Ryan Cretens (born January 8, 1996) is an American professional

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player.

Career

Youth

Cretens played for the

North Carolina FC Youth North Carolina FC Youth (NCFC Youth) is an American soccer club and eponymous league based in Raleigh, North Carolina and serving greater Research Triangle. It is the largest youth-to-professional soccer club in the country. Club NCFC Youth was ...

Academy. He also played two seasons for

Wake Forest-Rolesville High School Wake Forest High School, formerly Wake Forest-Rolesville High School, is a four-year high school (9–12) located in Wake Forest, North Carolina. Demographics In 2016–2017 there were just over 2,000 students attending Wake Forest High ...

College

Cretens played

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UNC Wilmington The University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW or UNC Wilmington) is a public research university in Wilmington, North Carolina. It is part of the University of North Carolina System and enrolls 17,499 undergraduate and graduate students eac ...

, appearing in 57 games and posting at 0.716 save percentage. As a redshirt senior in 2018, he was named to the second team for the

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Professional

Carolina Dynamo

Cretens played for the

Carolina Dynamo North Carolina Fusion U-23, formerly known as Carolina Dynamo, is an American soccer team based in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 1993, the team plays in USL League Two, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. The ...

of the

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from 2015 to 2017. In 2016, he was PDL Goalkeeper of the Year, recording five

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and a 0.33 goals against average. Cretens played in the Dynamo's second-round game during the

2017 U.S. Open Cup The 2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup was the 104th edition of the oldest ongoing competition in American soccer. FC Dallas entered the competition as the defending champions, but were eliminated in the quarterfinals by Sporting Kansas City. First ...

, a 6-1 loss to

North Carolina FC North Carolina FC is an American professional soccer team in Cary, North Carolina, a suburb of Raleigh. Founded in 2006, the team plays in USL League One, the third tier of the American league system. The team has played its home games a ...

Tobacco Road FC

In 2018, Cretens joined

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North Carolina FC

On August 24, 2019, Cretens was signed by

of the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cretens, Ryan 1996 births Living people American men's soccer players Men's association football goalkeepers North Carolina Fusion U23 players North Carolina FC players Soccer players from North Carolina Soccer players from San Jose, California People from Zebulon, North Carolina Sportspeople from Wake County, North Carolina Tobacco Road FC players UNC Wilmington Seahawks men's soccer players USL League Two players USL Championship players