Tyson Wahl

Tyson Wahl
Personal information
Full name Tyson Wahl
Date of birth (1984-02-23) February 23, 1984
Place of birth Newport Beach, California, United States
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position Defender
Youth career
1998–2002 Irvine Strikers
2001 IMG Soccer Academy
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2005 California Golden Bears 85 (8)
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 11 (0)
2012 Colorado Rapids 4 (0)
2013–2016 Columbus Crew SC 74 (0)
Total 181 (2)
National team
2001 United States U17 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 29, 2016

Tyson Wahl (born February 23, 1984) is a retired American soccer player.

Career

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.

Professional

Wahl was drafted in the second round, 19th overall, by Kansas City Wizards in the 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 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.[2] This won goal of the week for MLS.[3]

Wahl was traded to MLS expansion side Montreal Impact for allocation money on November 23, 2011.[4]

Wahl was traded to Colorado Rapids for an international roster spot on July 13, 2012.[5]

Wahl was released by Colorado on November 16, 2012.[6] He entered the 2012 MLS Re-Entry Draft 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.[7]

On September, 27th 2016 Wahl announced that 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.[8]

International

In 2001, Wahl made an appearance for the United States U-17 national team in the FIFA U-17 World Championship.[9]

Honors

Seattle Sounders FC

Statistics

As of September 26, 2016[10]

Season Club Country Competition Apps. Goals
2004Orange County Blue Star United States USL Premier Development League100
2005 111
2006Kansas City Wizards Major League Soccer100
2007 60
2008 160
2009Seattle Sounders FC 120
2010 40
2011 231
2012Montreal Impact Canada 110
Colorado RapidsUnited States United States 40
2013Columbus Crew SC United States 250
2014 200
2015 21 0
2016 13 0
Career total1862

References

  1. ↑ "Tyson Wahl". MLS. Retrieved July 26, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Wahl, Fernandez lift Sounders past Revolution, 2-1". Sounders News. My Northwest. June 26, 2011. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Free kick by Seattle's Wahl wins AT&T Goal of the Week". July 1, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Impact acquire Wahl in exchange for allocation money". MLSsoccer.com. November 23, 2011. Retrieved July 13, 2012.
  5. ↑ Press Release (November 23, 2011). "Impact acquires international spot from Colorado for defender Tyson Wahl | Montreal Impact". Impactmontreal.com. Retrieved July 13, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Colorado part ways with Denver native Casey, 7 others". MLS. November 16, 2012. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Crew signs defender Tyson Wahl". MLS. January 3, 2013. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Crew SC defender Tyson Wahl to retire after 2016 MLS season". MLS. September 27, 2016. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
  9. ↑ "FIFA Player Statistics: Tyson Wahl". Fifa.com. Retrieved July 13, 2012.
  10. ↑ "USA - T. Wahl - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
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