Ryan Johnson (born 26 November 1984) is a Jamaican former professional footballer who played as a forward.
 Johnson in 2010 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 26 November 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Kingston, Jamaica | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2005 | Oregon State Beavers | 76 | (18) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002 | Cape Cod Crusaders | 6 | (2) |
| 2005 | Boulder Rapids Reserve | 9 | (12) |
| 2006 | Real Salt Lake | 7 | (0) |
| 2006 | Chicago Fire | 3 | (0) |
| 2007 | Östers | 14 | (2) |
| 2007–2008 | New Jersey Ironmen (indoor) | 14 | (2) |
| 2008–2011 | San Jose Earthquakes | 99 | (17) |
| 2011–2012 | Toronto FC | 43 | (10) |
| 2013 | Portland Timbers | 29 | (9) |
| 2014 | Henan Jianye | 28 | (4) |
| 2015 | Seoul E-Land | 31 | (1) |
| 2016 | Rayo OKC | 4 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2006–2013 | Jamaica | 36 | (8) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 June 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 June 2011 | |||
Career
editYouth and college
editJohnson was born in Kingston, Jamaica and moved to the Boston area with his family while he was still an infant.[1] He played high school soccer and basketball at Melrose High School in Massachusetts, where he was a Middlesex League and Eastern Mass League soccer all-star. He attended Oregon State University on a sports scholarship and played college soccer there from 2002 to 2005,[2] where he scored 18 goals and assisted on 30 while appearing in 76 matches. He also spent two seasons in the USL Premier Development League, playing for Cape Cod Crusaders and Boulder Rapids Reserve.
Professional
editJohnson was drafted in the third round, 26th overall, by Real Salt Lake in the 2006 MLS SuperDraft. On 25 July 2006, after only appearing in 7 matches with Salt Lake, Johnson was traded to Chicago Fire in exchange for Jack Stewart.[3] In the remainder of the 2006 season, Johnson played 3 matches for the Fire and failed to agree on a new contract with the team at season's end.
In early 2007, he was on trial with various teams in Scandinavia and eventually got a short-term contract with Swedish side Östers IF (then at Superettan), that stretched from March 2007 to July 2007. Because Östers' had a surplus of centre forwards at the time, they chose not to extend his contract any further and instead loaned Anatolij Ponomarev from GAIS. In 2007, he was on trial in FK Bodø/Glimt where he played one game against Leknes FK. He scored the last goal in the 8–1 win.
After a short stint playing indoor soccer with the New Jersey Ironmen, Johnson signed with San Jose Earthquakes for the 2008 MLS season. At the end of the 2009 MLS season, Johnson was named team MVP as the team's leading goalscorer.
On 14 July 2011, San Jose traded Johnson, an international roster spot, and allocation money to Toronto FC for Nana Attakora, Alan Gordon and Jacob Peterson.[4] On 20 July Johnson made his debut for Toronto in a 1–0 home loss to FC Dallas.[5] Three days later against Sporting Kansas City Johnson scored his first goal of the season for Toronto and assisted on a goal by newly acquired Danny Koevermans. The game ended as a 4–2 away defeat.[6] On 2 August, in the return leg of the preliminary round of the CONCACAF Champions League, Johnson scored a superb volley in the 37th minute, followed by a goal in the 47th from a misplaced pass by the Real Esteli F.C. keeper. The two goals put Toronto FC into the group stage for the second straight year on an aggregate of 4–2.[7]
Johnson continued his goal scoring form at the beginning of the 2012 season after scoring in both legs of the Champions League Quarter finals against Los Angeles Galaxy and against Seattle Sounders FC on 17 March. Johnson's goal against the Sounders earned him goal of the week.[8] Johnson was awarded the George Gross Memorial Trophy as the 2012 Canadian Championship's best player.[9]
Johnson was traded with Miloš Kocić to Portland Timbers on 12 December 2012 in exchange for Joe Bendik, a first-round pick in the 2013 MLS SuperDraft, and allocation money.[10]
On 27 February 2014, Johnson transferred to Chinese Super League newcomer Henan Jianye.[11]
The start of the 2015 season saw Ryan join new Korean K-League side Seoul E-Land FC under the tutelage of former Vancouver Whitecaps FC manager Martin Rennie and his assistant, ex-West Bromwich Albion and Celtic FC's Dan Harris.
