Hudson attended St. Louis University where he was a member of the 1972 and 1973 NCAA Men's Division I Soccer Championship teams.
[1] In September 2009, he was named to the St. Louis University Men's Soccer Half-Century Team.
[5] In 1975, Hudson began his professional career with the Rhode Island Oceaneers of the American Soccer League.
In 1976, he moved up to the St. Louis Stars of the North American Soccer League.
After leaving Anheuser-Busch, he formed Hudson Global Sports Management of which he is the president.