Ryan Coulter

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Ryan Coulter
Personal information
Full name Ryan Coulter
Date of birth (1989-02-08) 8 February 1989 (age 34)
Place of birth London, England
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
0000–2009 Dundalk
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2010 San Diego Toreros 1 (0)
2011–2013 East Tennessee State Buccaneers 61 (0)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009 Dundalk 1 (0)
2014 Athlone Town 15 (0)
2015 Sligo Rovers 7 (0)
2016 Athlone Town 3 (0)
2016 Longford Town 12 (0)
2017 Drogheda United 1 (0)
2017 Bray Wanderers 0 (0)
2018–2019 Emerald Force SC 7 (0)
2019 Forward Madison 7 (0)
2020 Rio Grande Valley FC 1 (0)
Managerial career
2018 UCF Knights (goalkeeper coach)
2019 Forward Madison (goalkeeper coach)
2020 Rio Grande Valley FC (goalkeeper coach)
2021 Houston Dynamo (academy coach)
2022– FC Cincinnati 2 (goalkeeper coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 October 2020

Ryan Coulter (born 8 February 1989) is an Irish footballer who is a goalkeeper coach for MLS Next Pro team FC Cincinnati 2, the reserve team of Major League Soccer's FC Cincinnati.

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Career

Youth and early career

Coulter was a member of the St Joseph's Boys FC in Sallynoggin, where he played all through the underage structure before signing with Dundalk F.C. U-20 side in 2008 [1] [2] He made his debut in the League of Ireland Premier Division on 10 April 2009, starting in the home match against Bray Wanderers, which finished as a 1–1 draw. [3]

College career in the United States

In mid-2009, he moved to the United States to attend college. He began at the University of San Diego, and made one appearance for the Toreros men's team in two seasons. [4] In 2011, he joined East Tennessee State University and made 61 appearances for the Buccaneers before graduating in 2014. [5] [6] [7] [8]

Coulter impressed in his time at ETSU, captaining the side to a conference championship and national ranking in 2013. [9] He broke a long standing clean sheet record in the Atlantic Sun Conference set by Jeff Cassar. [10] In 2013, Coulter was voted Atlantic Sun Conference Goalkeeper of the Year and in the Atlantic Sun Team of the Year. [11] Upon graduation, Coulter was selected to the NSCAA All-South Region First Team. [12]

Return to Ireland

Upon graduation, he returned to Ireland to join Athlone Town, making 15 league appearances in 2014. He moved to Sligo Rovers in 2015, before returning to Athlone Town the following season. Later in 2016 he joined Longford Town, before moving to Drogheda United in 2017, where he made one appearance for the club. Following this, he joined Bray Wanderers, but did not appear for the club. [13] [14]

Emerald Force SC

In 2018, he returned to the United States to join Emerald Force SC in the NPSL. [15] He made seven appearances for the club during the season. [16]

Forward Madison FC

On 20 February 2019, Coulter joined Forward Madison FC in USL League One as a player-coach for the team's inaugural season. [17] Having earned a UEFA Goalkeeping B License, he also served as the goalkeeping coach for the club. [18] He made his competitive debut for the club on 13 April 2019 in a 1–0 defeat to North Texas SC. [19]

In the first win in club history, Coulter made numerous saves, including the USL League One Save of the Week [20] and was selected for the USL Team of the Week. [21]

Rio Grande Valley FC

Coulter joined USL Championship side Rio Grande Valley FC in March 2020, serving as a player and the club's goalkeeping coach. [22] [23]

Personal life

Coulter was born in London, England, though he was raised in the Irish town of Bray. He is a son of the singer Phil Coulter. [24]

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References

  1. ↑ "Coulter hits all the right notes between the sticks".
  2. ↑ "Bray Wanderers 1-1 Dundalk - Dundalk Football Club". Archived from the original on 9 May 2019.
  3. ↑ "Bray Wanderers vs. Dundalk – 10 April 2009 – Soccerway".
  4. ↑ "Ryan Coulter – Men's Soccer".
  5. ↑ "ETSU – Cumulative Season Statistics". Archived from the original on 17 October 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  6. ↑ "ETSU – Cumulative Season Statistics". Archived from the original on 17 October 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  7. ↑ "ETSU – Cumulative Season Statistics". Archived from the original on 17 October 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  8. ↑ "Men's Soccer | Roster | Official Site of East Tennessee State Athletics".
  9. ↑ "ETSU earns second A-Sun title, secures NCAA Tournament bid".
  10. ↑ "Coulter breaks A-Sun shutouts record as Bucs tie Lipscomb".
  11. ↑ "Captains, Coulter and Hodges, win yearly A-Sun awards".
  12. ↑ "ETSU lands three players on NSCAA All-South Region teams".
  13. ↑ "Extratime.ie – Ryan Coulter".
  14. ↑ "'If people know that you're a footballer, they're not going to want to employ you'".
  15. ↑ "Ryan Coulter's American adventure continues in Madison". 20 February 2019.
  16. ↑ "2018 season". Emerald Force Soccer Club.
  17. ↑ "There were a lot of tears shed over the last year-and-a-half, a lot of dark times and a lot of sleepless nights".
  18. ↑ "Forward Madison FC Signs Goalkeeper Ryan Coulter". 20 February 2019.
  19. ↑ "North Texas vs. Forward Madison – 13 April 2019 – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  20. ↑ "Coulter Snags Fans' Choice Save of the Week". 26 April 2019.
  21. ↑ "Three Forward Madison FC players honored by USL League One". Associated Press . 23 April 2019.
  22. ↑ "Roster".
  23. ↑ "Rio Grande Valley FC".
  24. ↑ "Defence and Cassidy help paper cracks".
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