Gary Hughes (soccer)
{{Short description|Canadian soccer player}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Gary Hughes
| fullname = Gary Hughes
| birth_date =
| birth_place = Canada
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| position = Defender
| currentclub =
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| youthyears1 = 1995
| youthclubs1 = Brown Bears
| years1 = 1996
| clubs1 = South Carolina Shamrocks
| caps1 = 5
| goals1 = 1
| years2 = 1997
| clubs2 = St. Catharines Wolves
| caps2 =
| goals2 =
| years3 = 2000–2001
| clubs3 = St. Catharines Wolves
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Gary Hughes is a Canadian former soccer player who played in the USISL Select League, and the Canadian Professional Soccer League.
Playing career
Hughes played college soccer with Brown University, and was named the Ivy League Player of the Year in 1995.{{Cite web|url=https://brownbears.com/sports/2018/4/27/exceptional-bears-all-americans-mens-soccer.aspx|title=Men's Soccer All-Americans|website=Brown University Athletics|language=en|access-date=2019-01-07}} In 1996, he played professional in the USISL Select League with South Carolina Shamrocks.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IEtLjtqaCTgC&pg=PR1#q=gary%20hughes|title=The American Soccer Guide|last=Lodes|first=Kirk J.|date=2008-01-01|publisher=Kirk Lodes|isbn=9781930852099|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=http://soccerstats.us/bios/az/G/|title=Gary Hughes {{!}} SoccerStats.us|website=soccerstats.us|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130317094224/http://soccerstats.us/bios/az/G/|archive-date=2013-03-17|url-status=bot: unknown|access-date=2016-03-12}} After a season abroad he signed with St. Catharines Wolves in the Canadian National Soccer League. In his debut season with St. Catharines he won the regular season championship, and the CNSL Championship. In the championship final match the club faced Toronto Supra, and won the series by a score of 4-3.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/cnsl9733.htm|title=October 8, 1997|last=Glover|first=Robin|website=www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com|access-date=2016-03-12}}
Hughes returned to St. Catharines in 2000, when the organization competed in the CNSL successor league the Canadian Professional Soccer League.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/00cpsl05.htm|title=Sunday June 18/2000 Glen Shields Sun Devils vs St Catharines Roma Wolves|last=Glover|first=Robin|website=www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com|access-date=2016-03-12}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.cpsl.org:80/stcatharinesteamroster2000.htm|title=Team Roster|date=2001-07-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010726202823/http://www.cpsl.org/stcatharinesteamroster2000.htm|archive-date=July 26, 2001|url-status=live|access-date=2019-01-07}} During the 2001 season he was selected for the CPSL All-Star squad against Morocco U-23.{{Cite web|url=http://canadiansoccerleague.ca/csl-to-select-two-all-star-teams-for-upcoming-season/|title=CSL TO SELECT TWO ALL STAR TEAMS FOR UPCOMING SEASON – Canadian Soccer League|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-07}} For the remainder of the season he assisted the Wolves in capturing the CPSL Championship by defeating Toronto Supra by a score 1-0.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/01cpsl8t.htm|title=Sunday October 14, 2001 CPSL St Catharines Roma Wolves vs Toronto Supra|last=Glover|first=Robin|website=www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com|access-date=2016-03-12}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/01cpsl8x.htm|title=Miracle at Roma Park|last=Rogers|first=Alison|website=www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com|publisher=St Catherine Standard|access-date=2016-03-12}} The following season, he retired from professional soccer.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports02/02cpsl65.htm|title=August 14, 2002 CPSL St Catharines Roma Wolves vs Hamilton Thunder (from St Catharines Standard)|last=Wallace|first=Jim|website=www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com|publisher=St Catherine Standard|access-date=2016-03-12}}
Honors
=St. Catharines Roma Wolves=
- CNSL Championship (1): 1996
- CPSL Championship (1): 2001
References
{{Ivy League Men's Soccer Player of the Year navbox}}
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Category:Canadian men's soccer players
Category:South Carolina Shamrocks players
Category:St. Catharines Roma Wolves players
Category:USISL Select League players
Category:Canadian Soccer League (1998–present) players
Category:Canadian National Soccer League players