Career
He was also one of the original Vancouver Whitecaps players from their first season in 1974. Since retiring from playing, he has been a soccer coach and instructor in the Vancouver area. Professional Just before the 1976 season, the Whitecaps traded Bennett to the Seattle Sounders in exchange for Tommy Baldwin.
In 1978, he moved to the Memphis Rogues.
He played indoor soccer at some point, likely the 1978-1979 season, for the Cleveland Force. National team Bennett earned six "A" caps between 1973 and 1975 for Canada, scoring once.
He also earned four Olympic team caps in 1975, scoring once. Bennett was a coach for 12 years with the Canadian Soccer Association, including 1998 to 2000 as the U-15 boy"s team head coach as well as assistant coach to the U-20 side and as an interim to the national side.
From 2001 he has provided soccer coaching to his local community in Coquitlam and at Penticton, British Columbia, Canada.
Bennett was in 2005 and possibly 2006 coach of the Whitecaps F.C. men"s reserves. In 2004 he led the Whitecaps women"s team to the West-League championship which subsequently led to his inauguration in the British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame in 2007. ing Certification Level I, II, III NCCP Theory, Technical and Practical Certified National "B" License Course National "A" License Course 2004 - 2005 British Columbia Directors ing Award, for dedication to the development of soccer through coaching 2001 - 2002, North Coquitlam 2014 - Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame inductee.
