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2025 Men's Soccer Roster

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1 Ryan Friedberg

  • Position Goalkeeper
  • Height 6-5
  • Weight 205
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Westfield, N.J.
  • Highschool Westfield HS

Biography

2024 | JUNIOR SEASON
Played 1724 minutes in net for the Big Red... was named first team All-Ivy... moved to second all-time in Big Red single-season clean-sheets with 8... registered 48 saves... held a 1.04 goals-against average... earned a 13-4-2 record.

2023 | SOPHOMORE SEASON 
Protected the net in 13 games... collected 24 saves... earned a 6-3-3 record with two shutouts... had seven saves in the game against New Hampshire to hand them their only regular-season loss.

2022 | FRESHMAN SEASON
Named to All-Northeast Region Second Team by United Soccer Coaches ... chosen as Ivy League Rookie of the Year after posting 14-4-1 record with 1.01 goals-against average an .694 save percentage ... third-ever time a Cornell player was named Rookie of the Year (Richard Stimpson - 1997, Emeka Eneli  - 2018) ... fourth Ivy League goalkeeper to earn Ivy League Rookie of the Year, joining Penn's Michael O'Connor (1996), Dartmouth's Doug Carr (2002), and Brown's Paul Grandstrand (2007) ... also named to All-Ivy Honorable Mention ... logged 1698:35 minutes of action, playing all but 11:25 ... 14 wins were the most by a freshman in program history, doubling the previous record ... tied for second-most wins in a season since stat was tracked beginning in 1979 ... posted four clean sheets, the third-most by a first-year goalkeeper, trailing Stephen Bott (7 in 1983) and O'Sullivan (4.5 in 1992) ... named Ivy League Rookie of the Week on three occasions (Sept. 6, Sept. 12, Nov. 7), the most ever by a Cornell player in a single season ... posted consecutive clean sheets on two occasions (Sept. 5 at UC Irvine, Sept. 10 at Saint Joseph's; Sept. 20 vs. Canisius, Sept. 24 at Marist) ... made season-high five saves in win at No. 7-ranked Syracuse (Oct. 4) ... registered quartet of four-save games.

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Historical Player Information

  • 1

    2022-23Freshman

    Goalkeeper
    6'3" 175 lbs
    1
  • 1

    2023-24Sophomore

    Goalkeeper
    6'5" 205 lbs
    1
  • 1

    2024-25Junior

    Goalkeeper
    6'5" 205 lbs
    1
  • 1

    2025-26Senior

    Goalkeeper
    6'5" 205 lbs
    1