Jim Brennan

Gerald James "Jim" Brennan ( born May 8, 1977 in East York, Canada) is a former Canadian football player and current coach. The Brennan mostly used on the left -back position played twelve years in the English professional football and participated with the Canadian national team participated in several continental championships and the Confederations Cup 2001. He is currently an assistant coach with the Toronto Football Club.

Club career

Brennan came in 1994 by the Canadian Amateur club Lazio Sora to England to Bristol City and began his professional career in 1996. In 1998 he went with Bristol in the Football League First Division on, after the prompt return descent into the Second Division, he spent 1.5 million pounds, a then-record sum for a Canadian soccer player, for second division Nottingham Forest.

In Forest he initially displaced the previous left-back Alan Rogers, after a series of injuries his form but more and more after and he was finally awarded against the end of the season 2000/ 01 even for two months at Huddersfield Town, where he, however, even in could play the starting eleven. After his return to Nottingham to his performance improved again and he established himself in the starting eleven. In 2003 he reached the Nottingham Promotion Playoffs, in the semifinals he was defeated, however, with his team Sheffield United in the second leg with 3:4 after the first leg ended 1-1. Brennan left after Nottingham, presumably because the extension of the contract referred to it did not meet his expectations as a result of the austerity measures undertaken by the association.

Brennan subsequently joined the league rivals Norwich City, with which he rose to the Premier League in 2004. During his time at Norwich, he came over also because of ongoing injury problems, at no point in the set on the left Adam Drury and Darren Huckerby and completed until its disposal 43 League Appearances, including ten in his only season in the Premier League. In January 2006, he was given together with its end of the season expiring contract to the second division Southampton FC.

Southampton no longer extended his contract at season's end and Brennan returned to North America. In September 2006, Brennan signed the first contract with the newly formed Canadian MLS team Toronto FC and led the team in 2007 as a captain in their first season. He belonged to the squad of 2008 MLS All -Star team, which met in Toronto Stadium BMO Field on West Ham United and won 3-2. In April 2010, he declared shortly after the start of the 2010 season end of his career and moved into the management of the club.

National

Brennan was 1993 Canadian selection that took part in the U -17 World Championship in Japan in 1993. He arrived at Vorrundenaus his team while two inserts.

In April 1999, the defender made ​​his debut in the Canadian national team in a friendly match in Northern Ireland. A year later, he took part with the team as a regular player at the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2000 and won the tournament after a 2-0 win against Colombia. This title win Canada was eligible for the 2001 Confederations Cup in Japan and South Korea, and won there at Vorrundenaus with a 0-0 draw against Brazil at least a moderate success.

When CONCACAF Gold Cup 2002 Brennan reached with Canada ranked third, participation in the Gold Cup 2005 already ended in the group stage. In the tournaments in 2003 and 2007, he was not in the squad. His international career ended after 49 operations on 10 September 2008 with a 1-2 defeat against Mexico in qualifying for the 2010 World Cup.