Daniel Ruch (born January 1, 1983, in

Ridgefield Park, New Jersey Ridgefield Park is a village in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the village's population was 13,224, an increase of 495 (+3.9%) from the 2010 census count of 12,729, which in turn reflected ...

) is an assistant

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

coach with Virginia Wesleyan. He played professionally for two years for the Virginia Beach Mariners of the

USL Second Division The USL Second Division (commonly referred to as USL-2) was a professional men's soccer league in the United States, operated by United Soccer Leagues (USL). It was at the third tier of soccer in the United States, behind Major League Soccer ...

and the

Wilmington Hammerheads FC Wilmington Hammerheads FC was a semi-professional American soccer team based in Wilmington, North Carolina. Founded in 1996, the team last competed in the Premier Development League, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid in 2017. Histor ...

. Ruch attended Ridgefield Park High School. He then began his college soccer career at Lynchburg College before finishing it at

Old Dominion University Old Dominion University (ODU) is a Public university, public research university in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. Established in 1930 as the two-year Norfolk Division of the College of William & Mary, it began by educating people with fewer ...

. In 2006, he signed with the Virginia Beach Mariners of the

before moving to the

of USL-2 in 2007. He retired from playing professionally after the 2007 season and was hired that fall by Virginia Wesleyan as a goalkeeper coach.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ruch, Daniel 1983 births Living people American soccer coaches American men's soccer players Old Dominion Monarchs men's soccer players People from Ridgefield Park, New Jersey Ridgefield Park High School alumni Soccer players from Bergen County, New Jersey USL First Division players USL Second Division players Virginia Beach Mariners players Wilmington Hammerheads FC players Men's association football goalkeepers