Rob Ryerson attended Oakland Mills High School where he played for the school's boys soccer team. He was selected as the Howard County "Player of the Year". He was also a high school All-American his senior year. He played three seasons of collegiate soccer while attending the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Rob was All Far West in 1983, 1984 and 1985. He was also the 1985 All Big West Player of the Year. He was a third team NSCAA All-American in 1984 and 1985 and a Soccer America Magazine first team All American in 1985. He holds the top two positions on the Big West season scoring record list with 21 goals (9 assists) in 1985 and 20 goals (7 assists) in 1984. He also scored 16 goals in 1983. He attained his degree and graduated from UNLV in 1988.
After leaving UNLV, Rob played the 1986 season with the San Diego Nomads of the Western Soccer Alliance. He was 5th on the alliance's goals list with 6. That winter he joined the Baltimore Blast of the MISL. In 1988, Rob signed with the Fort Wayne Flames of the AISA under coach and former Blast teammate Dave MacKenzie. Rob appeared in the final 26 games of the season, scored 6 goals and added 5 assists for 11 points.
From 1988 to 1991, he played for the Maryland Bays first of the ASL and then the APSL. He was an ASL All Star in 1988 and was a member of the 1990 APSL championship Bays.
From 1988 to 1991, he played for the Maryland Bays first of the ASL and then the APSL. He was an ASL All Star in 1988 and was a member of the 1990 APSL championship Bays.
In 1992, he played 1 game for a total of 6 minutes with the Rowdies.
He also played with the Washington Warthogs of the Continental Indoor Soccer League. In 1996 he became an assistant coach with the Warthogs.
He also played with the Washington Warthogs of the Continental Indoor Soccer League. In 1996 he became an assistant coach with the Warthogs.
In 1988, he played his only full international match with the United States men's national soccer team. He scored the winning goal in a 1-0 victory over Costa Rica on June 14th.
He was selected to the UNLV Athletic Hall of Fame in 1998 and the school retired his jersey number (10). In 2006 he was inducted into the Maryland Soccer Hall of Fame.
In 1997, he became the head coach of the Baton Rouge Bombers of the Eastern Indoor Soccer League. He led the Bombers to the championship game, losing to the Lafayette Swampcats, and earning Coach of the Year honors. The EISL only lasted two seasons, folding in 1998. Rob then began collegiate coaching. Rob has been the head coach of Mount Saint Mary's University soccer team since 2000. He was also the head coach of the 2004 Maryland Boys U/17 ODP.Can anyone help with a photo of Rob in a Rowdies jersey? - if so could you please email me.
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