Richard Bryan (born 13 September 1995) is an English semi-professional footballer who last played for club

Ware Ware may refer to: People * Ware (surname) * William of Ware (), English Franciscan theologian Places Canada *Fort Ware, British Columbia United Kingdom *Ware, Devon *Ware, Hertfordshire *Ware, Kent United States * Ware, Elmore County, Al ...

as a defender. A product of the

Brentford Brentford is a suburban town in West London, England and part of the London Borough of Hounslow. It lies at the confluence of the River Brent and the Thames, west of Charing Cross. Its economy has diverse company headquarters buildings whi ...

and

Enfield Town Enfield is a large town in north London, England, north of Charing Cross. It had a population of 156,858 in 2018. It includes the areas of Botany Bay, Brimsdown, Bulls Cross, Bullsmoor, Bush Hill Park, Clay Hill, Crews Hill, Enfield Highway ...

youth systems, Bryan played lower league football in the United States between 2018 and 2022, most notably for Saint Louis and Detroit City. He returned to England to join

non-League Non-League football describes football leagues played outside the top leagues of a country. Usually, it describes leagues which are not fully professional. The term is primarily used for football in England, where it is specifically used to de ...

club Ware in 2022.

Career

Early years

Adept across the back, Bryan began his career in the Brentford

youth system In sporting terminology, a youth system (or youth academy) is a youth investment program within a particular team or league, which develops and nurtures young talent in farm teams, with the vision of using them in the first team in the future if ...

and signed a scholarship deal ahead of the 2012–13 season. He made 42 appearances and scored three goals during his two-year scholarship, while also making 12 appearances for the Development Squad. Bryan was not offered a professional contract and was released at the end of the 2013–14 season. Following a spell with the U23 team at hometown

club

, Brian moved to the United States to play

college soccer College soccer is played by teams composed of soccer players who are enrolled in colleges and universities. It is very prominent in United States, Japan, South Korea, Canada, and as well as in South Africa and the Philippines. The United Kingd ...

with

Lander Bearcats The Lander Bearcats are the athletic teams that represent Lander University, located in Greenwood, South Carolina, in intercollegiate sports at the Division II level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), primarily competing in ...

in 2015. During four seasons, Bryan made 75 appearances, scored four goals and served as

vice-captain Vice-captain, alternate captain (ice hockey) or vice-skip (curling) may refer to a role in a number of sports immediately below the role of captain. The vice-captain may have a number of different roles, including substituting as captain when the re ...

United States

In April 2017, Bryan and Lander Bearcats teammates

Jordan Skelton Jordan Skelton (born 22 February 1997) is an English footballer who plays as a defender for One Knoxville SC in USL League One. Career College and amateur Skelton played four years of college soccer at Lander University between 2015 and 2018 ...

and Sinclaire Sandy joined

Premier Developmental League USL League Two (USL2), formerly the Premier Development League (PDL), is a semi-professional developmental soccer league sponsored by United Soccer Leagues in the United States and Canada, forming part of the United States soccer league syste ...

club

Mississippi Brilla Mississippi Brilla is an amateur American soccer club based in Clinton, Mississippi, United States. Founded in 2006, the team plays in USL League Two. The team's colors are sky blue, navy and white. Brilla is associated with Brilla Soccer Minis ...

. He made 34 appearances and scored five goals across the

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

and 2018 seasons. Following spells with

Des Moines Menace Des Moines Menace is an American soccer team based in Des Moines, Iowa, United States. Founded in 1994, the team plays in USL League Two, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. The Menace have had sustained success in USL League Two duri ...

and Detroit City respectively in 2019, Bryan turned professional and transferred to

USL Championship The USL Championship (USLC) is a professional men's soccer league in the United States that began its inaugural season in 2011. The USL is sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation (U.S. Soccer) as a Division II league since 2017, pl ...

club Saint Louis in December 2019. He made 13 appearances during the 2020 season, but remained an unused substitute during the club's unsuccessful playoff campaign. Following appearances back in England for non-League club

during the 2021–22

pre-season In an organized sports league, a typical season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session: for example, in Major League Baseball the season lasts approximately from the last week of March to the last week of Se ...

, Bryan returned to Detroit City for the

2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ...

National Independent Soccer Association The National Independent Soccer Association (NISA) is a professional men's soccer league in the United States. The league is in the third tier of American soccer and began play in 2019. NISA initially used a fall-to-spring season format with a ...

fall season, in which he made eight appearances.

Non-League football

In June 2022, Bryan returned to England to rejoin Southern League First Division Central club Ware on a permanent contract. Bryan made 33 appearances and scored two goals during a

2022–23 The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from the baseline. The most common versions are the endash , generally longer than the hyphen b ...

season which concluded with defeat in the Southern League First Division Central playoff Final.

Personal life

Bryan attended

Lander University Lander University is a public university in Greenwood, South Carolina. Campus and housing Lander University is located approximately one half-mile from uptown Greenwood, South Carolina. The main campus sits on 190 acres of land, though this doe ...

Career statistics

References

External links

* 1995 births Living people Mississippi Brilla FC players Des Moines Menace players Detroit City FC players Saint Louis FC players USL League Two players National Premier Soccer League players USL Championship players National Independent Soccer Association players English men's footballers English expatriate men's footballers English expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Men's association football defenders Footballers from Greater London {{England-footy-defender-1990s-stub Ware F.C. players Footballers from Enfield, London Men's association football fullbacks Southern Football League players Lander Bearcats men's soccer players