Keegan Monroe Hughes (born July 22, 2000) is an American

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player who plays for

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club

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 ...

Playing career

Youth and college

Hughes was born in

Newark, Ohio Newark ( ) is a city in Licking County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. It is located east of Columbus, Ohio, Columbus at the junction of the forks of the Licking River (Ohio), Licking River. The population was 49,934 at the 2020 United ...

, and grew up in

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. He joined the

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academy in 2013, going on to play at every level of the academy, including two seasons as captain and was named academy player of the season in 2018. In 2019, Hughes committed to

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to play

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. Over four seasons with the

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, Hughes made 73 appearances, missing only a single game, scoring eight goals and tallying seven assists. His college accolades include been a

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champion in 2020, First-Team All-American, Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year, Mac

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Finalist in 2022, and was named three times to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll.

Professional

On January 11, 2023, Hughes was announced as a homegrown player signing for

ahead of their 2023 season on a two-year deal. He spent time with the team's

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side

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, before heading out on loan to

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side

FC Tulsa FC Tulsa is an American professional soccer team based in Tulsa, Oklahoma which competes in the USL Championship, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid. History The club was founded as Tulsa Roughnecks FC by Jeff and Dale Hubbard, br ...

on August 4, 2023, for the remainder of the season. In February 2024, Hughes once again moved to the USL Championship on loan, this time with Loudoun United. Following the 2024 season, Columbus declined Hughes' contract option and he became a free agent. On January 3, 2025, Hughes signed a one-year deal with

side

New England Revolution II New England Revolution II is a professional soccer club based in the Greater Boston area that competes in MLS Next Pro, the third division of American soccer. The team is owned by, and operates as the reserve team of the Major League Soccer club ...

. On March 4, 2025, Hughes was signed by New England's first team

side.https://www.revolutionsoccer.net/news/revolution-sign-defender-keegan-hughes

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hughes, Keegan 2000 births Living people People from Heath, Ohio Soccer players from Ohio American men's soccer players Columbus Crew players Columbus Crew 2 players FC Tulsa players Homegrown Players (MLS) Loudoun United FC players New England Revolution II players New England Revolution players Major League Soccer players Men's association football defenders MLS Next Pro players Stanford Cardinal men's soccer players USL Championship players 21st-century American sportsmen