Ryan Johnson (soccer)
Johnson with the Earthquakes in August 2010
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 26 November 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Kingston, Jamaica | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| 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 | 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) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2006–2013 | Jamaica | 36 | (8) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 June 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 June 2011 |
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Ryan Johnson (born 26 November 1984 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a Jamaican footballer.
Johnson was born in Kingston, Jamaica and moved to the Boston area with his family while he was still an infant. 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, 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.
Johnson 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. 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.
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