Ray Hudson

Ray Hudson
Personal information
Full name Raymond Wilfred Hudson[1]
Date of birth (1955-03-24) 24 March 1955 (age 69)
Place of birth Gateshead, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1974–1977 Newcastle United 25 (1)
1975Greenock Morton (loan) 4 (0)
1977Fort Lauderdale Strikers (loan) 25 (4)
1978–1983 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 151 (38)
1983–1984 Union Solingen 10 (0)
1984 Minnesota Strikers 21 (2)
1984–1988 Minnesota Strikers (indoor) 112 (41)
1987 Edmonton Brick Men 17 (4)
1988–1989 Fort Lauderdale Strikers ? (?)
1990 Tampa Bay Rowdies 13 (2)
1991 Fort Lauderdale Strikers ? (?)
Managerial career
2000–2001 Miami Fusion
2002–2004 D.C. United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Raymond Wilfred Hudson (born 24 March 1955) is an English former professional football player and manager who currently works as a radio host for SiriusXM FC 157. He started playing professionally at 17, in 1973, with Newcastle United. Fans nicknamed him Rocky and he stayed with the Football League First Division side for four years before moving to the U.S. and playing with various teams for about 15 years.

When he finished his playing career, he started coaching. He was named the head coach in the middle of the 2000 season of the Miami Fusion and was then hired by D.C. United on 8 January 2002 to be their head coach. He was replaced in 2004.

Hudson then began a broadcasting career as color commentator in television and radio. In 2012, he joined Sirius XM Radio as the morning show host of The Football Show on SiriusXM FC 157.

  1. ^ "Ray Hudson". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 15 April 2017.