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Rhett Bernstein
Personal information
Full name	Rhett Anthony Bernstein
Date of birth	September 10, 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	San Diego, California, United States
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	La Jolla Nomads
College career
Years	Team
2005–2008	Brown Bears
Senior career*
Years	Team
2010	Sevilla FC Puerto Rico
2011–2015	Mjøndalen IF
2016–2017	Miami FC
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:41, October 30, 2017 (UTC)

Rhett Anthony Bernstein (born September 10, 1987) is an American former soccer player.^[1] In 2009, he won the Hermann Trophy. He played for Sevilla FC Puerto Rico, Mjøndalen, and Miami FC.

Early and personal life

Bernstein was born in San Diego, California, and is Jewish.^[2] As a teenager, he played soccer for the La Jolla Nomads.^[2]^[3] He attended University City High School in San Diego.^[4]

Club career

While playing soccer at Brown University, Bernstein was named to the 2008 Jewish Sports Review All-America First-Team, along with Zac MacMath and Daniel Steres.^[5] He was nominated twice for the Hermann Trophy, given to the best male college soccer player in America.^[3] In 2009, he won the Hermann Trophy.^[2]

He played for Team USA at the 2009 Maccabiah Games in Israel.^[2] The team finished fifth in the Games.^[2]

After graduating from Brown in 2009, Bernstein spent time in Israel, training with Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.^[2]^[3]

Bernstein joined Sevilla FC Puerto Rico to participate in the SúperCopa DirecTV 2010 before moving to Europe.

Bernstein joined Mjøndalen's first-team squad ahead of the 2011 season. He scored his first goals for Mjøndalen against Tromsø on May 9, 2015. They won the game 4–3. Bernstein led Mjøndalen in scoring in 2015 with 5 goals from his center back position, which was also the most goals of all defenders in the Tippligaen.

After five years in Norway, Bernstein signed with expansion Miami FC ahead of the 2016 North American Soccer League season.^[1] He chose uniform number 18, saying: "I want to wear number 18, Chai, meaning life [in Hebrew] to express both my strong Jewish identity as well as a long career with Miami FC."^[2]

Career statistics

As of January 7, 2016

Season	Club	Division	League		League		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2011	Mjøndalen	Adeccoligaen	1	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
2012			21	0	2	0	—		—		24	0
2013			13	0	2	0	—		—		14	0
2014		1. divisjon	8	0	0	0	1	0	—		10	1
2015		Tippeligaen	20	5	1	0	—		—		21	5
Career Total			67	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	72	5