Riley Tiernan (Photo via rileytiernan/Instagram)
The Rutgers women’s soccer team is gearing up for its highly-anticipated 2024 season, and one player, Riley Tiernan, is gaining steam online for her looks.

The 5-foot-8 senior at Rutgers is going incredibly viral after she took to her Instagram page, where she has more than 52,000 followers, and posted a carousel of pictures.

The first picture shows her turned around, looking over her right shoulder in her Rutgers uniform, while holding on to a soccer ball.

The second picture was much of the same from Riley Tiernan except she had ditched the soccer ball and put her hands on her hip as she smiled for the camera.

The final picture from Riley finally had her turned around to the front as the soccer ball made a comeback.

 

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Riley Tiernan received nothing but compliments in her comment section.

Tiernan is much more than her looks as she is currently tied for 3rd all-time at Rutgers with 24 career assists and a full season of games to play to break it.

Because of her play, she was named a Big Ten Player to Watch for the 2024 season.

Last year, Riley Tiernan was named to the United Soccer Coaches All-North Region Third Team, All-Big Ten Second Team, and College Soccer Coaches National Players to Watch.

Riley Tiernan Comes Up Big In The Season Opener

In their 2024 season opener, Rutgers women’s soccer claimed a 1-0 victory over NJIT.

It came after senior Emily Mason scored the decisive goal in the 85th minute.

That was all thanks to a corner kick from Riley Tiernan.

Emily Mason scored her fifth career goal, while Riley Tiernan recorded her 24th career assist, per Scarletknights.com.

Houston Texans star Azeez Al-Shaair has admitted regrets over his illegal hit to Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence and the ensuing brawl between the teams in a lengthy statement on social media.  

Al-Shaair’s statement comes as his three-game suspension as a result of the incident has ended and he is slated to return to the field for the Texans on Sunday against the Tennessee Titans.

On December 1, an Al-Shaair hit to the head of a sliding and defenseless Lawrence caused chaos in Jacksonville. The defensive back needed to be restrained by several coaches and Lawrence has not played since taking the barbaric contact.

‘While so many jumped at the first opportunity to hop on the false narrative – that l’m a dirty player or bad person – the messages from all who stood by me were the only things keeping me mentally afloat during a time of isolation,’ Al-Shaair said on social media.

‘I’ve learned so much from this entire experience. Seeing myself on video – letting my emotions get the best of me to the point where I completely lost it – was an embarrassing and eye-opening moment for me.’

‘I’ve had to earn everything in my life. I never want to allow anyone to get me to a point where I jeopardize everything that I’ve worked all my life to obtain. That was not the way I want to represent myself or my family and I will continue to learn and grow from that moment.’

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Azeez Al-Shaair has admitted regrets over his hit to Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence

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The Texans defensive back was suspended for three games as a result of the hit to Lawrence

Al-Shaair said during his three-game ban, he met with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and other league executives for the first time, taking issue with how he was characterized in the official announcement of his suspension.

The defender said he thought his character and integrity were ‘unjustifiably smeared’ in the release but the meeting with Goodell and others was ‘productive’ and gave him hope it would not happen again.

‘In that conversation – man-to-man – I owned and acknowledged that my actions following my ejection were careless and, in that moment, I didn’t think about the responsibility I have been blessed with to represent the shield,’ Al-Shaair continued.

‘I also stated that the letter, and specifically the language used in the letter, was equally as careless and conveyed that the context of the words used were not a reflection of my character, nor my career, as I have not been warned multiple times for my play on the field.’

Al-Shaair’s hit on Lawrence was not the only controversial incident he was involved in this season.

During the Texans’ game against the Bears in September, he punched Roschon Johnson, who wasn’t even in the game at the time of another sideline confrontation.

Al-Shaair ended his statement by saying his view is that everyone in the league office and on the field are on the same team to represent the NFL in the best nature possible, something he failed to do earlier this month.

‘Lastly, I’ll say that this world is full of negative people who can’t wait to tear you down, but if you move with love and compassion, the seeds of good you planted in others’ lives can grow into the very tree that shades you with comfort and compassion when you need it most,’ Al-Shaair concluded.

‘I am a man of God, I am a leader, a warrior and a lover. I am also a hell of a football player and I’m grateful to be back doing what I love.’