Meg Hughes is an American

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

player who plays as a

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. She played college soccer for the

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and the

Michigan State Spartans The Michigan State Spartans are the athletic teams that represent Michigan State University. The school's athletic program includes 23 Varsity team, varsity sports teams. Their mascot is a Spartan Army, Spartan warrior named Sparty, and the sc ...

College career

Hughes played four seasons for the

, being named the

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Freshman of the Year in 2020 and earning all-conference honors every season, twice on the first team. She scored 23 goals and provided 13 assists in 70 games. She transferred to the

for her graduate season in 2024. She scored 7 goals with 6 assists in 22 games and was named second-team All-

Big Ten The Big Ten Conference (stylized B1G, formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference, among others) is a collegiate athletic conference in the United States. Founded as the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives in 1 ...

Club career

Hughes was invited to train as a non-roster invitee with the

Washington Spirit The Washington Spirit are an American professional Association football, soccer team based in Washington, D.C. that competes in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). It is a continuation of the D.C. United Women of the USL W-League (1995� ...

in the 2025 preseason.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hughes, Meg Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American sportswomen Soccer players from Massachusetts People from Rochester, Massachusetts American women's soccer players Women's association football forwards Providence Friars women's soccer players Michigan State Spartans women's soccer players