Matt Hedges
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This article is about the American soccer player. For the British academic, see Arrest of Matthew Hedges.
Matthew James Hedges (born April 1, 1990) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a center-back for Major League Soccer club Austin FC.
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Full name | Matthew James Hedges | ||||||||||
Date of birth | (1990-04-01) April 1, 1990 (age 34) | ||||||||||
Place of birth | Rochester, New York, United States | ||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)[1] | ||||||||||
Position(s) | Center-back | ||||||||||
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Current team | Austin FC | ||||||||||
Number | 2 | ||||||||||
College career | |||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
2008–2010 | Butler Bulldogs | 59 | (12) | ||||||||
2011 | North Carolina Tar Heels | 26 | (6) | ||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
2009 | Fort Wayne Fever | 9 | (0) | ||||||||
2010–2011 | Reading United | 24 | (4) | ||||||||
2012–2022 | FC Dallas | 310 | (18) | ||||||||
2023 | Toronto FC | 14 | (0) | ||||||||
2023– | Austin FC | 13 | (2) | ||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||
2015–2017 | United States | 5 | (0) | ||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:39, April 21, 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of July 19, 2017 |
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Hedges has been considered one of the better defenders in MLS since 2014, landing on the MLS Best XI in 2015 and 2016, and winning the MLS Defender of the Year Award in 2016.