He moved to Argentina together with his mother at age fifteen, and soon had a successful trial with Estudiantes de La Plata and was placed into the club's youth system.
[2] Hoyos debuted with the first team in a January 2010 non-official match against Boca Juniors.
In his international debut on July 27, 2010, against Uruguay, in Asunción, he scored the winning goal.
His younger brother, Kevin, is also American and currently plays in the Estudiantes youth system as a striker.
After a few days in intensive care, Hoyos was released April 19 and started undergoing physical therapy to rejoin the team.