Soccer, Builder, 2016 |
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As a builder, Bennett An accomplished player who was among one of the first Vancouver Whitecaps, Bennett made a smooth transition to the coaching side and skippered the national under-20 men’s team to the CONCACAF title in 1996, which saw Canada shock Mexico in Mexico City.
That team would advance out of the group stage at the FIFA world championships the next year before falling to Spain in the playoffs.
Bennett took on the Vancouver women’s Whitecaps coaching duties in 2004 and directed them to a North American title. He has also played an instrumental role in his adopted hometown of Coquitlam, working with various club teams and programs over the years to spread his love for the game.
Bennett was inducted into the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame in 2014.