Will Johnson... speaks English and Dutch... soccer family (grandfather Brian Birch)... born in Canada, but raised in the United Kingdom and then Chicago... growing up, favourites included Robbie Fowler, Steven Gerrard, Tony McNamara, Liverpool...

Canada Soccer Player of the Year in 2013...

represented Canada in three cycles of FIFA World Cup Qualifiers and four editions of the Concacaf Gold Cup... career 45 international "A" appearances across 15 years from 2005 to 2019 with Canada Soccer's Men's National Team… represented Canada at two FIFA youth tournaments (U-20 at Netherlands 2005 and Canada 2007)...

a Concacaf Champions League finalist with Real Salt Lake (2010-11)... club career in England, USA, Netherlands and Canada, including appearances in Concacaf Champions League... with Toronto FC, a Canadian Championship winner (Voyageurs Cup in 2016)... a two-time MLS Cup winner (Philip F. Anschutz Trophy), once with Real Salt Lake (2009) and once with Portland Timbers FC (2015)...

named one of six player ambassadors on Canada’s road to the FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2007... served as a brand ambassador for Golazo... as a youth player in 2005, was noted by the FIFA World Youth Championship Technical Study Group (”striker with good technique and physical fitness, shielded ball well”)...

For Country

he was 17 years old when he made his debut in the Canadian youth program in 2004 with coach Ray Clark... won Group B with Canada at the 2005 CONCACAF Under-20 Qualification tournament (Canada qualified for Netherlands 2005)... represented Canada at the FIFA U-20 World Cup Netherlands 2005... represented Canada at the FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2007... finished third with Canada at the 2008 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying tournament...

he was 18 years old when he made his debut for Canada on 16 November 2005... represented Canada in 2008 CONCACAF / FIFA World Cup Qualifiers for South Africa 2010... represented Canada at the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup... represented Canada at the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup... represented Canada in 2011-12 CONCACAF / FIFA World Cup Qualifiers for Brazil 2014... he scored his first international “A” goal for Canada on 2 September 2011 in Toronto (FIFA World Cup Qualifiers)…

represented Canada at the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup... represented Canada in 2015-16 CONCACAF / FIFA World Cup Russia 2018 Qualifiers...

represented Canada at the 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup... represented Canada in 2019 Concacaf Nations League A...