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{{Short description|Canadian soccer player (born 1977)}}
{{distinguish|text=a fictional football player of the same name portrayed by comedian [[Simon Brodkin]]}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2013}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name        = Jason Bent
| fullname    = Jason Andrew Bent<ref name="canada">{{cite web|title=Jason Bent|url=http://canadasoccer.com/index.php?t=roster&pid=373|publisher=Canadian Soccer Association|access-date=June 11, 2013}}</ref>
| image       = Jason Bent.jpg
| image_size  = 205px
| caption     = Bent in 2010
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1977|3|8}}
| birth_place = [[Scarborough, Toronto|Scarborough]], [[Ontario]], Canada
| height      = {{height|ft=5|in=9}}<ref>{{Cite web|last=mlssoccer|title=Jason Bent {{!}} MLSsoccer.com|url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/players/jason-bent/|access-date=2022-01-18|website=mlssoccer|language=en}}</ref>
| position    = [[Midfielder]]
| collegeyears1 = 1996
| college1 = [[Maryland Terrapins men's soccer|Maryland Terrapins]]
| years1 = 1997–1998
| clubs1 = [[FSV Zwickau]]
| caps1 = 13
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 1998–2000
| clubs2 = [[Colorado Rapids]]
| caps2 = 51
| goals2 = 2
| years3 = 2001–2004
| clubs3 = [[Plymouth Argyle F.C.|Plymouth Argyle]]
| caps3 = 64
| goals3 = 5
| nationalyears1 = 1992–1993
| nationalteam1 = [[Canada men's national under-17 soccer team|Canada U17]]
| nationalcaps1  = 9 
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 1996–1997
| nationalteam2 = [[Canada men's national under-20 soccer team|Canada U20]]
| nationalcaps2  = 9 
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2000
| nationalteam3 = [[Canada men's national under-23 soccer team|Canada U23]]
| nationalcaps3  = 5 
| nationalgoals3 = 0
| nationalyears4 = 1997–2003
| nationalteam4 = [[Canada men's national soccer team|Canada]]
| nationalcaps4  = 32
| nationalgoals4 = 0
| manageryears1  = 2008–2011
| managerclubs1 = [[TFC Academy|Toronto FC Academy]]
| manageryears2  = 2011–2014
| managerclubs2 = [[Toronto FC]] (assistant)
| manageryears3  = 2014–2018
| managerclubs3 = [[Toronto FC II]]
| manageryears4  = 2018–2021
| managerclubs4 = [[Toronto FC]] (assistant)
| manageryears5  = 2021–
| managerclubs5 = [[LA Galaxy]]  (assistant)
| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{fb|CAN}}}}
{{MedalSport|Men's [[association football|soccer]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[CONCACAF Gold Cup]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2000 United States]]|}}
{{Medal|3rd|[[2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2002 United States]]|}}
}}

'''Jason Andrew Bent''' (born March 8, 1977) is a Canadian former [[Association football|soccer player]] and current assistant coach for [[LA Galaxy]]. A [[midfielder]], he played in [[Major League Soccer]] for the [[Colorado Rapids]], [[2. Bundesliga]] for [[FSV Zwickau]] and [[the Football League]] for [[Plymouth Argyle F.C.|Plymouth Argyle]]. Bent won 32 [[Cap (sport)|caps]] for [[Canada men's national soccer team|Canada]] at full international level.

==Club career==
After playing [[College soccer in the United States|college soccer]] for the [[University of Maryland, College Park|University of Maryland]], Bent played a season with [[FSV Zwickau]], before moving to [[Colorado Rapids]] in [[Major League Soccer|MLS]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://soccerstats.us/bios/jason-bent/|title=Jason Bent {{!}} SoccerStats.us|website=soccerstats.us|access-date=2018-01-27}}</ref> During his time with the Rapids he helped the Rapids reach the finals in the US Open Cup.

Bent was really close to signing a long-term contract with FC Copenhagen in 2001. But later in the year Bent signed with [[Plymouth Argyle F.C.|Plymouth Argyle]] helping the team win the English Third Division Championship in 2002, and the English Second Division Championship in 2004.

==International career==
Bent played at the [[1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship]] in Japan, in a team alongside [[Paul Stalteri]] and [[Jeff Clarke (Canadian soccer)|Jeff Clarke]].<ref name="canada"/> He then also played at the [[1997 FIFA World Youth Championship]] in [[Malaysia]], again with Stalteri and Clarke.<ref name="canada"/><ref>{{FIFA player|154492}}</ref>

He made his senior his debut for [[Canada men's national soccer team|Canada]] in an October 1997 World Cup qualification match against [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]].<ref name="canada"/> He earned a total of 32 caps, scoring no goals. He represented Canada in 11 [[FIFA World Cup qualification]] matches and played at the [[2001 Confederations Cup]].<ref name="canada"/>

He was a member of the [[2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup]] winning squad,<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/tables/00gc-full.html | title = CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2000 – Full Details | access-date = March 13, 2012 | date = November 19, 2005 | first = Barrie | website = [[RSSSF]] | last = Courtney}}</ref> but did not play because of injury. In 2002, Bent also scored a decisive penalty kick against [[Martinique national football team|Martinique]] in the [[2002 Gold Cup]] quarter-finals where Canada finished in third place.

