Yazmeen Ryan

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Yazmeen Ryan
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Ryan with Gotham FC in 2024
Personal information
Full name Yazmeen Ann Ryan [1]
Date of birth (1999-02-25) February 25, 1999 (age 26) [2]
Place of birth Norman, Oklahoma, US
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Position(s) Forward, midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Houston Dash
Number 11
Youth career
Norman Celtic
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2021 TCU Horned Frogs 68 (19)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2019 Oklahoma City
2021–2022 Portland Thorns FC 28 (2)
2023–2024 NJ/NY Gotham FC 46 (6)
2025– Houston Dash 1 (0)
International career‡
2018 United States U18 2 (0)
2019 United States U23 3 (0)
2024– United States 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:14, March 15, 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of February 26, 2025

Yazmeen Ann Ryan (born February 25, 1999) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward or a midfielder for the Houston Dash of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the United States national team. She played college soccer for the TCU Horned Frogs and was drafted sixth overall by Portland Thorns FC in the 2021 NWSL Draft. She played for two years in Portland before joining NJ/NY Gotham FC. Ryan has won two NWSL Championships, one each with Portland and Gotham.

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Early life

Ryan grew up in Norman, Oklahoma, and attended Norman North High School. She played for the club team Oklahoma Celtic. As a freshman, she led Norman North to their first-ever girls soccer state championship. [3]

TCU Horned Frogs

Ryan joined TCU as an attacking midfielder in 2017 and captained the team in 2020. She led the team to their first-ever Big 12 conference championship; however, Ryan missed the championship-clinching game due to injury. [4]

Club career

Ryan played for Oklahoma City and was named to the club's all-time Best XI. [5]

Portland Thorns

Ryan was drafted at No. 6 overall by the Portland Thorns in the 2021 NWSL Draft. Ryan was the Thorns' "top target". After they attempted to trade into the #4 draft position, the Thorns eventually traded two later picks plus an international slot to move up to select Ryan. [6] Ryan appeared in the starting lineup for the Portland Thorns in the 2022 NWSL Championship Final on October 29, 2022. [7]

NJ/NY Gotham FC

On January 5, 2023, Ryan was traded to NJ/NY Gotham FC as part of a three-team trade. [8] She made the most appearances for Gotham of any player in the 2023 season. [9] She started in the 2023 NWSL Championship Final, in which Gotham defeated OL Reign 2–1. [10]

Houston Dash

The Houston Dash announced on December 7, 2024, that they had acquired Ryan from Gotham in exchange for $80,000 in intra-league transfer funds, $400,000 of allocation money, and a 2025 NWSL international roster spot. [11]

International career

Ryan made two appearances for the United States under-18 team in April 2018 [12] [13] and three for the under-23 team in April 2019. [14] [15] [16]

She received her first call-up to the senior national team in October 2024 for the team's Olympic gold medal victory tour. [17] Ryan earned her first cap on October 24, 2024, in a 3–1 victory over Iceland. [18]

Career statistics

Club

As of March 14, 2025 [19]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [a] Playoffs [b] Continental [c] OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Portland Thorns FC 2021 NWSL 1000010——110
2022 1825120——253
NJ/NY Gotham FC 2023 2116131——303
2024 2551020334 [d] 1359
Houston Dash 2025 10—00—0010
Career total75812280334110215

International

As of match played February 26, 2025
National TeamYearAppsGoals
United States 2024 40
2025 30
Total70

Honors

Portland Thorns FC

NJ/NY Gotham FC

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup – National team roster: USA" (PDF). CONCACAF. January 26, 2024. p. 33. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Yazmeen Ryan". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved December 17, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Norman North soccer: Yazmeen Ryan selected 6th overall in NWSL draft". The Norman Transcript. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
  4. ↑ "TCU soccer makes history: A look into their record season". TCU360. November 16, 2020. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Oklahoma City FC History". Oklahomacityfc.com. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Meet The Draftees: Yazmeen Ryan". Stumptown Footy. January 14, 2021. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Yazmeen Ryan 2022 Match Logs". FBRef. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Yazmeen Ryan Traded to Gotham FC + Appreciation Thread". Stumptown Footy. SB Nation . Retrieved October 17, 2024.
  9. ↑ "2023 Gotham FC Stats". FBref.com . Retrieved October 17, 2024.
  10. ↑ "Match Recap: NJ/NY Gotham FC Win NWSL Championship". NJ/NY Gotham FC. November 12, 2023. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
  11. ↑ FC, Houston Dynamo. "Houston Dash Acquire Two-Time NWSL Champion Yazmeen Ryan from NJ/NY Gotham FC | Houston Dynamo". Houston Dynamo FC. Retrieved December 27, 2024.
  12. ↑ "U.S. U-18 WNT overpowers Switzerland U-19 side 3-1 in friendly".
  13. ↑ "U.S. U-18 Women's National Team draws Switzerland U-19s 1-1".
  14. ↑ "U-23 WNT Opens La Manga Tournament in Spain with 1-0 Win Against Sweden". www.ussoccer.com.
  15. ↑ "U.S. U-23 WNT Falls to France 3-1 at La Manga Tournament in Spain". www.ussoccer.com.
  16. ↑ "Twitter".
  17. ↑ "Emma Hayes Names U.S. Women's National Team Training Camp Roster, Presented by Jim Beam, for October Friendlies against Iceland and Argentina". United States Soccer Federation. October 17, 2024. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
  18. ↑ "U.S. Women's National Team Downs Iceland 3-1 in First Match Following Olympic Gold". www.ussoccer.com. Retrieved October 25, 2024.
  19. ↑ "Yazmeen Ryan - stats, career and market value". www.ussoccer.com. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
  20. ↑ Azzi, Alex (October 30, 2022). "Portland Thorns win 2022 NWSL Championship, MVP Smith scores game winner". On Her Turf. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
  21. ↑ "NWSL Championship highlights: Gotham FC crowned champions as Rapinoe, Krieger end careers". USA Today. November 11, 2023. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
  22. ↑ NWSL (November 18, 2024). "NWSL Announces Winners of 2024 NWSL Best XI Awards, presented by Amazon Prime | National Women's Soccer League Official Site". NWSL. Retrieved November 19, 2024.
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