Bowling Green State University Athletics
2017 Men's Soccer Roster
Chris Brennan
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Copley, Ohio
- High School:
- Copley
- Prev School:
- Team Challenger Crew Juniors
2019
A 2019 team captain ... named to the All-MAC Second Team ... also named to the Academic All-MAC Team for the third consecutive season ... and, was named to the OCSA's Academic All-Ohio Team ... played in 14 of BGSU's 21 matches, making 11 starts ... had 12 points on four goals and four assists ... finished third on the team in goals and points, and was tied for third in assists, despite missing a third of the season ... started the first 11 contests of the season before being injured in the IUPUI contest in early October ... missed the next six matches before returning to see action off the bench in the final regular-season match, vs. Northern Illinois ... also came off the bench in the MAC Tournament win over NIU as well as the semifinal-round victory at Akron ... was injured in that UA match, and missed the tourney final vs. WVU ... started both matches of the Falcons' trip to Western Pennsylvania in the season's opening weekend ... played 99 minutes of the double-overtime match at Duquesne, tying for the team lead with five shots ... played 77 minutes at Robert Morris, scoring the Falcons' second goal in that 2-0 win ... stole an errant pass by the RMU goalkeeper and quickly chipped the ball over the 'keeper's head and into the upper far corner ... had five shots for the second consecutive match ... had an assist in each match as the Falcons picked up a pair of shutout victories at the Lakeside Classic in Evanston, Ill. ... started and played 64 minutes of the Wisconsin match, and had an assist on Michael Montemurri's winner in the 82nd minute ... then, played 62 minutes vs. host Northwestern two days later, and assisted on Chris Sullivan's goal that gave the Falcons a 3-0 lead midway through the second half ... scored just over two minutes into the Ohio State match, taking a pass from Kale Nichols and hitting a one-timer from eight yards out ... the goal gave him two goals and six points on the year, doubling his totals for the 2018 season ... played 68 minutes vs. the Buckeyes, and had two shot attempts ... opened the scoring for the second-straight match, and this time, his goal held up as the winner in a 1-0 victory over Cleveland State ... scored in the 18th minute off of a feed from Matt Walters ... had a pair of assists in the Cincinnati match, extending his point-scoring streak to six matches ... had three shot attempts vs. the Bearcats ... played a nifty through ball to Walters as he entered the penalty box, and the sequence led to a Sullivan goal ... then, in the second half, Nichols headed his long throw-in into the upper left corner of the goal ... the two assists gave him 10 points through seven matches ... played 82 minutes on the road against #18/23 Kentucky ... scored the game-winning goal against Canisius ... his goal in the 60th minute gave the Falcons a 2-1 lead in an eventual 4-1 BG win ... had three shots in that win ... played 83 minutes of the Falcons' shutout win at Detroit Mercy, with a pair of shot attempts ... saw 52 minutes of action in another 1-0 road win seven days later, this time at IUPUI ... had three shot attempts, and his throw-in began the sequence that led to the game's lone goal ... was injured in the second half of that match, and was sidelined for roughly a month ... returned to action in the final match of the regular season, as the Falcons topped Northern Illinois, 1-0, at Cochrane Stadium ... played 40 minutes and had a shot attempt against the Huskies ... played 35 minutes of the rematch with NIU three days later, as the Falcons picked up a 2-1 win in overtime, in the quarterfinal round of the MAC Tournament ... came off the bench to see action in the Falcons' 1-0 win over top-seeded Akron in the semifinal round ... it marked BGSU's first win over the Zips since 2002, and the Falcons' first road victory against UA since 1997 ... played 19 minutes of that match before being forced to leave due to injury ... that injury kept him out of the final vs. WVU two days later.
