Ben Bender

philadelphia-unionPHI
 • #16 Left Back
Nationality
United States of America
Position (Secondary)

LB (RW)

Role

--

Birthdate (Age)

Mar 7, 2001 (25)

Preferred Foot

Right

Height

6'0"

Ranking

112thout of 231
Overall Grade67.588th/231
Impact score5.593rd/231
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Grades

Key Grades

This season

Overall
88th/267 DEF
67.5
Passing
247th/267 DEF
59
Crossing
19th/202 DEF
69.5
Ball Carrying
113th/230 DEF
69.3
1 V 1 Defending
78th/263 DEF
70.9
Positioning
156th/266 DEF
64.8

Overall Grades by game

This season

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Metrics

Key Metrics

8
Appearances
513
Minutes
1
Goals
1
Assists
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News

May 14, 2026

Scores from three shots in defeat

Bender scored one goal to go with three shots (one on goal), six crosses (one accurate) and one chance created in Wednesday's 4-3 loss to Orlando City SC.

Analysis: Bender scored his first goal for the Philadelphia Union in the last two seasons. This was his second start of the year, where he took three shots, having only had one shot in all his other appearances combined. He also created a chance for his second game in a row.

Apr 27, 2026

One shot in loss

Bender generated one shot (one on goal), one cross (one accurate) and one chance created in Saturday's 2-0 defeat to Columbus Crew.

Analysis: Bender, who was an unused sub in each of the last two matches, replaced Phillippe Ndinga at halftime Saturday. He had a decent second half, as he created one chance, recorded one accurate cross and put one shot on target, one of just two Philadelphia managed throughout the match.

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