Meg Hughes
American soccer player (born 2002)
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Meg Elizabeth Hughes (born May 16, 2002) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for USL Super League club Sporting JAX. She played college soccer for the Providence Friars and the Michigan State Spartans.
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Hughes with Michigan State in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Meg Elizabeth Hughes[1] | ||
| Date of birth | May 16, 2002 | ||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | ||
| Positions | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sporting JAX | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Scorpions SC | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2023 | Providence Friars | 70 | (23) |
| 2024 | Michigan State Spartans | 16 | (7) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2025– | Sporting JAX | 28 | (2) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of May 24, 2026 | |||
Early life
Hughes grew up in Rochester, Massachusetts.[2] She set the school scoring record at Old Rochester Regional High School with 127 goals, earned all-state honors twice, and was named the Standard-Times player of the year in 2018.[2] She played ECNL soccer for Scorpions SC.[2]
College career
Hughes played four seasons for the Providence Friars, scoring 23 goals and providing 13 assists in 70 games. She was named the Big East Conference Freshman of the Year in 2020 and was selected to all-conference teams all four years, twice picking up first-team honors.[2][3][4] She also ran track while at Providence, recording personal bests of 56.36 s in the 400 meters and 1:01.29 in the 400 meter hurdles.[5][6] She then transferred to the Michigan State Spartans for a fifth and final season. She scored 7 goals with 6 assists in 22 games in 2024, receiving second-team All-Big Ten honors.[6]
Club career
Hughes was a trialist with the Washington Spirit in the 2025 preseason.[7] On July 1, 2025, USL Super League expansion club Sporting JAX announced that they had signed Hughes to their inaugural season.[8] She made her professional debut on August 23, starting in Sporting JAX's inaugurl game and setting up Jade Pennock's inaugural goal in a 3–1 loss to DC Power FC.[9] The following week, she scored her first professional goal in a 3–2 win over the Tampa Bay Sun.[10] She finished her rookie season with 2 goals and 7 assists in 28 games.[11] She tied with three teammates to lead the league in assists.[12] After placing second in the standings, Sporting JAX lost 1–0 to the Carolina Ascent in the playoff semifinals.[13]
Career statistics
College
| Season | Games | Scoring | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | G | A | PTS | SH | SOG | ||
| Providence Friars | ||||||||
| 2020 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 0 | |
| 2020–21 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 15 | |
| 2021 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 22 | 75 | 38 | |
| 2022 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 49 | 18 | |
| 2023 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 56 | 34 | |
| Michigan State Spartans | ||||||||
| 2024 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 28 | 21 | |
| Career | ||||||||
| Career total | 98 | 81 | 34 | 23 | 91 | 256 | 126 | |
Professional
- As of match played May 24, 2026
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Playoffs | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sporting JAX | 2025–26 |  USLS |
28 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | 29 | 2 | |
| Career total | 28 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | 29 | 2 | |||
