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Tyler Wolff will play in Belgium for the 2022-23 league season. (Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports)

Atlanta United announced Thursday that it has loaned Homegrown midfielder Tyler Wolff to second division Belgium side SK Beveren for the 2022-23 league season.

Wolff, the son of current Austin FC head coach and former U.S. international Josh Wolff, signed as a Homegrown player in July 2020 after starring in Atlanta United’s Academy.

He has made 17 MLS league appearances for United and recorded his first career assist earlier this year in a 3-1 victory over Sporting KC.

Wolff also played 10 matches for ATL UTD 2 during his professional career and became the first former ATL UTD Academy product to record a pro hattrick on Aug. 8, 2021 against Indy Eleven.

SK Beveren finished third in Belgian’s Challenger Pro League during the 2021-22 season, narrowly missing promotion to the Jupiler Pro League.

Most recently, Wolff  . The victory helped the U.S. U-20 side qualify for the 2023 U-20 FIFA World Cup and the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris.

 

 

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