Evan Whitfield

Evan Whitfield was a soccer (football) defender who played for the United States at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Whitfield played in college at Duke University from 1995-98. He was drafted by the Chicago Fire in the first round of the 1999 Major League Soccer (MLS) College Draft as the 11th overall pick.

Whitfield played seven seasons in the MLS. He played for the Fire from 1999-2004, with a short loan to KAA Gent in Belgium. He finished his career with Real Salt Lake in 2005.

Whitfield graduated from law school at DePaul University in 2006. He joined Schiller, DuCanto & Fleck in Chicago and became a partner, where he specialized in family law.