Raycast2D not detecting a certain object

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I have made a basic enemy ai script for my 2D game. I have the enemy raycasting in the direction he is facing, to detect for the player. However, the enemy detects all other objects but never seems to detect the player. I am completely stumped so any and all help is appreciated. Thank you.

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class SkeletonSoul : MonoBehaviour {

	RaycastHit2D hit;

	Vector2 rayDirection;

	bool movingLeft = false;
	bool movingRight = true;

	public Transform destinationLeft;
	public Transform destinationRight;

	public float patrolSpeed;
	public float attackChargeSpeed;

	void Update () {
		hit = Physics2D.Raycast (transform.position, rayDirection, 1f);
		Debug.DrawRay (transform.position, rayDirection, Color.red);

		if (hit.collider.name != null) {
			Debug.Log (hit.collider.name);
		}

		//The skeleton soul is moving to the right
		if (movingRight == true) {
			rayDirection = Vector2.right;

			transform.localScale = new Vector3 (1, 1, 1); //Make the skeleton soul face to the right when moving right
			transform.position += Vector3.right * patrolSpeed * Time.deltaTime;

			if (transform.position.x > destinationRight.position.x) {
				movingLeft = true;
				movingRight = false;
			}
		}

		//The skeleton soul is moving to the left
		if (movingLeft == true) {
			rayDirection = Vector2.left;

			transform.localScale = new Vector3 (-1, 1, 1); //Make the skeleton soul face to the left when moving left
			transform.position += Vector3.left * patrolSpeed * Time.deltaTime;

			if (transform.position.x < destinationLeft.position.x) {
				movingRight = true;
				movingLeft = false;
			}
		}
	}
}
2

Got this from the wiki:

“If you move Colliders from scripting or by animation, you need to allow at least one FixedUpdate to be executed so that the physics library can update before a Raycast will hit the Collider at its new position”.