Adam Straith

John Adam Straith ( born September 11, 1990 in Surrey, British Columbia ) is a Canadian soccer player.

Career

Straith belonged since 2007 to the Residency team the Vancouver Whitecaps, a junior team in the USL Premier Development League has its gaming operations. About the contacts of Thomas Niendorf, the head coach of the residency program, which has repeatedly mediated Canadian youth players in German professional clubs, Straith came up with some other Canadians, 2008 to Energie Cottbus after he was on trial at TSV 1860 Munich in 2007. In his Leihjahr Straith completed next missions in the A- junior Bundesliga and 14 games for the second team in the Regionalliga Nord. In the summer of 2009 Cottbus drew the purchase option and ordered the youngster for an undisclosed fee.

His first professional use of the Canadian junior national team came on Matchday 10 of the 2009/10 season, when he came on as a substitute just before the game ends against FC St. Pauli. Although trained as central defender, Straith played at Cottbus mostly on the right-back position. His first goal in the 2nd Bundesliga succeeded him on 29 November 2009 in a 3-0 win against Rot -Weiß Oberhausen. The defender is the German club Energie Cottbus under contract. On January 30, 2012 Straith changed to 30 May of the same year on loan at 1 FC Saarbrücken. On June 26, 2012 were Energie Cottbus announced the cancellation of the contract with Straith. He then moved on to season 2012/ 13 is to FC Saarbrücken. There, his contract was not renewed in the summer of 2013.

In August 2013, the Wehen announced Straith to have committed to June 30, 2014.

Internationally

Straith Since 2006, a regular in the squad Canadian youth teams, but missed with both the U- 17 and the U- 20 qualification for the respective finals. On 24 May 2010 the 20- year-old defender made ​​his debut in the senior team in his home country when he came for the seasoned veteran Richard Hastings in the clear 0:5 defeat against Argentina in 81 minutes on the court.