Here’s part one in a series of player profiles I will be conducting throughout the season. They are just some fun interviews with TFC players in order to help fans “get to know” the players off the pitch.
First off we have Ryan Johnson, the Jamaican born forward who has been one of the few bright spots for TFC early in the 2012 season. Johnson was a third round pick by Real Salt Lake in 2006. He played seven games with RSL before being traded to the Chicago Fire. After a very brief stint in Chicago he went overseas, spending a season with Swedish club Osters, registering two goals in fourteen games. He came back to MLS in 2008 with San Jose, spending close to four years with the club. He was named team MVP in 2009 as their leading goalscorer. Johnson was then traded to Toronto midway through the 2011 season for Nana Attakora, Alan Gordon and Jacob Peterson.
Johnson is one of the more interactive players on the team. Usually in good spirits, Johnson was joking around throughout the interview and seemed to have fun answering the following questions.
Alex Moretto (AM): BMO or Rogers Center?
Ryan Johnson (RJ): BMO
AM: Hip Hop or Rock?
RJ: Hip Hop
AM: iPhone or BlackBerry?
RJ: I have a BlackBerry but I’d rather have an iPhone.
AM: Facebook or Twitter?
RJ: None, I don’t use either.
AM: Toronto Raptors or Toronto Blue Jays?
RJ: Raptors
AM: Manchester United or Manchester City?
RJ: That’s a tough one. United.
AM: Barcelona or Real Madrid?
RJ: Real Madrid
AM: Eat out or eat in?
RJ: Eat in
AM: Steak or Chicken?
RJ: Chicken
AM: Jersey Shore or 90210?
RJ: Either
AM: Favourite Toronto restaurant?
RJ: I’ll say the Jamaican restaurants, Aki Tree but it closed
AM: Favourite TV show?
RJ: Sopranos back in the day. Sopranos was my favourite.
AM: Favourite club team after TFC?
RJ: Probably Real Madrid.
AM: Most played artist on your iPod?
RJ: Right now I’ll say Drake.
AM: Your pick to win the 2012 Euro Cup?
RJ: That’s a tough one, I’ll say Netherlands
(image courtesy of MexSport)
