2025 Men's Soccer Roster

Umar, Belal, Niang ACC Trophy
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Ryan Belal
Jersey Number 14

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. 

Personal
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.
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Monday, September 08
Head Coach Jake Dickert Press Conference (NC State)
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