Curt Johnson (soccer)

Curt Johnson currently serves as the President of the NASL's (North American Soccer League) North Carolina FC and NWSL's North Carolina Courage. Johnson's professional soccer administrative resume also includes holding the General Manager position with the Richmond Kickers (at the time members of the A-League/Division 2) and Major League Soccer's Kansas City Wizards (now known as Sporting Kansas City).

Johnson, a Raleigh native and youth soccer product of the Capital Area Soccer League, was an All-State midfielder at Ravenscroft School (State Champions in 1983 and 1986) and an All-Star defender on the Raleigh Rockets (CASL) club team (State Champions 1984 and 1986). He attended North Carolina State University (N.C. State), and played as a defender for the N.C. State Wolfpack Men's soccer team from 1987-1990. During that time, Johnson started 72 games during his four-year career, and as a senior captain, helped lead the Wolfpack to and end of season #2 national ranking, the 1990 ACC Championship and the NCAA semifinals. Graduating in 1991 with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication studies, he also served as a Volunteer Assistant Coach at North Carolina State University.

From 1992-1994 he served as the Midwest region's Marketing director for Adidas. He worked out of the U.S. Soccer headquarters (Soccer House) in Chicago and managed the US Soccer/Adidas marketing partnership and grassroots soccer relationships throughout the Midwest, including the Indiana University Men's soccer team. In addition, Johnson helped to manage and promote the Adidas marketing partnership with FIFA and the 1994 World Cup.

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