2022 Men's Soccer Roster
Roster
Riley Ferch
- Position:
- Midfielder
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 140
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Margate, Fla.
- High School:
- American Heritage HS
Notes
Four-year member of the UCLA men's soccer program (2019-22) ... Appeared in 64 games as a Bruin, starting 45 ... Totaled nine goals and 18 assists for 36 points ... Played 3,935 minutes.
Career Highlights
2019 All-Pac-12 Second Team
Four-time UCLA Director's Honor Roll
2022
Appeared in 18 of UCLA's 20 games for the season, making 14 starts ... Recorded three goals and two assists for eight points ... Played 1,133 minutes, one of nine UCLA outfield players to break the 1,000-minute mark ... Tied for third on the team in goals, and tied for fourth in points ... Had two goals and an assist in UCLA's 5-2 win over Liberty on Sept. 2, with his five points matching the most in a single game by any Bruin over the last three seasons (2020-22) ... Scored the lone goal in a 1-0 win at Rutgers on Oct. 29 ... UCLA was 3-0-0 when Ferch recorded a point.
2021 (Fall)
Appeared in 16 of UCLA's 19 games, making 12 starts ... Recorded two goals and four assists for eight points ... Tied for third on the team in assists, and fifth in points ... Totaled 816 minutes on the pitch ... Notched a point in UCLA's first two games of the year ... Played a season-high 79 minutes against San Diego State on Oct. 8, a 1-0 UCLA win ... Scored the opening goal in a 2-1 win over San Francisco on Aug. 29 ... His 63rd minute marker put UCLA up 3-1 at Oregon State on Sept. 30 ... Assisted on Tucker Lepley's golden goal against San Diego State on Oct. 8 ... Was not booked all season ... Named to the UCLA Director's Honor Roll for fall quarter (3.0+ GPA, 12+ quarter units passed).
2020-21
Appeared in all 12 of the team's games as a sophomore, starting 10 ... Recorded three goals and three assists for nine points ... Led the team in points, and was tied for the team lead in both goals (Grayson Doody) and assists (Tommy Silva) ... Totaled 938 minutes of action, third-most on the team among outfield players and most among midfielders ... Led the team with 22 shots ... Recorded a point in the final three games of the season, and four of the last five ... Had a season-high three points in the season finale against California on Apr. 17, scoring an early equalizer before setting up Grayson Doody's go-ahead tally later in the first half (UCLA won 4-3 in overtime) ... Scored UCLA's final goal in a season-opening 3-0 triumph over San Francisco on Feb. 8 ... Set up Constantinos Michaelides's game-winning goal over San Diego State on Apr. 3 ... Played 90+ minutes in five games ... His 1.08 shots on goal per game average ranked third in the Pac-12 ... Named to the Director's Honor Roll for fall quarter (3.0+ quarter GPA, pass at least 12 units).
2019
Appeared in all 18 games and made nine starts in his first year at UCLA ... Recorded one goal and a team-high nine assists ... Named to the All-Pac-12 Second Team ... His 11 points were second-most on the team ... His nine assists co-led the Pac-12 Conference and ranked 10th nationally ... Logged 1,048 minutes of action ... Was booked just one time ... His nine assists were the most by a Bruin since Jackson Yueill's 11 in 2016 ... Finished one assist away from tying the freshman program record (10), last reached by Kelyn Rowe in 2010 ... Was a fixture in the Starting XI from Oct. 1 onward ... Posted one goal and seven assists for nine points in eight games during the month of October ... Had a standout performance against UC Riverside on Oct. 1, notching his first career goal and adding an assist for a season-high three points; the Bruins won that contest 3-1 ... Played a season-high 106 minutes against Cal on Oct. 13 ... Had a pair of helpers in two separate games - against San Diego State on Oct. 6 and against Cal on Oct. 13 ... Named to the Director's Honor Roll for winter and spring (quarter GPA of 3.0 or higher and pass at least 12 units).
High School/Club
Played club with the South Florida Football Academy ... During the 2018-19 season, tallied a team-high 11 goals over 25 games (24 starts) with the U19s ... Had 21 goals in his club career ... Scored 14 goals and added 21 assists in his senior season at American Heritage HS ... Led the Patriots to a state championship in 2018.
Personal
Full Name: Riley Ferch ... Parents are Laura and Colby ... Has four siblings: Colby Jr., Braydon, Molly, and Jaden ... Aspires to play soccer professionally ... Chose to attend UCLA because of the "culture and history" ... In his free time, likes to go to the beach ... Enjoys drawing and art ... Favorite athlete is Ronaldinho ... Favorite food is gyros ... Attended Florida Atlantic University in 2018-19 but did not play collegiate soccer there ... Majoring in geography/environmental studies.
