Ryan Johnson (soccer)

Ryan Johnson ( 2010)

Ryan Johnson ( * November 26, 1984 in Kingston ) is a Jamaican football player.

Life

Johnson attended Melrose High School in Massachusetts and Oregon State University and won with high school and college football teams several tracks at league, regional and state level. He was elected in his final year of high school by the Boston Globe Player of the Year in 2002.

He is married and has one daughter.

Club career

Already since 2002, Johnson played for the Cape Cod Crusaders and Boulder Rapids Reserve. From 2006 he played in Major League Soccer ( MLS) in his first season, first at Real Salt Lake and then moved to Chicago Fire SC. In 2007 he went to Sweden to Östers IF and products obtained at 14 inserts two goals. In 2008 he returned to the U.S. and played for the San Jose Earthquakes in the MLS. From 2008 to 2011, he scored 17 goals in 99 games for the club. In 2011 he moved to Toronto FC, ​​who also play in the MLS. After two years with the club from Canada signed him in 2013, the League rival Portland Timbers.

National

His debut in the Jamaican national football team he was on 11 April 2006 in Cary (North Carolina) when he was on the pitch for 71 minutes in the 1-1 draw against the United States. His first goal in the jersey of the Reggae Boyz, he scored on 10 February 2010 in Buenos Aires in a friendly match against Argentina. So far, he scored five goals for Jamaica in 15 appearances.