Ryan Campbell (soccer)

Ryan Campbell
Campbell with Gotham FC in 2025
Personal information
Full name Ryan Cady Campbell[1]
Date of birth (2002-03-18) March 18, 2002
Place of birth Mission Viejo, California, United States
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Gotham FC
Number 0
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2023 Stanford Cardinal 49 (0)
2024 UCLA Bruins 24 (0)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2025– Gotham FC 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of June 13, 2025

Ryan Cady Campbell (born March 18, 2002) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Gotham FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She played college soccer for the Stanford Cardinal and the UCLA Bruins, being named Pac-12 Goalkeeper of the Year with the Cardinal in 2023.

Early life

Campbell was born in Mission Viejo, California, to Terry and Joe Campbell, and has an older brother.[2] She attended JSerra Catholic High School in San Juan Capistrano, where she played soccer, basketball, and tennis. With the soccer team, she won three consecutive CIF Southern Section state championships and was named the Trinity League defensive player of the year in 2019.[2][3] She played club soccer for So Cal Blues, winning four ECNL national championships.[2] She initially committed to UCLA, where she had an offer to be the immediate starting goalkeeper, but switched her commitment to become the backup at Stanford.[4][5]

College career

Stanford Cardinal

Campbell served as the understudy to starting goalkeeper Katie Meyer during her first two seasons with the Stanford Cardinal, redshirting as a freshman and making only five appearances as a sophomore. Meyer died by suicide the following spring.[2][6] In her junior season in 2022, Campbell started 21 games and kept 8 solo clean sheets (along with 4 combined) against only 11 goals allowed, earning third-team All-Pac-12 honors. Stanford won the Pac-12 Conference but lost to BYU on penalties in the second round of the NCAA tournament.[2][7] In her senior season in 2023, she started 23 games and kept 11 solo clean sheets (plus 2 combined) against only 13 goals allowed. She helped Stanford go undefeated and concede no more than one goal per game all season (including only one goal through the first five rounds of the tournament) en route to the 2023 national championship game, where they lost 5–1 to Florida State. Campbell was named first-team All-Pac-12 and the Pac-12 Goalkeeper of the Year at the end of the season.[2][8]

UCLA Bruins

Campbell transferred to the UCLA Bruins for her graduate season in 2024. She played every minute of all 24 games and kept 16 clean sheets (most in the nation) against 10 goals allowed. In the program's first season in the Big Ten Conference, she allowed no goals as UCLA won the Big Ten tournament. They lost to Virginia Tech in the second round of the NCAA tournament. After the season, Campbell was named second-team All-Big Ten and fourth-team All-American by United Soccer Coaches.[9][10]

Club career

Gotham FC

Gotham FC announced on January 10, 2025, that the club had signed Campbell to her first professional contract on a one-year deal.[11] On the opening matchday, she picked up a yellow card from the bench for delay of game in stoppage time.[12] In April, after injuries to Campbell and Shelby Hogan, assistant goalkeeping coach Michelle Betos briefly came out of retirement to back up Ann-Katrin Berger.[13] Campbell made her professional debut against the Utah Royals on June 13, seeing out the last 10 minutes of the game even as Gotham was down to nine players by the end of the 3–0 victory.[14]

International career

Campbell trained with the United States youth national team at the under-14, under-15, under-16, under-17, and under-23 levels.[9]

Honors

Gotham FC

Stanford Cardinal

UCLA Bruins

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Stanford University Commencement Bulletin 2023" (PDF). Stanford University. p. 37. Retrieved January 14, 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Ryan Campbell". Stanford Cardinal. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
  3. ^ French, Scott (February 27, 2018). "Campbell secures win for JSerra in epic semifinal clash with La Mirada". Press-Telegram. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
  4. ^ Clark, Travis (July 24, 2017). "Top 10 recruit makes commitment for 2020". TopDrawerSoccer. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
  5. ^ Mastrodonato, Jason (December 1, 2023). "A year after Katie Meyer's death, still-grieving Stanford women on verge of 'a storybook ending'". The Mercury News. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
  6. ^ Ingemi, Marisa (October 19, 2022). "Stepping in for Katie Meyer, Stanford goalie Ryan Campbell fills big shoes". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
  7. ^ Ingemi, Marisa (November 22, 2022). "Stanford's joyful yet difficult women's soccer season leaves reasons for hope". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
  8. ^ Gutmann, Harold (December 5, 2023). "Women's College Cup: Stanford's NCAA title dreams dashed by Florida State". The Mercury News. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
  9. ^ a b "Ryan Campbell". UCLA Bruins. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
  10. ^ Schmitz, Cecilia (November 10, 2024). "UCLA women's soccer rolls past Rutgers 5–0 to claim Big Ten championship". Daily Bruin. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
  11. ^ "Gotham FC Signs UCLA Goalkeeper Ryan Campbell". Gotham FC. January 10, 2025. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
  12. ^ "Gotham FC Battles to 1-1 Season-Opening Draw at Seattle". Gotham FC. March 16, 2025. Retrieved June 14, 2025.
  13. ^ Lewis, Michael (April 12, 2025). "Temporary Unretirement: Injuries force Betos to put on goalkeeper gloves for Gotham FC". Front Row Soccer. Retrieved June 14, 2025.
  14. ^ "Gotham FC Rolls to Convincing Victory Over Utah". Gotham FC. June 13, 2025. Retrieved June 14, 2025.
  15. ^ "Tigres UANL vs. Gotham FC 0 - 1". Soccerway. May 24, 2025.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.