2018
A 2018 team captain ... named to the Academic All-MAC Team for the second-straight year ... also earned Academic All-Ohio First-Team honors from the Ohio Collegiate Soccer Association (OCSA) ... was ranked No. 14 on Top Drawer Soccer's preseason list of the top-20 players in the MAC ... played in 15 matches, making nine starts ... had three points on a goal and an assist ... started and played 70 minutes in the season opener vs. Northern Kentucky, firing a game-high four shots ... played 74 minutes of the Penn State match ... saw 104 minutes of action vs. Wright State, with a pair of shots on goal ... had two shots, including one on frame, in the road win over Western Illinois ... after battling an illness prior to the Michigan State game, came off the bench for the first time since midway through his freshman year ... played 49 minutes vs. the No. 3 Spartans ... again came off the bench in the Ohio State match, but played 76 minutes and fired three shots vs. the Buckeyes ... was back in the Starting XI at Cleveland State, and played 80 minutes ... had five shots, including one first-half effort that hit the post, vs. the Vikings ... scored his first goal of the season on a diving header at Purdue Fort Wayne ... came off the bench to play 48 minutes in that match, with his three shot attempts including two on goal ... was back in the starting lineup vs. Valparaiso, playing 72 minutes and recording an assist in the Falcons' 2-1 win ... had the second assist on BG's first goal of the night, heading a ball to Vinny Worner down the right side of the field ... Worner then crossed the ball into the box for a Tate Robertson finish ... had five shot attempts in the match, including three on goal ... played 104 minutes of the MAC opener, as the Falcons battled Akron to a scoreless draw ... his team-high total of three shots included one on goal ... played 71 minutes of the Falcons' win at IUPUI, with three shots, including one on frame ... played 24 minutes of BG's OT win at Northern Illinois ... his time in that match was limited due to injury, and he sat out the Western Michigan and Cincinnati contests before returning for the West Virginia game ... played 31 minutes vs. the Mountaineers ... came off the bench to play 40 minutes of BGSU's 2-0 victory over SIUE, a win that clinched the number-two seed in the MAC Tournament for the Falcons ... played 51 minutes, the highest total among BG's subs, in the conference tourney semifinal-round match vs. Western Michigan.
SUMMER 2018
Played for the Charlotte Eagles of the PDL.
2017
Named to the All-MAC Second Team ... also named to the Academic All-MAC Team ... played in 16 of BGSU's 17 matches, starting all 16 ... led the team in scoring, with five goals and 14 points ... was second on the team in assists, with four ... led the Falcons in shot attempts (36) and shots on goal (22) ... was involved in the scoring of both goals in BGSU's regular-season opener, a 2-0 win over IUPUI ... had the primary assist on Moe Mustafa's goal in the 10th minute, heading a diagonal ball back across the goalmouth ... then, gave the Falcons a two-goal lead with a goal of his own late in the first half ... the three-point game was the first of his BG career ... was inches away from a hat trick, hitting the crossbar with two second-half shots ... for his efforts vs. IUPUI, was named to the Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week on August 29 ... had his first career two-assist match in the win at Drexel ... assisted on the game's opening goal, with the primary helper on a Mustafa goal that proved to be the game winner ... then, assisted on the final goal of that 3-0 win ... had another assist on the winning goal two nights later ... stole the ball from a Penn player and found Robert Miller III for the game's opening goal in the 53rd minute of a 2-0 win over the Quakers ... scored the clinching goal in BGSU's next match, another 2-0 victory ... that goal came in the 84th minute of the Western Illinois match, when he received the ball near midfield and made a long run, splitting a pair of defenders and finding the lower right corner of the net ... played 87 minutes of that win ... was on the pitch for 84 minutes of the Falcons' match at No. 6 Michigan State ... scored on a header late in the Cincinnati match for his third goal of the season ... that gave him a double-digit point total for the second time in as many years at BG, with 10 points through seven matches ... scored a goal for the second-straight match, with his marker tying the score early in the second half on the road at No. 1 Notre Dame ... with that goal, matched the point total (12) for all of his freshman year ... played 83 minutes at No. 25 Ohio State, and led the Falcons with four total shots and three shots on goal ... had three shots on frame within a three-minute span midway through the second half, with one of those efforts a blast from just outside the box that was deflected wide by the OSU 'keeper at the last second ... played 84 minutes of the double-OT win over Duquesne, and was on the field for 79 minutes at SIUE ... had three shot attempts in the latter match ... played 82 minutes at Wright State, putting both of his shot attempts on goal vs. the Raiders ... saw action in 103 minutes vs. West Virginia ... scored the final goal of BGSU's 3-1 win over Northern Illinois at Cochrane ... that goal came with just 52 seconds remaining in the first half ... played 87 minutes vs. the Huskies ... had BG season-high totals of six shot attempts and five shots on goal in that match ... played all 90 minutes at No. 5 Western Michigan ... wore uniform #6 in his first two seasons as a Falcon.
