- Benjamin Benditson
Football player infobox| playername= Ben Benditson
fullname = Benjamin Benditson
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1983|2|16
cityofbirth = Tarzana, CA
countryofbirth =United States
height = height|ft=5|in=11
currentclub =
clubnumber =
position = Defender
youthyears = 2001-02
2003-04
youthclubs = Portland 15 (0)
Cal State-Northridge 35 (0)
years = 2005-2006
2008-
clubs =Los Angeles Galaxy San Fernando Valley Quakes
caps(goals) = 2 (0)
0 (0)
pcupdate = 5 June 2008
ntupdate =Benjamin Benditson (born
February 16 ,1983 in Tarzana,California ) is an American soccer defender who currently plays for theSan Fernando Valley Quakes of theUSL Premier Development League .Youth and college
Benditson began playing soccer when he was five, going on to play for Real So Cal Soccer Club and
Oak Park High School . After graduating from high school atMilken Community High School , Benditson attended theUniversity of Portland where he played two seasons with the men's soccer team. In 2001, he saw time in eleven games, but he was injured four games into the 2002 season. He then transferred to Cal State-Northridge for the 2003 and 2004 seasons. Benditson was named his team's Defensive MVP in his second and last year at Northridge. [http://www.ayso33.org/files/Net-05-09-17.pdf]Professional
The
Los Angeles Galaxy ofMajor League Soccer (MLS) selected Benditson in the first round (10th overall) of the2005 MLS Supplemental Draft . He spent most of the 2005 season with the Galaxy's reserve team, making his first team debut when he replaced an injuredChris Albright in a 0-0 home draw against theColumbus Crew on May 26, 2005. He missed the second half of the 2005 season with a hernia injury. He was scheduled to undergo surgery inMunich ,Germany to repair asports hernia onApril 19 ,2006 . The Galaxy wavied Benditson on August 8, 2006. [http://beta.mlsnet.com/mls/transactions/index.jsp?club=mls&year=2006&month=08] and then went on trial with English clubWycombe Wanderers F.C. , Dutch club NEC and Danish clubViborg FF in January 2007, but was never offered a contract. [http://soccerblogs.net/blog/post/46465/]He joined the
San Fernando Valley Quakes of theUSL Premier Development League for the 2008 season, but did not feature in any games due to persistent injury.External links
* [http://la.galaxy.mlsnet.com/players/bio.jsp?team=t106&player=benditson_b&playerId=ben148317&statType=current L.A. Galaxy bio]
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