In March 2016, Johnson signed for North American Soccer League side Rayo OKC.[12] Johnson was released by Rayo OKC on 26 May 2016.[13]
International
editJohnson made his debut with the Jamaica national football team on 12 April 2006 in a friendly against the United States, playing the first 70 minutes. He was rewarded for his outstanding 2009 MLS season with a recall to the Jamaica national football team in January 2010 for a friendly match versus Canada and a February 2010 match versus Argentina. He scored his first national team goal in a 2–1 loss to Argentina in Mar del Plata on 10 February 2010. Johnson continued his strong performances with the national team by scoring the winning goal versus Costa Rica in September 2010.
International goals
edit| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competitions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 February 2010 | Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata, Argentina |  Argentina
|
0 – 1 | 2–1 | International Friendly |
| 2 | 5 September 2010 | Independence Park, Kingston, Jamaica |  Costa Rica
|
1 – 0 | 1–0 | International Friendly |
| 3 | 29 November 2010 | Stade En Camée, Rivière-Pilote, Martinique |  Guadeloupe
|
2 – 0 | 2–0 | 2010 Caribbean Championship |
| 4 | 7 June 2011 | The Home Depot Center, Carson, United States |  Grenada
|
2 – 0 | 4–0 | 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup |
| 5 | 13 June 2011 | Red Bull Arena, Harrison, United States |  Honduras
|
1 – 0 | 1–0 | 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup |
| 6 | 2 September 2011 | Quito, Ecuador |  Ecuador
|
2 – 4 | 2–5 | International Friendly |
| 7 | 24 February 2012 | Montego Bay Sports Complex, Montego Bay, Jamaica |  Cuba
|
1 – 0 | 3–0 | International Friendly |
| 8 | 8 June 2012 | Independence Park, Kingston, Jamaica |  Guatemala
|
2 – 0 | 2–1 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Honours
editClub
edit- Toronto FC
Individual
editReferences
edit- ^ Dell'Apa, Frank (3 June 2006). "No Longer a State Secret". Boston Globe. p. C1. ISSN 0743-1791.
- ^ Staff (31 December 2001). "FALL ALL-SCHOLASTICS; Boys Soccer; The Boston Herald presents the top stars from Eastern Mass. boys soccer". Boston Herald. p. 61. ISSN 0738-5854.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 November 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Johnson Jumps To Toronto". MLS. 14 July 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ^ New-Look Reds Sunk By Strike From Shea from TorontoFC.ca, Posted 20 July 2011.
- ^ Kansas City Doubles Toronto from TorontoFC.ca, Posted 23 July 2011.
- ^ CCL Group Stage Awaits Toronto
- ^ Toronto's Johnson tops Estrada for AT&T Goal of the Week
- ^ Johnson Wins George Gross Trophy
- ^ "Timbers acquire Ryan Johnson, Milos Kocic from Toronto FC in exchange for Joe Bendik, 2013 SuperDraft pick and allocation money | Portland Timbers". Archived from the original on 30 January 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
- ^
牙 买加国 脚 成 建 业第5外 援 at sports.163.com 27 February 2014 Retrieved 2014-02-28(in Chinese) - ^ "JAMAICAN INTERNATIONAL RYAN JOHNSON JOINS RAYO OKC STRIKE FORCE". rayookc.com. Rayo OKC. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
- ^ "RAYO OKC FORWARD RYAN JOHNSON RELEASED FROM 2016 CONTRACT". rayookc.com. Rayo OKC. 26 May 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
External links
edit
- Ryan Johnson at Major League Soccer
- Ryan Johnson – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean)
- Ryan Johnson at National-Football-Teams.com
