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Ryan Michael Hollingshead (born April 16, 1991) is an American soccer player who currently plays for FC Dallas in Major League Soccer.
Career
College
Hollingshead played college soccer at UCLA between 2009 and 2012. At UCLA, Ryan played in 81 matches, scoring 16 goals and recording 21 assists (53 points). He earned All-Pac-12 honors three times in his career (2010-12) and was named the 2012 Pac-12 Player of the Year. In addition, Hollingshead earned NSCAA All-America honors in 2012 and was named to the 2011 NCAA All-Tournament Team after leading the Bruins to the College Cup semifinals. In 2012, he started all 19 of UCLA’s matches, led the team with 22 points (7 goals, 8 assists) and finished the season tied for the lead in goals. Hollingshead also captained the Bruins to a 13-3-3 record and finished second in the Pac-12 with 8 assists in the year.
Professional
FC Dallas selected Hollingshead in the second round (20th overall) of the 2013 MLS SuperDraft. Despite an offer from Dallas, Hollingshead opted not to accept, so that he could help build a church in Sacramento and spent time in Haiti to do charity work at an orphanage.
Hollingshead signed with Dallas on December 9, 2013.
On January 6, 2017, whilst stopping to help a stranded motorist, Hollingshead was struck by a motor vehicle that had crashed due to icy conditions, launching him 30 feet into the air. Hollingshead sustained three broken vertebrae in his neck as a result of the collision.