2016
Finished second on the team in scoring in his first collegiate season ... had 12 points on the year ... played in all 19 matches, starting 12 ... tied for the BG lead in goals, with five ... also had a pair of assists ... in MAC play, tied for second on the team with three points ... led the Falcons with 10 shot attempts in conference matches ... his first collegiate goal came in his first collegiate match, BGSU's 4-0 win over IUPUI ... worked a give-and-go with senior Pat Flynn and hit a low shot into the far corner of the net in the 36th minute ... scored the final goal on a crowd-pleasing play in BG's 3-0 win vs. Marshall ... stole an MU pass in the BG end of the field, and played a long ball ahead to Flynn ... while Flynn maintained possession, Brennan made a 60-yard run, took a return pass from Flynn and knocked the ball into the center of the net ... scored his third goal in four matches, and did so in dramatic fashion, at Cleveland State ... headed home Jacob Roth's free kick with just four seconds remaining in the second overtime ... the 'Golden Goal' gave the Falcons a 1-0 win and a 4-0-0 start to the season ... scored with under 18 minutes to play in regulation against Dayton ... had the first goal of the match against Western Michigan, pouncing on an errant clearing attempt by the Broncos' 'keeper, racing past several WMU players and scoring into the vacated net ... had the primary assist on Joe Sullivan's goal at Fort Wayne, beating a defender as he entered the box and sliding a low right-side cross to Sullivan ... assisted on Flynn's goal vs. Akron ... stationed in the middle of the 18-yard box, he headed a diagonal ball behind him, and the flick-on found Flynn at the far post ... his blast hit the post in the second overtime of the Falcons' home match vs. Buffalo ... after starting just one of the season's first eight matches, was in the starting XI for each of BGSU's final 11 games, including all five MAC matches and the MAC Tournament semifinal.
HIGH SCHOOL
A four-year letterwinner at Copley H.S. (‘16) under coach David Antal ... graduated as the school’s all-time leading scorer ... a three-time All-Ohio First-Team selection, and was named Ohio’s Mr. Soccer in Division I in 2014 ... was also the Ohio Scholastic Soccer Coaches Association Player of the Year that season ... was named Ohio’s Gatorade Player of the Year by USA Today in ‘14 ... in 2015, was a repeat selection to the NSCAA Boys’ Fall High School All-America Team ... he was one of 56 players named to that team, but one of only three repeat selections ... led the Indians to Suburban League titles in both his junior and senior seasons after second-place finishes in his first two years ... had seven goals and a pair of assists as a freshman, then registered 18 goals and six helpers in his sophomore campaign ... had 63 points on 23 goals and 17 assists as a junior, as Copley finished 20-1-1, earning sectional, district and regional titles and advancing all the way to the state semifinals ... became Copley’s career scoring leader in early September of 2015, when he scored his 50th career goal ... in his senior season, had 65 points on 28 goals and 10 assists, helping the Indians to a 15-3-1 record ... was named the 2015 SL Player of the Year ... finished his career with 76 goals and 35 assists, for a whopping total of 187 points ... was named to the West Team for the High School All-American game, held in Raleigh, N.C., in December of 2015 ... captained the Indians as a senior ... was named to the honor roll in all four years.
PERSONAL
Christopher Joseph Brennan was born on Sept. 10, 1997, in Copley, Ohio ... son of Thomas and Jacqueline Brennan ... the third of four children ... has an older brother, an older sister and a younger brother ... a finance major at BGSU, with a 3.363 cumulative GPA through the Spring 2020 semester ... played club ball for Team Challenger Crew Juniors ... helped that team to a national title at the US Youth Soccer National Championships in July of 2017 ... was the tournament's leading scorer with six goals.
BRENNAN'S CAREER STATS
| Season | GP-GS | Minutes | Goals | Assists | Points | Shots | Shot% | SOG | SOG% | GW | PK-Att |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 19-12 | 1163 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 39 | .128 | 15 | .385 | 1 | 0-0 |
| 2017 | 16-16 | 1319 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 36 | .139 | 22 | .611 | 0 | 0-0 |
| 2018 | 15-9 | 942 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 31 | .032 | 10 | .323 | 0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 14-11 | 900 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 27 | .148 | 8 | .296 | 2 | 0-0 |
| TOTAL | 64-48 | 4324 | 15 | 11 | 41 | 133 | .113 | 55 | .414 | 3 | 0-0 |
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