Brian Sylvestre

Brian Sylvestre (born December 19, 1992) is an American soccer player who currently plays for Miami FC in the USL Championship.

Brian Sylvestre
Personal information
Full name Brian Sylvestre
Date of birth (1992-12-19) December 19, 1992
Place of birth Hollywood, Florida, U.S.
Height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Miami FC
Number 92
Youth career
2008 IMG Soccer Academy
2009–2011 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0 (0)
2011 → Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23 (loan) 5 (0)
2013–2014 Harrisburg City Islanders 3 (0)
2015–2017 North Carolina FC 48 (0)
2015 → Philadelphia Union (loan) 12 (0)
2018 LA Galaxy 0 (0)
2018 LA Galaxy II 2 (0)
2019 Forward Madison 17 (0)
2020– Miami FC 1 (0)
National team
2011 United States U20 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 March 2020

Early life

Sylvestre was born in Hollywood, Florida,[1] and is of Haitian descent.[2]

Career

Youth

Sylvestre attended Hollywood Hills High School, and began his youth career in Florida, playing for the Schultz Academy U-16 squad, Weston FC, and at the IMG Soccer Academy. Foregoing a college soccer career, Sylvestre signed for the Vancouver Whitecaps Residency program in February 2010. In March 2010 he started for the Residency team in the U-19 Super Group of Dallas Cup XXXI.

Sylvestre was part of the IMG Soccer Academy in Florida, before moving to the Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency in 2009.[3]

Professional

Sylvestre began the 2011 Major League Soccer pre-season with Vancouver Whitecaps FC. He was signed to the senior squad on March 15, 2011.[4] He was released by the team on November 8, 2012 after two years and having appeared four times for its reserve team and five times for the U-23 professional development team, but without having played for the senior men's team.[5]

Sylvestre joined USL Pro club Harrisburg City Islanders in 2013.[6] He made his professional debut on June 17, 2014 in a US Open Cup game against Philadelphia Union.[7]

On February 6, 2015, Sylvestre signed with NASL club Carolina RailHawks.[8] On May 7, 2015, he was loaned to Philadelphia Union.[9] While on loan with the Union he started 12 games and recorded 5 shutouts. He only appeared in one game for the RailHawks that season, a U.S. Open Cup loss to the Charlotte Independence.[10] Sylvestre took over as the starting goalkeeper for the RailHawks in May 2016 and started 19 games for the club.

Prior to the 2017 NASL season Sylvestre trained with Croatian First Football League side NK Istra 1961.[11]

On January 12, 2018, Sylvestre signed with MLS club LA Galaxy.[12] Sylvestre was released by LA Galaxy at the end of their 2018 season.[13]

On January 14, 2019, Sylvestre became the first goalkeeper signed by USL League One expansion team Forward Madison FC.[14]

International

Sylvestre was called up to the United States U-20 national team in January 2011 and again in May 2011 for a mini-camp in Vichy, France. Sylvestre started in a 2-1 loss against the French U-20 squad on May 19, 2011.[15]

References
  1. "Brian Sylvestre". Retrieved September 10, 2014.
  2. "Ranking Haitian Players by Leagues". HaitiSports. July 6, 2014. Retrieved September 10, 2014.
  3. "Brian Sylvestre - ASM - Associated Sports Management". asmsoccer.com. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
  4. "Whitecaps FC sign Brian Sylvestre, Bilal Duckett, and Jeb Brovsky". Whitecapsfc.com. March 14, 2011. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
  5. "Three players move on | Vancouver Whitecaps FC". Whitecapsfc.com. November 8, 2012. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
  6. "Brian Sylvestre, former U20 National Team player and former Vancouver Whitecap goal keeper has signed a professional contract with the Harrisburg City Islanders". asmsoccer.com. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
  7. "Philadelphia Union vs. Harrisburg City Islanders - MLS MatchCenter". MLSsoccer.com MatchCenter. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
  8. "RailHawks Sign Goalkeeper Brian Sylvestre". carolinarailhawks.com. February 6, 2015. Archived from the original on February 7, 2015. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
  9. "Union Acquire Brian Sylvestre Via Short-Term Loan". Philadelphia Union. Retrieved May 9, 2015.
  10. "Goalkeeper Brian Sylvestre To Push Akira Fitzgerald, For Starting Spot In 2016". Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  11. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 16, 2017. Retrieved October 15, 2017.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. "LA Galaxy sign goalkeeper Brian Sylvestre". January 12, 2018. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  13. "LA Galaxy exercise 2019 contract options on four players". LAGalaxy.com. November 26, 2018.
  14. "FORWARD MADISON FC SIGNS BRIAN SYLVESTRE AS FIRST GOALKEEPER". ForwardMadisonFC.com. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  15. "U-20 MNT Drops 2-1 Decision to France to Round out Training Camp". USA Soccer. May 20, 2011. Retrieved April 18, 2015.


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