Tyson Wahl
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Tyson Wahl | ||
| Date of birth | February 23, 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Newport Beach, California, United States | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Montreal Impact | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998–2002 | Irvine Strikers | ||
| 2000–2001 | IMG Soccer Academy | ||
| 2002–2005 | California Golden Bears | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2004–2005 | Orange County Blue Star | 21 | (1) |
| 2006–2008 | Kansas City Wizards | 32 | (0) |
| 2009–2011 | Seattle Sounders FC | 39 | (1) |
| 2012– | Montreal Impact | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2001 | United States U17 | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of November 23, 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Tyson Wahl (born February 23, 1984 in Newport Beach, California) is an American soccer player who currently plays for Montreal Impact in Major League Soccer.
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[edit] Career
[edit] Youth and College
Wahl played club soccer for the Irvine Strikers, coached by Don Ebert, and played college soccer at the University of California, Berkeley from 2002 to 2005, where he started every game of his career. He also played two seasons with Orange County Blue Star in the USL Premier Development League.
[edit] Professional
Wahl was drafted in the second round, 19th overall, by the Kansas City Wizards in 2006 MLS SuperDraft.[1] Wahl went on to make 32 appearances for Kansas City in 3 years. He was taken by Seattle Sounders FC in the 2008 MLS Expansion Draft on 26 November, 2008.
Wahl scored his first MLS goal, an impressive curling free-kick, on June 26, 2011 in a 2-1 Sounders win over the New England Revolution.[2] This goal won goal of the week. [3] During the 2011 season Wahl became a starter on defense for Seattle and helped the club to win its third straight Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.
Wahl was traded to MLS expansion side Montreal Impact for allocation money on November 23, 2011.[4]
[edit] International
In 2001, Wahl made an appearance for the United States U-17 national team in the FIFA U-17 World Championship.[5]
[edit] Honors
[edit] Seattle Sounders FC
- Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup (2): 2009, 2010, 2011
[edit] Statistics
| Season | Club | Country | Competition | Apps. | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Orange County Blue Star |  United States |
USL Premier Development League | 10 | 0 |
| 2005 | 11 | 1 | |||
| 2006 | Kansas City Wizards | Major League Soccer | 10 | 0 | |
| 2007 | 6 | 0 | |||
| 2008 | 16 | 0 | |||
| 2009 | Seattle Sounders FC | 12 | 0 | ||
| 2010 | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2011 | 23 | 1 | |||
| Total | Last Updated | November, 2011 | 92 | 2 |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Tyson Wahl". MLS. http://www.mlssoccer.com/players/Tyson-Wahl. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
- ^ "Wahl, Fernandez lift Sounders past Revolution, 2-1". Sounders News (My Northwest). 26 June 2011. http://mynorthwest.com/?nid=418&sid=504604. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
- ^ "Free kick by Seattle's Wahl wins AT&T Goal of the Week". 01 July 2011. http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2011/07/01/free-kick-seattles-wahl-wins-att-goal-week.
- ^ http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2011/11/23/impact-acquire-wahl-exchange-allocation-money
- ^ FIFA Player Statistcs: Tyson Wahl
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