Daniel Ruch

Daniel Ruch (born January 1, 1983, in Ridgefield Park, New Jersey) is an assistant soccer coach with Virginia Wesleyan. He played professionally for two years for the Virginia Beach Mariners of the USL Second Division and the Wilmington Hammerheads FC.

Ruch attended Ridgefield Park High School. He then began his college soccer career at Lynchburg College before finishing it at Old Dominion University. In 2006, he signed with the Virginia Beach Mariners of the USL Second Division before moving to the Wilmington Hammerheads FC of USL-2 in 2007. He retired from playing professionally after the 2007 season and was hired that fall by Virginia Wesleyan as a goalkeeper coach.