Ryan Walker | |
Birth Date: | 4 November 1974 |
Birth Place: | Rapid City, South Dakota, United States |
Position: | Forward |
Youthyears1: | 1992–1993 |
Youthclubs1: | Sacramento State Hornets |
Youthyears2: | 1994–1996 |
Youthclubs2: | Coastal Carolina Chanticleers |
Years1: | 1997–1998 |
Clubs1: | Myrtle Beach Seadawgs |
Caps1: | ? |
Goals1: | 13 |
Years2: | 1999 |
Clubs2: | Wilmington Hammerheads |
Caps2: | 17 |
Goals2: | 14 |
Years3: | 1999 |
Clubs3: | → Charleston Battery (loan) |
Caps3: | 1 |
Goals3: | 1 |
Years4: | 2000 |
Clubs4: | Raleigh Capital Express |
Caps4: | 28 |
Goals4: | 9 |
Years5: | 2000 |
Clubs5: | → Wilmington Hammerheads (loan) |
Caps5: | 1 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Years6: | 2001 |
Clubs6: | Atlanta Silverbacks |
Caps6: | 26 |
Goals6: | 9 |
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 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]