Ryan Guy

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Ryan Guy
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Personal information
Full name Ryan Michael Guy [1]
Date of birth (1985-09-05) September 5, 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth Carlsbad, California, United States
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 San Diego Surf (youth coach)
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2003–2006 San Diego Toreros
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2005 Boulder Rapids Reserve 14 (2)
2006 Southern California Fusion
2007–2010 St Patrick's Athletic 114 (24)
2011–2013 New England Revolution 45 (4)
2014 San Diego Flash
2014 San Antonio Scorpions 3 (0)
2016–2018 SoCal Surf
International career‡
2012–2016 Guam 31 (3)
Managerial career
2016–2018 SoCal Surf (player-coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of April 16, 2016
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 February 2023

Ryan Michael Guy (born September 5, 1985) is a soccer coach and former professional player. Born in Carlsbad, California, he played for the Guam national team at international level. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] As of 2023, he works as a youth coach for San Diego Surf.

Contents

Life

Guy was born in San Diego County, California to former Guam Legislature senator Jesse Anderson Lujan and Sandra Guy-Willoughby. [11]

Career

College and amateur

After attending La Costa Canyon High School, Guy enrolled at the University of San Diego, after being recruited by a number of other schools. In his sophomore season Guy earned First Team All–West Coast Conference and 2nd Team–NSCAA All-West Region honors.

During his college years, Guy also played for both Boulder Rapids Reserve in the USL Premier Development League and Southern California Fusion in the National Premier Soccer League.

Professional

Guy in action for New England Revolution in 2011. Ryan Guy NE Revolution 2011.jpg
Guy in action for New England Revolution in 2011.

Guy was drafted in the 2nd round (22nd overall pick) of the 2007 MLS SuperDraft by FC Dallas. [12] Despite being offered a developmental contract by Dallas, Guy sought a professional contract in Europe. He attended trials at a number of clubs, including Crystal Palace FC of England and Hannover 96 of Germany but in February 2007, joined St Patrick's Athletic of Ireland. He made his League of Ireland debut for the Irish club on April 6, 2007, coming on as a substitute in the 83rd minute of a 1–0 win over Galway United. He scored his first goal for the Saints on the 15 July. [13]

On July 17, 2008, Guy was written into the St Pat's history books as he scored the only goal in a UEFA Cup First Qualifying Round match against JFK Olimps Riga of Latvia, keying the club's first-ever away European win. [14] On October 18, Guy scored a hat trick in a 3–1 win over Shamrock Rovers in the South-Dublin derby. [15]

In 2009, Guy helped guide St. Pat's past Valletta F.C. & Krylia Sovetov Samara in the 2009-10 UEFA Europa League 2nd & 3rd qualifying rounds, however Guy's St. Pat's side lost to FC Steaua București in the play-off round 5–1 on aggregate. Ryan Guy was voted the St Patrick's Athletic Supporters Club Player of the Year for 2009. He made 44 appearances across all competitions and scored 6 goals. He scored the opening goal of the 2010 League of Ireland season, which was also the first ever goal in the Airtricity League.

His performance over 2009 and 2010 earned him a spot on the OT XI compiled by SoccerOverThere.com, ranking his performance relative to his league as one of the best 11 by an American in Europe. [16] During the 2010 season, Guy was chosen for the League of Ireland XI who played Manchester United in the inaugural match in Aviva Stadium in Dublin.

Guy currently holds the Pats record for most European appearances with 14.

In January 2011, he left St. Pats for "personal reasons" to return to his homeland. [17] Upon his return to the US, Guy had a short stint with the San Diego Flash of the National Premier Soccer League, and trialled with the Portland Timbers and FC Dallas, [18] before signing with New England Revolution on June 9, 2011, after a trial and recommendation from San Diego Flash head coach Warren Barton. [19] He later went on to sign for NASL club San Antonio Scorpions. [20] In 2016, he joined the North County Battalion as their player-coach.

International

In August 2012, Guy confirmed he would be representing Guam at international level. [21] Guy made his International debut for Guam in the Philippine Peace Cup, and featured in all 3 group games. [22] In January 2013, Ryan was called the star player of the Guam national team by then head coach Gary White in an article for BBC sport.

International goals

Score and Result lists Guam's goals first
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetitionReference
1November 19, 2013 Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh, CambodiaFlag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia 1–02–0 Friendly [23]
2July 23, 2014 (16') GFA National Training Center, Harmon, GuamFlag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 1–02–0 Preliminary round 1 EAFF East Asian cup [24] [25]
3July 23, 2014 (75') GFA National Training Center, Harmon, GuamFlag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 2–02–0 Preliminary round 1 EAFF East Asian cup
4July 25, 2014 GFA National Training Center, Harmon, GuamFlag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg  Northern Mariana Islands 3–05–0 Preliminary round 1 EAFF East Asian cup [24] [25]

Honors

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  2. ↑ "Ryan Guy: 'I learned my trade at St Pats and am forever grateful - it was where I was meant to play'". extratime.com.
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  5. ↑ "Ryan Guy makes a career out of soccer". kuam.com.
  6. ↑ "Making The Case For Ryan Guy".
  7. ↑ "Ryan Guy: Guam has the strongest squad in the country's history".
  8. ↑ "Life After the Revs: The Versatile Ryan Guy".
  9. ↑ "GLOBETROTTING GUY LEADS BATTALION ON AND OFF THE FIEL".
  10. ↑ "RYAN GUY: WHAT I KNOW NOW". soccertoday.com.
  11. ↑ "Guy will join Matao after MLS season ends" . Retrieved 2012-08-01.[ permanent dead link ]
  12. ↑ "FC Dallas makes six selections in the 2007 MLS SuperDraft". MLS website . Retrieved 2007-02-09.[ permanent dead link ]
  13. ↑ "St Patrick's Athletic (4) - Longford Town (2)".
  14. ↑ "JFK Olimps (0) - St Patrick's Athletic (1)".
  15. ↑ "Rovers 1 St Patricks Ath 3". Archived from the original on 2010-10-27. Retrieved 2010-03-05.
  16. ↑ "Howie's 2009–10 All-Over There team SoccerOverThere.com". Archived from the original on 2013-12-06. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
  17. ↑ "Ryan Guy Departs".
  18. ↑ "socceroverthere.com".
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  20. ↑ "Sascorpions.com". Archived from the original on September 3, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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