Matt Hedges
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Hedges with FC Dallas in 2021 | |||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||
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| Full name | Matthew James Hedges | ||||||||||
| Date of birth | April 1, 1990 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth | Rochester, New York, United States | ||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||
| Position(s) | Center-back | ||||||||||
| 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) | ||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Austin FC | 21 | (2) | ||||||||
| 2025– | Des Moines Menace | 0 | (0) | ||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | United States | 5 | (0) | ||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:19, September 15, 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of July 19, 2017 | |||||||||||
Matthew James Hedges (born April 1, 1990) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a center-back.
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.