Gary Hughes is a Canadian former soccer player who played in the USISL Select League, and the Canadian Professional Soccer League.

Playing career

Hughes played

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with

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, and was named the Ivy League Player of the Year in 1995. In 1996, he played professional in the USISL Select League with

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. After a season abroad he signed with

St. Catharines Wolves St. Catharines Roma Wolves (also known as St. Catharines Wolves or simply Roma Wolves), are a Canadian soccer team, founded in 1967. The team currently plays in the semi-professional League1 Ontario in both the men's and women's divisions. The ...

in the Canadian National Soccer League. In his debut season with St. Catharines he won the regular season championship, and the CNSL Championship. In the championship final match the club faced

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, and won the series by a score of 4-3. Hughes returned to St. Catharines in 2000, when the organization competed in the CNSL successor league the Canadian Professional Soccer League. During the 2001 season he was selected for the CPSL All-Star squad against Morocco U-23. For the remainder of the season he assisted the Wolves in capturing the

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by defeating Toronto Supra by a score 1-0. The following season, he retired from professional soccer.

Honors

St. Catharines Roma Wolves

*CNSL Championship (1): 1996 *

(1):

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hughes, Gary Living people Canadian soccer players South Carolina Shamrocks players St. Catharines Roma Wolves players USISL Select League players Canadian Soccer League (1998–present) players Canadian National Soccer League players Association football defenders Year of birth missing (living people)