name: Eddie Johnson
position: F
height: 6-0 weight:180
Birthdate: March 31, 1984
Hometown: Palm Coast, FL
Regular Season Statsfull bio l year-by-year stats l video highlights
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Most Recent Video Highlights
date teams video description
11/10/07 Wizards @ Dynamo video Eddie Johnson Pregame Interview
09/01/07 Wizards @ Dynamo video Eddie Johnson Half-Time Interview
09/01/07 Wizards @ Dynamo video Eddie Johnson Goal

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MLS Experience

2006 SEASON: Scored in his Wizards debut in 3-1 win vs. CLB (4/1)...Scored the gametying goal in the second half off a Davy Arnaud rebound in 1-1 tie vs. CHI (5/6)...Missed nine games while with the U.S. World Cup team…Missed KC's 4-1 win vs. COL (9/9) with hamstring injury...Scored two goals and tallied one assist in 2006…

2005: Appeared in 15 games, including 13 starts for FC Dallas. Scored five goals and added two assists. Missed two months of action after suffering a stress fracture in his right foot vs. Chivas USA on May 22nd. Returned August 3rd, but re-aggravated his right foot and on September 15th was ruled out for the remainder of the season.

2004: Became the youngest player in MLS history to either have or share the league lead in goals (12)…Among league leaders, finished first in game-winning goals (7), tied for first in goals, tied for first in multi-goal matches (3), tied for second in shots (75), tied for fifth in points (27) and tied for sixth in shots on goal (32)…Scored the game-winner and added an assist on 4/17 @ CHI…Scored two goals, including the game-winner, and added an assist on 7/24 vs. DC…Tallied two goals, including his sixth game-winner, on 8/28 vs. CHI…

2003: Scored three goals, including one game-winner… Tallied the game-winner on 8/16 vs. KC…Netted his second goal of the year on 9/13 @ CLB.

2002: Missed 10 matches from 4/13-6/15 after suffering a high left ankle sprain in training on April 10…Made his first start of the season, scoring his first goal of the year… Tallied the game-winning goal in overtime and registered his first MLS assist on 9/19 @ DC.

2001: Saw action in 10 matches after spending most of the season with the U.S. U-17 national team in preparation for the FIFA World Youth Championships…Saw his first professional action on 5/12 vs. CLB, playing the final three minutes…Scored his first professional goal on 7/4 vs. NE in injury time to tie the match.

International

Has appeared 22 times for the U.S. (as of March 26, 2006) and scored nine goals... Scored his 9th career goal vs. Guatemala in a friendly match on February 10, 2006.... Appeared in six games for the U.S. in 2005, tallying three goals and adding an assist.... Notched the opener in a 2-1 U.S. win at Trinidad and Tobago to become the first Men's National Team player to score in each of his first four games for the team… Scored eight goals in his first nine appearances, including seven goals in seven official FIFA World Cup qualifiers.... Earned his first four caps for the U.S. national team during World Cup Qualifiers in 2004…During his four matches, he recorded six goals, becoming the first American player to score in his first four appearances…He entered the qualifier on March 27 at Mexico already tied for third among the country's all-time leading scorers in World Cup qualifiers...Against Panama on Oct. 13, Johnson became the first substitute in U.S. Men's National Team history to record a hat trick and the first player in 36 years to score three goals.... Scored four goals and added one assist at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship, becoming the first U.S. player to claim Golden Boot honors in a major world championship…Has seven caps with the U-23 national team with two goals…Was the U-20 leading scorer in 2003 with seven goals.... Played in 16 matches with the U-20 national team in 2002, scoring six goals and adding three assists.... Led the U-17 national team for the second consecutive year in scoring in 2001 with 25 goals and five assists in 32 matches... Appeared in 52 matches for the U-17's in 2000, starting 48… Recorded a team-high 85 points on 33 goals and 19 assists… Had seven multi-goal matches in 2000, including a four-goal performance during a 6-1 win over Trinidad on March 27.

Personal

Listens to rap, hip-hop and rhythm and blues…In addition to soccer, also played basketball and football while growing up…Favorite non-soccer team is the Tampa Bay Buccaneers…Has one older sister and one younger brother… Is the father of daughter Zoë Baker-Johnson, born Dec. 28, 2005.