0 • Ryszard Gorski

Senior • Goalkeeper • 6-4 • 200
Aberdeenshire, Scotland •
Robert Gordon University

Notes: Boasted a 0.64 goals against average last season, 13th-best in the NCAA ... One of the top all-around keepers to play at LIU ... Has a knack for making big saves ...Possesses natural ability in the box.

As a Junior in 2003: Started and appeared in 16 games, recording a remarkable 0.64 goals against average ... Logged 1,541 minutes of playing time ... Posted nine shutouts -a league best- bringing his career total to 15 ... needs just 10 shutouts to tie the LIU all-time record ... Ran off a streak of six straight shutout victories, tying an LIU record ... Registered an .853 save percentage, second-best in the NEC ... Tallied 64 saves ... Earned NEC Player-of-the-Week honors on 10/27, following a pair of shutouts over regionally-ranked Lehigh and Sacred Heart ... Registered a season-best nine saves versus regionally ranked Lehigh in a 0-0 draw ... Also recorded nine saves in season opener at San Diego on Aug. 29 ... Tallied seven saves in NEC Tournament semifinal match versus Central Connecticut State ... Averaged 5.6 saves in final eight games of season.

As a Sophomore in 2002: Recorded all 11 wins and registered a 1.00 goals-against average... Posted six shutouts, the most by a Blackbird since Het Labhart totaled seven in 1989... Notched a season-high eight saves in a 1-0 blanking of Robert Morris (11/1)... Did not allow a goal over the final 377 minutes of the season... Allowed one goal or less in 15 of his 19 appearances.

Club/Personal: Team captain at Ellon (Scotland) Academy for two of his four years... Earned the North of Scotland Schools Cup... Played club soccer for three years with Formartine United... Captured three cups in those years, including winning the Premier Division League in 2001 for the first time in club history... Helped it to a record of 19-1-6 in a season in which he compiled 12 shutouts... Selected for the North Region Juniors Under-23 Select team on several occasions...Honed skills playing for Salem (OR) Surge of the Premier Development League in 2003 ... Son of Marek and Mieczyslawa Gorski... Has one brother and one sister... A Management major with a 3.46 GPA.