Greg Hurst (born 8 April 1997) is a Scottish professional

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who plays as a striker for

New Mexico United New Mexico United is an American professional soccer team based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Founded in 2018, the team currently plays in the USL Championship, the second division of American soccer. History Former teams The state of New Mexic ...

in the

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. Hurst has previously played for

Stirling Albion Stirling Albion Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the city of Stirling. The club was founded in 1945 following the demise of King's Park after World War II. The club currently competes in Scottish League Two as a member of the ...

St Johnstone St Johnstone Football Club is a professional association football club in Perth, Scotland which is a member of the Scottish Premiership for the 2022–23 season. The club's name is derived from St John's Toun ''aka'' Saint Johnstoun – an ol ...

Forfar Athletic Forfar Athletic Football Club are a Scottish semi-professional football club from the town of Forfar, Angus. They are members of the Scottish Professional Football League and currently play in Scottish League Two. They play their home games at ...

, East Fife,

Berwick Rangers Berwick Rangers Football Club is a football team based in the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, England, just south of the border with Scotland. Founded in 1881, they currently play in the , the fifth tier of Scottish football, despite hailing f ...

Stenhousemuir Stenhousemuir (; gd, Featha Thaigh nan Clach) is a town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. It lies within the Falkirk council area of Scotland. The town is north-northwest of Falkirk and directly adjoins to Larbert in the west, where the nea ...

, Chattanooga Red Wolves,

Union Omaha Union Omaha Soccer Club is an American professional soccer team based in Omaha, Nebraska. In 2020, the team made its debut in USL League One (USL1). History In 2019, USL1 awarded a franchise to Alliance Omaha Soccer Holdings to begin pla ...

and

Phoenix Rising FC Phoenix Rising Football Club is an American professional soccer team based in Phoenix, Arizona. Founded in 2014 as Arizona United Soccer Club, the team is a member of the USL Championship. History On March 13, 2014, Kyle Eng, owner of an advert ...

Career

Hurst is from

Stirling Stirling (; sco, Stirlin; gd, Sruighlea ) is a city in central Scotland, northeast of Glasgow and north-west of Edinburgh. The market town, surrounded by rich farmland, grew up connecting the royal citadel, the medieval old town with its me ...

. Following a trial with Everton, Hurst signed for

in September 2015. He moved on loan to East Fife in 2017, having played as a trialist against his parent club during a pre-season friendly. He was then loaned to

in January 2018, and back to Berwick Rangers in September 2018. Hurst left St Johnstone permanently in January 2019, signing for

. He moved to American side Chattanooga Red Wolves in August 2019. On 22 January 2021, Hurst moved to USL League One side

. He led Omaha in scoring en route to winning the 2021 USL League One championship final. Hurst moved to

club

on 17 January 2022. On 2 December 2022, Hurst was transferred from to

for the 2023 season, in exchange for an international roster spot.

Career statistics

Honors

Individual * USL League One All-League First Team:

2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in ...

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References

1997 births Living people Scottish men's footballers Stirling Albion F.C. players St Johnstone F.C. players Berwick Rangers F.C. players East Fife F.C. players Forfar Athletic F.C. players Scottish Professional Football League players Men's association football forwards Stenhousemuir F.C. players Place of birth missing (living people) Chattanooga Red Wolves SC players Union Omaha players Phoenix Rising FC players New Mexico United players Scottish expatriate men's footballers Scottish expatriates in the United States Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States {{Scotland-footy-forward-1990s-stub