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4Ben Sweat

  • Position: Defender
  • Date of Birth: 09/04/1991
  • Age: 32
  • Country: USA
  • Weight: 178 lbs
  • Height: 6.1'

2016 Stats: Five appearances (all starts), playing 413 minutes.

2016 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup: Two appearances (both starts), playing 180 minutes.

Sweat signed with the Rowdies on March 2, 2015.

Sweat, 23, returns home to the Gulf Coast after spending the 2014 season with the Columbus Crew in Major League Soccer. Sweat is a Palm Harbor native and product of the Clearwater Chargers Academy. A 6-foot-2 natural left back, Sweat played his club career for the Chargers SC US Soccer Development Academy, the Rowdies’ official USSDA partner.

Sweat also played four seasons at Palm Harbor University High School, leading the Hurricanes to the Class 5A state championship game in both 2009 and 2010, winning it in 2009. In addition to First-Team All-County accolades, Sweat was the Tampa Bay Times’ Pinellas County Player of the Year in both 2009 and 2010.

After a standout youth club career, Sweat stayed home to star for the University of South Florida under head coach George Kiefer. Sweat was a regular starter for the Bulls in his four-year career, making 78 appearances to become USF’s all-time leader in games played. In his senior year in 2013, Sweat was named to the 1st-team American Athletic Conference.

Sweat was selected 14th overall by the Crew in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft, but did not make a league appearance. He played in the Crew’s win over Indy Eleven in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup and he made seven appearances for Dayton Dutch Lions while on loan in 2014.

2015: Twenty-six appearances (26 starts), playing 2,278 minutes ... Made Rowdies debut as a starter at NYC on 4/18.

2014: Zero appearances for the Columbus Crew of Major League Soccer ... Loaned to Dayton of the USL on 4/30 ... Made seven appearances (all starts) for Dayton, playing 630 minutes.


REGULAR SEASON CAREER STATS

Year Team GP GS SI SO Min G A Sh Y R
2016 Tampa Bay Rowdies 7 7 0 0 591 0 0 1 2 0
2015 Tampa Bay Rowdies 26 26 0 1 2278 0 0 6 4 1
TOTAL 33 33 0 1 2869 0 0 7 6 1

POST SEASON CAREER STATS

Year Team GP GS SI SO Min G A Sh Y R
TOTAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

GAME APPEARANCES

Date Type Match Result Appear Min G A Sh Y R
10/30/2016 Regular Season JAX v TBR L 3 - 2 Start 90 0 0 0 0 0
10/19/2016 Regular Season TBR v IND L 2 - 3 Start 88 0 0 1 0 0
06/11/2016 Regular Season JAX v TBR D 1 - 1 Start 53 0 0 0 1 0
06/04/2016 Regular Season TBR v OTT W 2 - 1 Start 90 0 0 0 0 0
06/01/2016 US Open Cup TBR v CIN W 1 - 0 Start 90 0 0 0 0 0
04/23/2016 Regular Season TBR v NCFC L 1 - 3 Start 90 0 0 0 0 0
04/16/2016 Regular Season TBR v FCE W 1 - 0 Start 90 0 0 0 0 0
04/09/2016 Regular Season MIA v TBR D 1 - 1 Start 90 0 0 0 1 0
10/31/2015 Regular Season NYC v TBR L 2 - 0 Start 90 0 0 0 0 0
10/24/2015 Regular Season TBR v NCFC W 1 - 0 Start 90 0 0 0 0 0
10/17/2015 Regular Season ATL v TBR D 0 - 0 Start 90 0 0 0 0 0
10/03/2015 Regular Season MNU v TBR L 1 - 0 Start 41 0 0 0 1 1
09/26/2015 Regular Season JAX v TBR L 2 - 0 Start 77 0 0 0 0 0
09/19/2015 Regular Season TBR v SAS W 2 - 0 Start 90 0 0 0 0 0
09/13/2015 Regular Season FCE v TBR L 1 - 0 Start 90 0 0 0 0 0
09/05/2015 Regular Season TBR v NYC W 2 - 0 Start 90 0 0 0 0 0
08/29/2015 Regular Season OTT v TBR D 2 - 2 Start 90 0 0 0 0 0
08/22/2015 Regular Season TBR v MNU L 1 - 3 Start 90 0 0 0 1 0
08/19/2015 Regular Season IND v TBR L 2 - 0 Start 90 0 0 0 0 0
08/15/2015 Regular Season FTL v TBR L 2 - 1 Start 90 0 0 0 0 0
08/08/2015 Regular Season TBR v JAX W 3 - 2 Start 90 0 0 1 0 0
08/01/2015 Regular Season NCFC v TBR D 1 - 1 Start 90 0 0 1 0 0
07/25/2015 Regular Season TBR v FTL L 1 - 3 Start 90 0 0 0 0 0
07/18/2015 Regular Season TBR v FCE L 0 - 1 Start 90 0 0 2 0 0
07/11/2015 Regular Season SAS v TBR L 3 - 0 Start 90 0 0 0 0 0
07/04/2015 Regular Season TBR v ATL W 2 - 1 Start 90 0 0 0 0 0
06/13/2015 Regular Season TBR v ATL W 3 - 0 Start 90 0 0 0 0 0
06/06/2015 Regular Season TBR v FCE W 2 - 1 Start 90 0 0 1 1 0
05/30/2015 Regular Season IND v TBR D 2 - 2 Start 90 0 0 0 0 0
05/27/2015 US Open Cup PIT v TBR L 1 - 0 Start 90 0 0 0 1 0
05/16/2015 Regular Season TBR v FTL W 1 - 0 Start 90 0 0 1 0 0
05/09/2015 Regular Season OTT v TBR D 0 - 0 Start 90 0 0 0 0 0
05/02/2015 Regular Season NCFC v TBR D 1 - 1 Start 90 0 0 0 1 0
04/25/2015 Regular Season TBR v JAX W 3 - 2 Start 90 0 0 0 0 0
04/18/2015 Regular Season NYC v TBR L 2 - 0 Start 90 0 0 0 0 0
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