Ryan Walker (soccer)

Ryan Walker
Personal information
Date of birth (1974-11-04) November 4, 1974
Place of birth Rapid City, SD, United States
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position Forward
Youth career
1993-1994 Sacramento State Hornets
1995-1996 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1997-1998 Myrtle Beach Seadawgs ? (13)
1999 Wilmington Hammerheads 17 (14)
1999 → Charleston Battery (loan) 1 (1)
2000 Raleigh Capital Express 28 (9)
2000 → Wilmington Hammerheads (loan) 1 (0)
2001 Atlanta Silverbacks 26 (9)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Ryan Walker is a retired American soccer forward who played professionally in the USL A-League.

In 1993, Walker began his college career at Sacramento State University.[1] In 1995, he transferred to Coastal Carolina University. In his two season at Coastal Carolina, he scored twenty-six goals, adding fifteen assists, in forty games.[2] In February 1997, the Charleston Battery selected Walker in the Territorial round of the 1997 A-League Draft.[3] Walker did not join Charleston, but signed with the Myrtle Beach Seadawgs of the USISL D-3 Pro League instead. When David Irving, head coach of the Seadaws moved to the Wilmington Hammerheads in 1999, Walker made the move as well.[4] He was First Team All League that season.[5] The Hammerheads sent Walker on loan to the Charleston Battery for the Battery’s final regular season game.[6] In 2000, Walker moved up to the Raleigh Capital Express of the USL A-League.[7] Raleigh ceased operations at the end of the season and in February 2001, Walker moved to the Atlanta Silverbacks where he finished his career.[8]

Currently dominating Williamson County Tennessee Adult rec leagues in both softball and basketball[9]

Ryan enjoys playing catch with his son Hunter in the streets of Franklin, TN. Hunter prefers that Ryan throw the ball softly in order to make it easier to catch.

References

  1. ↑ Sac State soccer records
  2. ↑ Coastal Carolina soccer records
  3. ↑ 1997 A-League Draft
  4. ↑ Battery to renew rivalry with Hammerheads
  5. ↑ The Year in American Soccer - 1999
  6. ↑ Battery Take on Raleigh Express in Regular Season Home Finale for Southern Derby Cup on Friday
  7. ↑ 2000 Raleigh Capital Express
  8. ↑ Newcomers Lead The Way -- Silverbacks additions include Edmundo Rodriguez
  9. ↑ he told me
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