page_title: Tony Lochhead
section_title: Club career
hierarchical_section_title: Tony Lochhead / Club career
caption_attribution_description: English: Tony Lochhead takes on a player at a Wellington Phoenix game.
context_page_description: Tony James Lochhead is a New Zealand former professional footballer who appeared with the New Zealand national football team.
context_section_description: Prior to attending UC Santa Barbara, Lochhead played with Tauranga City United AFC of the New Zealand National Soccer League.  While enrolled in college, he appeared in 10 games for USL Premier Development League team Orange County Blue Star and scored one goal.
  Following his career at Santa Barbara, Lochhead was drafted 33rd overall in the 2005 MLS SuperDraft by the New England Revolution. However, at that time he elected not to sign with MLS to trial with European clubs.  While with R.S.C. Anderlecht, Lochhead injured his ankle and returned to Santa Barbara for rehab. A glandular fever slowed the recovery process, but Lochhead returned to Europe for trials in Sweden and Norway which also proved unsuccessful.  He signed with New England in September 2005, some months into the season.  On 13 April 2007, the Revolution waived Lochhead to free up a senior roster spot for former UC Santa Barbara teammate Bryan Byrne who was signed the same day.
  On 11 May 2007, Wellington Phoenix FC of Australia's A-League announced the signing of Lochhead on a two-year contract.  In July 2008, news surfaced that Lochhead was on trial with English Premier League side Middlesbrough F.C..  The next month, the Teesside Gazette reported that Lochhead had returned to Wellington Phoenix.  On 25 November 2009 Lochhead made his 50th appearance for Wellington Phoenix in their 6–0 win over Gold Coast United FC and was the first Phoenix player to do so.  On 9 June 2013, Lochhead was released after not being offered a new contract.
  In January 2014 it was announced that newly appointed head coach, Wilmer Cabrera, had signed Lochhead to Major League Soccer side Chivas USA.  The Chivas USA franchise folded at the conclusion of the 2014 season.
caption: Lochhead in action with Wellington Phoenix FC
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