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2021 Men's Soccer

6 Ben Brandt

  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 170
  • Year Senior
  • Position M
  • Hometown Lincolnshire, Ill.
  • High School Adlai Stevenson

Biography

2021:

  • Started in all 23 games
  • Tied for 2nd on the team in points, recording 4 goals and 4 assists in 23 games played
  • Ranked 2nd on the team in shot-on-goal percentage (.526), staying on target on 10 of his 19 shots
  • Scored game-winning goal in team’s opener against Kalamazoo
  • Had 2 streaks of either scoring or assisting in consecutive games
  • Tallied the final goal in the team’s NCAA Tournament opening win against Webster 
  • USC Third Team All-American
  • USC First Team All-Region
  • First Team All-UAA
  • NCAA All-Tournament Team
  • USC Second Team Scholar All-American

2020:

  • UAA All-Academic

2019:

  • Started all 19 games
  • Totaled two goals and three assists on the season
  • Part of a defensive unit that tallied 10 shutouts and allowed 0.68 goals per game
  • Scored the game-winning goal in double overtime at Hope
  • Posted one goal and one assist versus Elmhurst
  • UAA All-Academic

2018:

  • Played in 18 games with five starts
  • UAA All-Academic

2017:

  • Played in 12 games with one start
  • Totaled two goals and one assist on the season
  • Scored twice at Aurora
  • Handed out one assist against Knox

Personal:

  • Major: Economics
  • UChicago activities: The Blue Chips Investment Club
  • Dean's List
  • Played four years of soccer and two years of basketball in high school
  • Club team: FC United
  • His FC United Select team won four-consecutive Illinois State Cup Championships (2015-18), 2017 and 2018 Midwest II Regional Championships, two-time Disney Boys Showcase Champion 2016 and 2018, MRL Premier 1-Blue Division Championship, runner-up in 2017 USYS National League, earned bronze medal at 2017 USYS National Championships, fourth place at 2018 USYS National Championships
  • Led the team in assists for three seasons
  • Chicagoland All-State Team, Daily Herald All-Area, IHSSCA All-Sectional & All-Conference
  • IHSSCA All-Academic Team
  • 2017 Stevenson H.S. Team MVP and varsity captain
  • Tallied eight goals and 12 assists in his senior season
  • Highest Honors (four years), National Honor Society, National AP Scholar, National Merit Commended Student, Eagle Scout

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 18

    2017Freshman

    M/D
    5'10" 160 lbs
    18
  • 7

    2018Sophomore

    M/D
    5'10" 165 lbs
    7
  • 6

    2019Junior

    M
    5'10" 165 lbs
    6
  • 6

    2020Senior

    M
    5'10" 165 lbs
    6
  • 6

    2021Senior

    M
    5'11" 170 lbs
    6