Tyler Hughes (born November 5, 1980) is a Canadian former

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player who played for

Victoria Highlanders Victoria Highlanders FC is a Canadian soccer team based in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The club was founded in 2008 and currently play in the League1 British Columbia. The team had played in the American USL League Two from 2009 to 201 ...

in the

USL Premier Development League USL League Two (USL2), formerly the Premier Development League (PDL), is a semi-professional developmental soccer league sponsored by United Soccer Leagues in the United States and Canada, forming part of the United States soccer league syste ...

Career

College

Hughes had a standout career at

Coastal Carolina University Coastal Carolina University (CCU or Coastal) is a public university in Conway, South Carolina. Founded in 1954 as Coastal Carolina Junior College, and later joining the University of South Carolina System as USC Coastal Carolina, it became an in ...

that saw him earn four All-Conference and two All-South selections.

Professional

Hughes made his professional debut with the

Wilmington Hammerheads Wilmington Hammerheads FC was a semi-professional American soccer team based in Wilmington, North Carolina. Founded in 1996, the team last competed in the Premier Development League, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid in 2017. History ...

of the

USL Second Division The USL Second Division (commonly referred to as USL-2) was a professional men's soccer league in the United States, operated by United Soccer Leagues (USL). It was at the third tier of soccer in the United States, behind Major League Soccer ( ...

in 2002. In 2003, he signed for the

Toronto Lynx Toronto Lynx was a Canadian soccer team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1997, the team last played in the 2014 season of the Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Great Lakes D ...

, where he earn a starting position and finished sixth on the club in minutes played in his debut season. He played for the Lynx again in 2004 playing 22 games but failed to reach the playoffs for the second straight year. In 2005 Hughes was signed by Swedish side

Östers IF Östers Idrottsförening, commonly known as Östers IF or simply Öster, is a Swedish sports club located in Växjö, specializing in Association football, football, and playing in the second tier of Swedish football, Superettan. The club has ...

, and in his first season he played ten games, in 2006 he played six games and scored two goals. After his release from Östers IF Hughes returned to Canada; after playing in amateur leagues in his native British Columbia for a couple of years, he trialled with

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side

Austin Aztex The Austin Aztex were a soccer team based in Austin, Texas, United States. Founded in 2011 as a member of the Premier Development League, the team played the 2015 season in the United Soccer League, the second tier of the United States soccer pyr ...

, before signing with the

of the

in 2010.

References

External links

Victoria Highlanders profileÖsters Tyler Hughes profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hughes, Tyler 1980 births Living people Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Canadian expatriate soccer players Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Canadian soccer players Canadian people of Welsh descent Expatriate footballers in Sweden Expatriate soccer players in the United States Association football defenders Östers IF players Soccer players from Victoria, British Columbia Superettan players Toronto Lynx players USL First Division players Victoria Highlanders players USL League Two players Canada men's youth international soccer players Canada men's under-23 international soccer players Coastal Carolina Chanticleers men's soccer players