Background
Johnson grew up in Fort Collins, Colorado where she was a four-year letterwinner at Rocky Mountain High School.
Johnson grew up in Fort Collins, Colorado where she was a four-year letterwinner at Rocky Mountain High School.
University of Kansas.
She currently plays for the Washington Spirit in the National Women"s Soccer League. She previously played for the Western New York Flash as well as the Philadelphia Independence of Women"s Professional Soccer (WPS) and Sydney Football Club of Australia"s West-League. As a freshman, Johnson was named the best defensive player by the team
She earned all-conference first team honors as a freshman, sophomore and junior and was named all-state during her junior and senior years.
She was named team Most Valuable Player as a sophomore and a junior. She also captained the club team, Fort Collins Arsenal.
University of Kansas
Johnson attended the University of Kansas where she played for the Jayhawks from 2006–2009. During her freshman season, she appeared in all 19 matches with 18 starts.
She ranked fifth on the team with 1445 minutes played and helped the Jayhawks shut out eight opponents and hold 0.98 goals against average.
She was named to the Big 12 All-Newcomer Team and was selected to the Cal Invitational All-Tournament Team. As a sophomore, she started all 21 matches for a total of 1,883 minutes – third most on the team She was named Third Team All-Central Region by Soccer Buzz.
During her junior season, Johnson started all 23 matches, playing a program-record 2,110 minutes.
She was named All-Central Region by Soccer Buzz and the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) as well as to the Big 12 Championship All-Tournament Team and academic all-conference team Club
= Philadelphia Independence Johnson was selected by the Los Angeles Sol during the 2010 WPS Draft.
However, the team folded before the 2011 season and Johnson signed with the Philadelphia Independence as part of the 2010 WPS Dispersal Draft. She made 16 appearances for the club, including 13 starts.
Johnson joined the Independence for the 2011 season.
She made 15 starts in 17 appearances for a total of 1,403 minutes and scored one goal. = Western New York Flash In 2013, Johnson was drafted to the Western New York Flash in the National Women"s Soccer League. She was selected during the first round (seventh overall) of the 2013 NWSL Supplemental Draft.
Johnson was a member of the Olympic Development Program (ODP) Region IV pool.