His final international was a November 2003 friendly match against [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland]],<ref name="canada"/> in which Bent suffered a serious knee injury. For two full years he spent every day in physiotherapy, but nothing could be done to save his career. Bent announced his official retirement on March 23, 2006, after failing to recover from knee injuries.<ref name="canada"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Ex-Plymouth midfielder Bent quits|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/plymouth_argyle/4880566.stm|work=BBC Sport|publisher=BBC|access-date=June 11, 2013|date=April 5, 2006}}</ref>

==Coaching career==
Jason started his managerial career in 2008 as assistant coach of [[TFC Academy]], after the academy's inaugural season in the [[Canadian Soccer League]] Bent took over as the head coach of the U-18 program.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.canadiansoccerleague.ca:80/news_archive.php?news_id=90773|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080518021558/http://www.canadiansoccerleague.ca/news_archive.php?news_id=90773|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 18, 2008|title=Canadian Soccer League Powered by Goalline Sports Administration Software|date=2008-05-18|access-date=2018-01-27}}</ref> He served as the academy's U-18 manager until 2011 with two players, [[Doneil Henry]] and [[Nicholas Lindsay]] graduating into [[Toronto FC]] first team. On February 22, 2011, it was announced that Bent would become assistant coach to the Toronto FC first team joining newly appointed manager [[Aron Winter]] and first assistant [[Bob de Klerk]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.torontofc.ca/news/bent-named-assistant-coach | title = Bent Named Assistant Coach | publisher = TorontoFC.ca | access-date = March 13, 2012 | date = February 22, 2011 | archive-date = November 29, 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141129060933/http://www.torontofc.ca/news/2011/02/bent-named-assistant-coach | url-status = live }}</ref> Jason was named the new head coach of Toronto FC's new [[USL Pro]] team on November 20, 2014.<ref name="Toronto FC establishes USL PRO affiliate">{{cite news|last1=Larson|first1=Kurtis|title=Toronto FC establishes USL PRO affiliate|url=http://www.torontosun.com/2014/11/20/toronto-fc-establishes-usl-pro-affiliate|access-date=November 21, 2014|publisher=Toronto Sun|date=November 20, 2014}}</ref>

In 2018, he returned to the first team to serve once more as an assistant coach to [[Greg Vanney]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cfjctoday.com/article/606610/academy-director-laurent-guyot-also-coach-toronto-fc-2-season|title=Academy director Laurent Guyot to also coach Toronto FC 2 this season|date=2018-01-26|work=CFJC Today|access-date=2018-01-27|language=en}}</ref> In 2021, he was named an assistant coach for the third time under Greg Vanney this time with the [[LA Galaxy]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Davidson|first=Neil|date=February 2, 2021|title=Vanney adds three former Toronto FC coaches to his staff at the Los Angeles Galaxy|url=https://www.collingwoodtoday.ca/national-sports/vanney-adds-three-former-toronto-fc-coaches-to-his-staff-at-the-los-angeles-galaxy-3316555|access-date=2021-02-03|website=CollingwoodToday.ca|language=en}}</ref>

== Coaching record ==
{{updated|February 25, 2017}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan="2"| Team
!rowspan="2"| From
!rowspan="2"| To
!colspan="8"| Record
|-
!{{Tooltip|G|Games coached}}
!{{Tooltip|W|Games won}}
!{{Tooltip|D|Games drawn}}
!{{Tooltip|L|Games lost}}
!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}
!{{Tooltip|Win %|Winning percentage}}
|-
| [[Toronto FC II]]
| November 20, 2014<ref name="Toronto FC establishes USL PRO affiliate"/>
| January 28, 2018
{{WDL|58|13|10|35|for=62|against=110|diff=yes}}
|}

==Honours==
'''Plymouth Argyle'''
*[[Football League Third Division]]: [[2001–02 Football League|2001–02]]
*[[Football League Second Division]]: [[2003–04 Football League|2003–04]]

'''LA Galaxy'''
*[[MLS Cup]]: [[MLS Cup 2024|2024]]

'''Canada'''
*[[CONCACAF Gold Cup]]: [[2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2000]];<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/00gc-full.html|title=CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2000 - Full Details|access-date=April 20, 2025}}</ref> 3rd place, [[2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2002]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/02gc-full.html|title=CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2002 - Full Details|access-date=April 20, 2025}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.fussballportal.de/index.php?kat=44&liga_id=20&saison_lfd=32&spieler_id=16925 Jason Bent] at fussballportal.de {{in lang|de}}
* {{Soccerbase}}
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* {{Canada Soccer|373}}

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