ohio State University, commonly called Ohio State or OSU, is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio. A member of the University System of Ohio, it has been ranked by major institutional rankings among the best publ ...
and spent a season with the Buckeyes' soccer team.


Michigan Bucks

Before transferring to Ohio State, Fitzpatrick played for the Michigan Bucks in the Premier Development League and starred as the Bucks claimed the 2016 title.


Club career


Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC

After leaving Ohio State, Fitzpatrick joined
United Soccer League United Soccer League (USL), formerly known as United Soccer Leagues, is a soccer league in the United States and Canada. It organizes several men's and women's leagues, both professional and amateur. Men's leagues currently organized are the ...
side Pittsburgh Riverhounds. He made his senior debut against
Charlotte Independence Charlotte Independence is an American soccer team based in Charlotte, North Carolina that plays in the USL League One, the third tier of the American soccer pyramid. The Independence currently play their home games at American Legion Memorial ...
, playing 90 minutes in a 1–1 draw.


Career statistics


References


External links


Urbana profile


* * 1994 births Living people American soccer players Soccer players from Ohio People from Hilliard, Ohio Association football midfielders Ohio State Buckeyes men's soccer players Flint City Bucks players Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC players Cleveland SC players USL Championship players National Premier Soccer League players USL League Two players {{US-footy-midfielder-stub