Tyler Hemming (born May 9, 1985) is a Canadian former

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player who played in the Canadian Professional Soccer League,

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Veikkausliiga Veikkausliiga (; sv, Tipsligan) is the premier division of Finnish football, the highest tier of the Finnish football league structure, comprising the top 12 clubs of the country. Its main sponsor is the Finnish national betting agency Veikkau ...

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, and the

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Career

College and amateur

Hemming played

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from 2003 until 2006, where he was named the Atlantic Soccer Conference Player of the Year in two consecutive years (2005 and 2006. In 2001, he signed with London City of the Canadian Professional Soccer League becoming the youngest player ever to compete in the league. During his tenure with London he was selected for the CPSL All-Star team for two straight seasons. He also played for two years with Ottawa Fury in the

Professional

Hemming was drafted by

Toronto FC Toronto Football Club (commonly known as Toronto FC or TFC) is a Canadian professional soccer club based in Toronto. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Eastern Conference. The team plays its home matches at BMO ...

as the 40th overall pick of the 2007 MLS Supplemental Draft. He played four games for Toronto in his debut season. The team's injury crisis late in the season allowed Hemming to start two matches. Hemming started at right midfield in Toronto FC's opening match of the 2008 season against

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, impressing in a losing effort. Although he started in the Columbus match, he did not play in the following three matches. He was waived by Toronto FC on April 25, 2008, but rejoined the team in June due to a few unsuccessful spells trialing in Europe. In September 2008 Hemming was offered a trial by Finnish

side

Tampere United Tampere United is a Finnish football club from the city of Tampere. The club plays in Kakkonen, the third highest level of football in Finland. The club had a team in Veikkausliiga, the premier football league in Finland, until the end of the ...

. He made his first appearance for the

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-based club on September 13, 2008, in an away match against

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. After featuring in 4 matches, he suffered an injury which ruled him out for the rest of the season and the club decided not to offer him an extension to his contract. On March 18, 2009, he signed with the

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of the

. On January 13, 2010 he was traded to the Montreal Impact of the

. In 2011, he returned to the PDL to sign with his hometown

FC London FC London is a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in London, Ontario. The club was founded in 2008 and plays in the League1 Ontario men's and women's divisions. The team plays home games at the Portuguese Club of London and the Hellen ...

. In 2012, he won the PDL Champrionship after defeating

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by a score of 2–1.

International

He made his debut for the

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on March 12, 2008 against

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in an Olympic qualifier match. On May 30, 2009, he made his Senior team debut against

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, replacing

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in the 68th minute.

References

External links

Forest City London player profile

Charleston Battery bio

MLS player profile

TamU coach Ari Hjelm on Hemming
(in Finnish)
Veikkausliiga Player profile
(in Finnish) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hemming, Tyler 1985 births Living people Soccer players from London, Ontario Men's association football defenders Canadian men's soccer players Canada men's international soccer players Canadian expatriate men's soccer players Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Finland Hartwick Hawks men's soccer players London City Soccer Club players Ottawa Fury SC players Toronto FC players Tampere United players Charleston Battery players Veikkausliiga players Montreal Impact (1992–2011) players Austin Aztex FC players FC London players Canadian Soccer League (1998–present) players USL League Two players Major League Soccer players USL First Division players USSF Division 2 Professional League players Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Canada men's youth international soccer players Canada men's under-23 international soccer players Toronto FC draft picks