2025 Men's Soccer Roster
Ryan Belal
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Baltimore, Md.
- High School:
- Calvert Hall
2024 (Freshman)
Appeared in 19 matches with one start, finishing tied for second on the team in goals (four) … Made his collegiate debut against VCU (Aug. 22) … Recorded his first-career goal, a game-winning strike in a 1-0 victory against Radford (Sept. 9) … Scored the game-winning goal against Boston College (Oct. 5) … Logged a game-tying goal against SMU (Nov. 10) in the ACC Tournament Quarterfinals, a match Wake Forest would ultimately advance in … Scored a goal in Wake Forest’s 2-1 NCAA Tournament victory over defending National Champion Clemson (Dec. 1) … Converted on both of his penalty kick attempts against SMU (Nov. 10) and Clemson (Nov. 17) en route to Wake Forest’s ACC Championship.
Background
Played with FC Cincinnati 2 in MLS Next Pro … Scored his first goal with FC Cincinnati 2 in Sept. 2023 in just his third appearance … Rated as the No. 25 prospect out of the Great Lakes Region by TopDrawerSoccer … Was a three-time letterwinner for Calvert Hall where he helped lead the program to two MIAA championships and a 24-0-1 mark during the 2022 season … Chose Wake Forest over UCLA, Duke, Virginia, Northwestern, St. Louis, Rutgers, Penn State, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, Boston College, Michigan, Bucknell, Loyola-Maryland and UMBC.
Son of AnnMarie Caprio-Belal and Faycal Belal … Father played volleyball professionally for the Algerian National Team and represented in the Olympics … Has three siblings: Maya, Ramzi and Sophia … Majored is Undeclared … Born Oct. 22, 2005.
