Tyson Wahl (born February 23, 1984) is an American retired

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player.

Career

Youth and college

Wahl played club soccer for Slammers FC coached by Walid and Ziad Khoury, and Irvine Strikers, coached by

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, and played

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at the

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from 2002 to 2005, where he started every game of his career. He also played two seasons with

Orange County Blue Star Orange County Blue Star was an American soccer team based in Irvine, California. Founded in 1997, the team played in the USL Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Southwest Division of the Weste ...

in the

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Professional

Wahl was drafted in the second round, 19th overall, by

Kansas City Wizards Sporting Kansas City, often shortened to Sporting KC, is an American men's professional soccer club based in the Kansas City metropolitan area. The administrative offices are located in Downtown Kansas City, Missouri, and the team clubhouse and ...

in the

2006 MLS SuperDraft The 2006 MLS SuperDraft, held in Philadelphia on January 20, 2006, was the seventh incarnation of the annual Major League Soccer SuperDraft. The first selection originally belonged to Chivas USA, but they traded it to the MetroStars for the fift ...

. Wahl went on to make 32 appearances for Kansas City in 3 years. He was taken by

Seattle Sounders FC Seattle Sounders Football Club is an American professional men's soccer club based in Seattle. The Sounders compete as a member of the Western Conference of Major League Soccer (MLS). The club was established on November 13, 2007, and began ...

in the

2008 MLS Expansion Draft The 2008 MLS Expansion Draft took place on November 26, 2008, and was a special draft for the Major League Soccer expansion team Seattle Sounders FC. They made 10 selections from a pool of players from the other 14 MLS clubs. FormatSource * Only ...

on November 26, 2008. Wahl scored his first MLS goal, an impressive curling free-kick, on June 26, 2011 in a 2-1 Sounders win over

New England Revolution The New England Revolution is an American professional soccer club based in the Greater Boston area that competes in Major League Soccer (MLS), in the Eastern Conference of the league. It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, having compet ...

. This won goal of the week for MLS. Wahl was traded to MLS expansion side Montreal Impact for allocation money on November 23, 2011. Wahl was traded to Colorado Rapids for an international roster spot on July 13, 2012. Wahl was released by Colorado on November 16, 2012. He entered the

2012 MLS Re-Entry Draft The two-stage 2012 MLS Re-Entry Draft took place on December 7, 2012 (Stage 1) and December 14, 2012 (Stage 2). All 19 Major League Soccer clubs were eligible to participate. The Stage 1 and Stage 2 Drafts were conducted in the same order as the t ...

and became a free agent after going undrafted in both rounds of the draft. Wahl moved to his fifth MLS club on January 3, 2013 when he signed for Columbus Crew. On September 27, 2016, Wahl announced his plans to retire at the end of the 2016 MLS season. He cited health concerns resulting from multiple concussions and the increased risk to his long term health associated with continuing to play.

International

In 2001, Wahl made an appearance for the United States U-17 national team in the

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Honors

Seattle Sounders FC

Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup The Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, commonly known as the U.S. Open Cup (USOC), is a Single-elimination tournament, knockout cup competition in men's Soccer in the United States, soccer in the United States of America. It is the oldest ongoing nati ...

(3):

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2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...

Statistics

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wahl, Tyson 1984 births Living people All-American men's college soccer players American soccer players American expatriate soccer players Men's association football defenders California Golden Bears men's soccer players Colorado Rapids players Columbus Crew players Expatriate soccer players in Canada Major League Soccer players CF Montréal players Orange County Blue Star players Seattle Sounders FC players Soccer players from California Sporting Kansas City draft picks Sporting Kansas City players Sportspeople from Newport Beach, California United States men's youth international soccer players USL League Two players Newport Harbor High School alumni