Victoria Lauren Huster (born September 23, 1989) is an American

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currently playing for

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of the

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. In 2020, she was elected president of the

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Early life

Born and raised in

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, Huster attended Saint Ursula Academy and helped lead the team to the 2007 High School State Championship with a game-winning goal in the finals. She earned NSCAA/adidas Youth All-American accolades in 2006 and 2007 and was named first team All-State in 2007. Huster was a three-time All-GGCL First Team and a two-time All-Southwest Ohio honoree. She was named a top 50 college recruit by Soccer Buzz. Strong academically, she earned NSCAA Scholar All-America accolades and was named GGCL Scholar Athlete in 2007. She also received All-Southwest Scholar honors from 2005 to 2007. Huster played club soccer for the Ohio Elite Soccer Academy and helped the team clinch the Super Y League North American Championship in 2007. She was named a member of the All-North American final select team the same year. She was also a member of the Region II Olympic Development Program (ODP) from 2003 to 2007. She played with the SYL ODP National Select team for four years. Scoring the tying goal in the championship game Huster was part of the U-16 Ohio Elite Soccer Academy girls' team that captured the 2002 US Club Soccer National Cup in Blaine, Minnesota as a U-13 year old.

Florida State Seminoles

Huster attended

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where she was a four-year starter for the

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and an integral part of the 2011 squad that made the College Cup that year. She was named

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Women's Soccer Scholar-Athlete of the Year the same year. Throughout her collegiate career, Huster scored 20 goals and served 19 assists in her 92 appearances with the Seminoles. In the fall of 2009 Tori received the Golden Torch Award, which is given to the athlete from each sport with the highest grade point average.

Playing career

Club

W-League

Huster played for the

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of the American W-League during the summer of 2008 and 2009. She also played for the W-League's Colorado Rush during the summer of 2010. Western New York Flash Out of Florida State University Huster was selected in the second round (8th overall) by the Western New York Flash in the 2012 WPS Draft. The Flash joined the WPSL-Elite in 2012 and continued its winning ways. The team won its third league title (all in different leagues) with another penalty kick decision. After finishing the regular season 9–3–2, the Flash earned the second seed in the WPSL-E playoffs and went on to defeat the Chicago Red Stars 1–1 (4–2 PKs) to win the 2012 WPSL-Elite National Championship. Tori Huster

Newcastle Jets

Huster signed with the

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in the Australian W-League for the 2012–13 season. She scored her first goal for the Jets during a 3–3 draw against

Sydney FC Sydney Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Sydney, New South Wales. It competes in the country's premier men's competition, A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL). The club was fo ...

on October 21, 2012. She started in all 12 of her appearances for the squad and scored four goals.

Washington Spirit, 2013–

Huster was the second pick (seventh overall) by the

during the 2013 NWSL Supplemental Draft in preparation for the inaugural season of the

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. She started in all 21 of her 2013 appearances and scored one goal during a 4–2 victory over the

Seattle Reign FC OL Reign is an American professional women's soccer team based in Seattle, Washington. Founded by Bill and Teresa Predmore in 2012 as Seattle Reign FC, it was one of eight inaugural members of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). In 2020, ...

on May 17. Huster scored her lone goal of 2014 in a 1–0 win at

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on April 26. In 2015, Huster played in 17 of the Spirit's 20 matches, totaling 1177 minutes. In 2016, she played and started 19 regular season matches plus all 120+ minutes of both post season matches. Playing the most minutes of any Spirit player in 2016, she helped lead the Spirit to its first ever NWSL Championship appearance. The midfielder scored her lone goal of the season on July 2 at home in a 2–0 win against

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Western Sydney Wanderers, 2013

Huster signed with

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in the Australian W-League for the 2013–14 season.

Return to Newcastle Jets, 2014

In September 2014 Huster joined

together with fellow Americans

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and

Angela Salem Angela Marguerite Salem (born July 24, 1988) is an American soccer coach and former professional player who played as a midfielder. She is currently an assistant coach for the Washington Spirit of the NWSL. In 2016–17, she played for the Bost ...

. Huster started all twelve of Newcastle's matches, scoring three goals.

Second return to Newcastle Jets, 2017–

In October 2017, Huster returned to Australia for the off-season, joining

for the

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season alongside fellow Americans

Katie Stengel Katherine Nicole Stengel (born February 29, 1992) is an American soccer player who plays for Liverpool of the Barclays Women's Super League. She previously played for the Boston Breakers, Washington Spirit, the Utah Royals and the Houston Dash in ...

Arin Gilliland Arin Hadley Wright (born Arin Hadley Walton Gilliland; December 25, 1992) is an American soccer player who currently plays for the Chicago Red Stars in the National Women's Soccer League. Wright was also recently loaned to Australian club Newca ...

and

Britt Eckerstrom Britt Ellen Eckerstrom (born May 28, 1993) is a retired American soccer player who played as a goalkeeper for Portland Thorns FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She previously played for the Western New York Flash. Club career Pe ...

International

Huster has represented the United States at the U-23 level. Huster was called up for the USA's matches against France and England in 2015.

References

External links

* https://campus.fsu.edu/profiles/huster/
Washington Spirit player profile

US Soccer player profile

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Huster, Tori Living people 1989 births Washington Spirit players Newcastle Jets FC (A-League Women) players Western Sydney Wanderers FC (A-League Women) players American women's soccer players Florida State Seminoles women's soccer players Soccer players from Cincinnati National Women's Soccer League players A-League Women players Women's association football midfielders Expatriate women's soccer players in Australia American expatriate sportspeople in Australia American expatriate women's soccer players Boston Renegades players USL W-League (1995–2015) players