Candace Johnson
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Candace Noemi Johnson[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 28 December 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Dallas, Texas, United States | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Ursuline Academy | |||
| Jaime Cantrell | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2015 | Missouri Tigers | 78 | (6) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016 | Chicago Red Stars Reserves | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014 | Panama | ||
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of February 20, 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals as of February 20, 2016 | |||
Candace Noemi Johnson (born 28 December 1993) is an American-born Panamanian footballer who plays for the Panama women's national football team as a defender.
She competed with Panama women's national football team for qualification to 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.[2]
Youth career
[edit | edit source]Candace Johnson played for University of Missouri in Southeastern Conference, during her college years.[3][4] In 2015, Johnson was named to First Team All-SEC.[5] During her junior year, she was named to Second Team All-SEC. In 2013 during her sophomore year, she was named to 2013 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll. In her freshman year, she was named to SEC All-Freshman Team.[6]
Chicago Red Stars
[edit | edit source]On January 15, 2016, Johnson was selected by the Chicago Red Stars with the 36th overall pick in the 2016 NWSL College Draft. She did not make the team's final roster and played the 2016 season with the Chicago Red Star Reserves in the Women's Premier Soccer League.[7][8][9][10]
International
[edit | edit source]On May 22, 2014, Candace Johnson played in the qualification game for the 2015 World Cup for Panama against Belize women's national football team, and scored the first goal at the sixth minute, in a 13–1 drubbing of Belize.[11]
Personal
[edit | edit source]Candace is the daughter of Dwane and Raquel Johnson and calls Dallas, Texas her hometown. She studied health science at University of Missouri.[3][4] Candace attended Ursuline Academy of Dallas for high school education and played soccer for Jaime Cantrell.[3]
See also
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- 1993 births
- Living people
- Naturalized citizens of Panama
- Panamanian women's footballers
- 21st-century Panamanian sportswomen
- Women's association football defenders
- Panama women's international footballers
- Soccer players from Dallas
- American women's soccer players
- Missouri Tigers women's soccer players
- Chicago Red Stars draft picks
- American people of Panamanian descent
- Sportspeople of Panamanian descent
- Women's Premier Soccer League players
- 21st-century American sportswomen
- Panamanian women's football biography stubs
- American women's soccer defender stubs