Brent Brockman (born March 5, 1988, in

Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania Mechanicsburg is a borough in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. The borough is eight miles (13 km) west of Harrisburg. It is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 8,981. ...

) is an American professional

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

player who last played for

F.C. New York F.C. New York was an American professional soccer team based first in Queens, New York City, and then Long Island, New York. The team played two seasons, starting in 2011 in the National Division of the USL Professional Division, the third tier ...

Career

College

Brockman attended Northern York High School where he was the 2 time Mid Penn Colonial Conference Player of the Year, First team Patriot News Big 11, played club soccer for Super Nova FC 87 where he won 2 EPYSA State Championships, and played two years of college soccer at

Saint Francis University Saint Francis University (SFU) is a private Catholic university in Loretto, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1847 and conducted under the tradition of the Franciscan Friars of the Third Order Regular. The university is situated on in the fore ...

. He transferred to

George Mason University George Mason University (George Mason, Mason, or GMU) is a public research university in Fairfax County, Virginia with an independent City of Fairfax, Virginia postal address in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area. The university was origin ...

prior to his junior year where they reached an NCAA Division 1 #15 ranking, where he won the Gordon Bradley Award and was named to the Bowling Green All Tournament Team and named Brine/NEC Rookie of the Week for his performance at the New Mexico Classic. Brockman ended his collegiate career with 1 goal and 10 assists playing as an attacking right back. During his college years he also played with the

Indiana Invaders The Indiana Invaders was an American soccer team based in South Bend, Indiana, United States. Founded in 1998, the team played in the USL Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Great Lakes Divisi ...

in the

USL Premier Development League USL League Two (USL2), formerly the Premier Development League (PDL), is a semi-professional developmental soccer league sponsored by United Soccer Leagues in the United States and Canada, forming part of the United States soccer league syste ...

, and played for the Aegean Hawks during the summer of 2010 in their efforts to qualify for the

Lamar Hunt US Open Cup The Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, commonly known as the U.S. Open Cup (USOC), is a knockout cup competition in men's soccer in the United States of America. It is the oldest ongoing national soccer competition in that country. The 2023 U.S. Ope ...

Professional

Brockman went undrafted in the

2011 MLS SuperDraft The 2011 MLS SuperDraft was the twelfth annual SuperDraft presented by Major League Soccer. It was held on January 13, 2011 in Baltimore, Maryland, during the 2011 NSCAA Convention at the Baltimore Convention Center. The 2011 SuperDraft consiste ...

, and subsequently signed his first professional contract in 2011 when he was signed by

of the USL Professional Division. He made his professional debut on April 9, 2011, in New York's first-ever game, playing 90 minutes in a loss to Orlando City. Brockman sustained a season ending knee injury in the third match of the season, thus ending his career. This was his 4th ACL tear in his career. Brockman is a USSF Nationally Licensed Coach and is currently the Head Coach of Mechanicsburg High School, Keystone FC, and the Harrisburg City Islanders Academy Teams.

References

External links

George Mason bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Brockman, Brent 1988 births Living people American men's soccer players George Mason Patriots men's soccer players Indiana Invaders players F.C. New York players USL League Two players USL Championship players Sportspeople from Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania Sportspeople from Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Men's association football fullbacks