Ryan Donnellan was born and raised in Washington, DC. He played with DC Soccer Club Travel from U9 - U18, captaining the Metros during his tenure. Ryan is a co-founder of Brookland FC, which has merged with DC Soccer Club to form DC Soccer Club Brookland. He also served as a Brookland FC Travel Coach. 

Ryan has 6 years of youth soccer and youth baseball coaching experience. He holds his US Soccer Grassroots Coaching license. Outside of soccer, Ryan is a Property Manager and Leasing Agent at Executive Housing Consultants Inc. He coaches the Boys U10 DCSC Brookland Blue and Red Metros for the club.