Ryan Johnson

Personal information
Full name	Ryan Johnson
Date of birth	November 26, 1984 (1984-11-26) (age 25)
Place of birth	Kingston, Jamaica
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position	Midfielder/Forward
Club information
Current club	San Jose Earthquakes
Number	19
Youth career
2002–2005	Oregon State Beavers
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	11	(2)
2007–2008	New Jersey Ironmen (indoor)	3	(1)
2008–	San Jose Earthquakes	58	(16)
National team‡
2006–	Jamaica	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 October, 2009. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 March, 2009

Ryan Johnson (born November 26, 1984 in Kingston) is a Jamaican soccer player who currently plays for San Jose Earthquakes in Major League Soccer.

[edit] Career

[edit] Youth and College

Johnson played high school soccer at Melrose High School in Massachusetts, where he was a Middlesex League and Emass League all-star. Johnson played college soccer at Oregon State University from 2002 to 2005, 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.

[edit] Professional

Johnson was drafted in the third round, 26th overall, by Real Salt Lake in the 2006 MLS SuperDraft. On July 25, 2006, Johnson was traded to the Chicago Fire, after only appearing in 7 matches with Salt Lake. 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 trialing with various teams in Scandinavia and eventually got a short-term contract with Swedish side Östers (then at Superettan), that stretched from March 2007 to July 2007. Because of Östers' then-surplus of centre forwards and their then lack of a natural second striker, they chose not to extend his contract any further and instead loaned Anatolij Ponomarev from GAIS.In 2007 he was on a trial to Bodø/Glimt he play one game against Leknes FK, he scored the last goal in the 8-1 won.

After a short stint playing indoor soccer with the New Jersey Ironmen, Johnson signed with the San Jose Earthquakes for the 2008 MLS season.

[edit] International

Johnson made his debut with the Jamaica national football team on April 12, 2006 in a friendly against the United States, playing the first 70 minutes.

[edit] See also

• List of current MLS players

[edit] External links

• MLS player profile