David Hague (born 22 February 1982) is an English

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from

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in England.

Career

He played college soccer at

Tyler Junior College Tyler Junior College (TJC) is a public community college in Tyler, Texas. It is one of the largest community colleges in the state, with an enrollment of more than 12,000 credit students and an additional 20,000 continuing education enrollments a ...

before transferring to

Grand Canyon University Grand Canyon University (GCU) is a Private university, private For-profit higher education in the United States, for-profit Christian university in Phoenix, Arizona. The university offers degrees in over 200 areas of study and is administrativel ...

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. At Tyler Junior college, Hague played under Coach Steve Clements and had two injury interrupted years although still managed to play his part as the team finished in the top 10 NJCAA for both years he was there. His highest goal tally in two years was 10 goals in his sophomore year. Grand Canyon took Hague from Junior college and he reached his full potential in his senior year. Hague had one of the best offensive seasons recorded at any level of college soccer. GCU finished 14-6 and Hague finished the season with 33 goals and 7 assists. He was the highest goalscorer in the nation and also recorded a record 5 hat-tricks in a single season. This total was made even better as he played only 18 games. He was undrafted out of college but played and signed with the

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of the USL for the 2007 Season. Hague had some success at Portland finishing third on the squad in scoring in his rookie campaign. He compiled 6 starts and 786 minutes for an output of 4 goals and 2 assists. He also recorded a 20-minute hat-trick vs California on 15 July that year. After playing for the

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, where Hague was nominated for rookie of the year, Hague went to

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to play for

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External links

*https://web.archive.org/web/20071218090810/http://www.portlandtimbers.com/newsroom/statistics/ *https://web.archive.org/web/20071214090857/http://athletics.gcu.edu/sports/mens/soccer/docs/season_summary_2006_2007.pdf *http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3434401 {{DEFAULTSORT:Hague, David English men's footballers Living people Tyler Junior College alumni Portland Timbers (2001–2010) players 1982 births USL First Division players Men's association football forwards English expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States English expatriate men's footballers Footballers from Jarrow 21st-century English sportsmen