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 Don Ebert, 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

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in the

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Professional

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

Kansas City Wizards Sporting Kansas City is an American professional soccer club based in the Kansas City metropolitan area. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference. The administrative offices are located in downtown K ...

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 MLS SuperDraft, SuperDraft. The first selection originally belonged to Chivas USA, but they traded it to the MetroSt ...

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

Seattle Sounders FC Seattle Sounders FC is an American professional association football, soccer club based in Seattle. The Sounders compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference (MLS), Western Conference. The club was established on ...

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 The New England Revolution are an American professional association football, soccer club based in the Greater Boston area. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Eastern Conference (MLS), Eastern Conference. It is on ...

. 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 The Colorado Rapids are an American professional Association football, soccer club based in the Denver metropolitan area. The Rapids compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference (MLS), Western Conference. Founded in ...

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 th ...

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 The Columbus Crew are an American professional soccer club based in Columbus, Ohio. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Eastern Conference (MLS), Eastern Conference. The team began play in 1996 as one of the 10 cha ...

. 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 (3):

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

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