Ryan Walker (soccer)

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

Ryan Walker
Personal information
Date of birth (1974-11-04) November 4, 1974
Place of birth Rapid City, South Dakota, United States
Height 5 ft 11+3⁄4 in (1.82 m)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1992–1993 Sacramento State Hornets
1994–1996 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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

In 1993, Walker began his college career at Sacramento State University.[1] In 1995, he transferred to Coastal Carolina University. In his two seasons 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 Seadawgs 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]

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
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