Riley Tiernan

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Riley Tiernan
Personal information
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s) Forward
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021–2024 Rutgers Scarlet Knights 83 (19)

Riley Tiernan is an American soccer player who plays as a forward. She played college soccer for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights, where she was named Big Ten Freshman of the Year and four-time All-Big Ten.

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Early life and college career

Tiernan was raised in Voorhees Township, New Jersey, one of three children born to Robin and Joe Tiernan. Her older sister, Madison, played college soccer at Rutgers before becoming a full-time assistant coach there during Riley's sophomore season. [1] [2] Tiernan began playing club soccer with PDA at age nine. [2] She played four years of prep soccer at Eastern Regional High School, winning the Group IV state championship 2018 and being named the Courier-Post Player of the Year and United Soccer Coaches All-American in 2020. [1] [3]

Rutgers Scarlet Knights

Tiernan started all 25 games in her freshman season with the Rutgers Scarlet Knights in 2021. She helped Rutgers go 1–0 to win the Big Ten Conference regular-season title and reach the final of the Big Ten tournament. In the NCAA tournament, she had four goals and two assists, including one of each in their 2–2 draw (and shootout win) against Alabama in the quarterfinals, as Rutgers reached the national semifinals for the second time in program history, losing to Florida State. She finished her freshman season with 8 goals and 13 assists and was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Year and first-team All-Big Ten. [1] [4]

In early 2022, Tiernan became one of the first five student-athletes to sign a name, image, and likeness (NIL) deal with Rutgers's NIL collective. [5] She started all 20 games in her sophomore season and scored 4 goals with 6 assists, earning third-team All-Big Ten honors. In her junior season in 2023, she started all 20 games and scored 3 assists with 4 goals, being named second-team All-Big Ten. She had double-digit points again in her senior season in 2024, scoring 4 goals and providing 11 assists in 18 games, and was named third-team All-Big Ten. She had two assists during the Big Ten tournament as Rutgers returned to the final, but she was suspended for that game after picking up a red card in the semifinal against USC. [1] [6] She left Rutgers as the program career assist leader with 34 assists. [1] [7]

Club career

Tiernan was invited to train as a non-roster player with Angel City FC in the 2025 preseason. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Riley Tiernan". Rutgers Scarlet Knights . Retrieved January 22, 2025.
  2. 1 2 Fonseca, Brian (August 15, 2022). "How the Tiernan sisters helped build Rutgers women's soccer into Big Ten juggernaut". NJ.com . Retrieved January 22, 2025.
  3. ↑ McGurk, Tom (December 27, 2020). "Player of the Year: Eastern's Riley Tiernan". Courier-Post . Retrieved January 22, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Anzidei, Melanie (December 3, 2021). "Rutgers women's soccer falls to Florida State in heartbreaking Final Four loss". NorthJersey.com . Retrieved January 22, 2025.
  5. ↑ Vorkunov, Mike (May 5, 2022). "NIL isn't just for the whales; athletically underfunded Rutgers wants to compete. 'This is basically a business.'". The Athletic . Retrieved January 22, 2025.
  6. ↑ Bator, Mark (November 10, 2024). "Women's Soccer Falls Short in Big Ten Championship Game". Rivals.com . Retrieved January 22, 2025.
  7. ↑ Vasquez, Jonathan (September 19, 2024). "Riley Tiernan sets program record in Rutgers women's soccer win over Oregon". The Daily Targum . Retrieved January 22, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Angel City Announces 2025 Preseason Roster and Technical Staff". Angel City FC. January 22, 2025. Retrieved January 22, 2025.
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