Tyson Wahl

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

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)
Position(s) 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

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 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.[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

Sources:[10][11]

Club Season League Playoffs[lower-alpha 1] Cup[lower-alpha 2] Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Orange County Blue Star 2004 PDL 10000––100
2005 1110000–111
Total 211000000211
Kansas City Wizards 2006 MLS 100–10–110
2007 600000–60
2008 1602030–210
Total 320204000380
Seattle Sounders FC 2009 MLS 1200060–180
2010 40003040110
2011 231000030261
Total 391009070551
Montreal Impact 2012 MLS 110–20–130
Colorado Rapids 2012 MLS 40–00–40
Columbus Crew SC 2013 MLS 250–20–270
2014 1802010–210
2015 1803020–230
2016 130–10–140
Total 740506000850
Career total 181270210702162
  1. All appearances in the MLS Cup Playoffs
  2. Includes the U.S. Open Cup and Canadian Championship

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. Tyson Wahl at Soccerway
  11. Tyson Wahl at Major League Soccer
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