Mitch Hildebrandt
Hildebrandt after an FC Cincinnati match in 2017
Personal information
Full name Mitchell A. Hildebrandt
Date of birth (1988-11-12) November 12, 1988
Place of birth Livonia, Michigan, United States
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
2004–2007 Michigan Wolves
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 Oakland Golden Grizzlies 53 (0)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Kalamazoo Outrage 13 (0)
2010–2011 Michigan Bucks 32 (0)
2012–2015 Minnesota United FC 15 (0)
2016–2017 FC Cincinnati 61 (0)
2018 Atlanta United 0 (0)
2018 → Atlanta United 2 (loan) 8 (0)
2020 Sporting Kansas City II 0 (0)
Managerial career
2020 Sporting Kansas City II (goalkeeping)
2021– Michigan Wolves
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 25, 2022

Mitchell A. Hildebrandt (born November 12, 1988) is an American former professional soccer goalkeeper. He is currently a coach for the Michigan Wolves youth academy.

Career

College and amateur

Hildebrandt played his entire college career at Oakland University. He redshirted in 2007. In his first season as a starter for Oakland in 2009, Hildebrandt finished with seven clean sheets and a 0.73 goals against average and was named to the All-Summit League first team. He had another solid year in 2010, finishing with a 1.24 goals against average and 0.77 save percentage and was again named to the All-Summit League first team. Hildebrandt went on to be named to the All-Summit League second team in his senior season in 2011 and finished his career with a total of 249 saves and 19 clean sheets.[1]

During his time in college, Hildebrandt also spent time in the USL Premier Development League with Kalamazoo Outrage[2][3] and Michigan Bucks.[4][5]

Professional

On April 3, 2012, Hildebrandt signed a professional contract with Minnesota Stars FC (renamed Minnesota United FC in 2013) of the North American Soccer League.[6][7] He made his professional debut on May 25, 2012, recording up a clean sheet in a 0–0 draw with the Atlanta Silverbacks.[8]

In 2016, Hildebrandt moved to FC Cincinnati in the United Soccer League. Fans of Cincinnati would frequently chant "Mitch Says No" when Hildebrandt made a save. Hildebrandt agreed to a multi-year contract with Cincinnati following the 2016 season.[9] He received national attention for his performance in the 2017 U.S. Open Cup semi-final against Chicago Fire, making three saves in the deciding penalty shootout.[10]

Hildebrandt played for FC Cincinnati for two seasons before moving up to Major League Soccer, signing with Atlanta United FC on December 1, 2017.[11] As of June 27, 2018, Hildebrandt had yet to come off the bench for Atlanta's first team, but he had made two appearances for Atlanta United 2 in the USL.

Hildebrandt was released by Atlanta at the end of its 2018 season.[12]

On February 23, 2019, Hildebrandt announced via his social media accounts that he was retiring from professional soccer. He then joined Chicago Fire FC as a video scout.

In January 2020, Hildebrandt was appointed goalkeeping coach for Sporting Kansas City II of the USL Championship.[13] Hildebrant came out of retirement to join the Sporting Kansas City II playing roster on September 16, 2020, becoming the first ever player-coach for the club.[14]

Following the conclusion of the 2020 USL Championship season, Hildebrandt returned to Michigan to coach with the Michigan Wolves SC academy where he had played as a youth.[15]

Honors

Individual
  • USL All-League Team: 2016
  • USL Goalkeeper of the Year: 2016

References

  1. ↑ "Mitch Hildebrandt Bio". Oakland Golden Grizzlies. Oakland University. Archived from the original on June 27, 2018. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  2. ↑ 2008 Kalamazoo Outrage stats Archived 2011-06-10 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ 2009 Kalamazoo Outrage stats Archived 2009-07-12 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ 2010 Michigan Bucks stats Archived 2012-09-14 at archive.today
  5. ↑ 2011 Michigan Bucks stats Archived 2012-03-17 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ "Mitch Hildebrandt Signs Professional Contract". Oakland Golden Grizzlies. April 3, 2012. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
  7. ↑ "Stars add three signings". Minnesota Stars FC. April 3, 2012. Retrieved April 28, 2012.
  8. ↑ "Stars Tie Rowdies To Remain Unbeaten". Atlanta Silverbacks. May 25, 2012. Archived from the original on July 18, 2012. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
  9. ↑ "FC Cincinnati Re-Signs Mitch Hildebrandt". FC Cincinnati. November 11, 2016. Archived from the original on June 27, 2018. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
  10. ↑ Lauletta, Tyler (June 29, 2017). "A lower division club pulled off a huge upset over the Chicago Fire in the US Open Cup behind the heroic effort of their keeper in a shootout". Business Insider. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
  11. ↑ Creech, Hayes (December 13, 2017). "Mitch Hildebrandt takes the long road to MLS opportunity in Atlanta". MLSsoccer.com. Major League Soccer. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  12. ↑ "Atlanta United announce year-end roster moves". atlutd.com.
  13. ↑ "Sporting Kansas City II appoints Mitch Hildebrandt as goalkeeper coach". SportingKC.com. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  14. ↑ "Sporting KC II goalkeeper coach joins playing roster". The Blue Testament. September 16, 2020. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  15. ↑ "Coach Hildebrandt". MichiganWolves.com. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
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