Education
He attended Jackson Memorial High School in Jackson Township, New Jersey, graduating from the school in 1990.
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At Jackson, he also competed in track and field athletics, with his best efforts in high school including running the 40 yard dash in 4.4 seconds, a long jump of 21 feet 6 inches and a high jump of 6 feet eight inches. In 1999, he was named by The Star-Ledger as one of the top ten New Jersey high school soccer players of the 1990s. Johnson was one of four of the Star-Ledger"s top 10 players of the 1990s who played for the New New York/New Jersey Jersey MetroStars/Red Bulls, joining Claudio Reyna, Petter Villegas and Billy Walsh.
Johnson played college soccer at Rutgers University.
Johnson scored 35 goals and 20 assists in his four seasons at Rutgers, with his 90 points ranking him 6th all-time at Rutgers. He scored 13 goals and nine assists as a freshman, and followed that with 13 goals and seven assists in his sophomore year, leading the team to the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament semifinals in 1994.
He played for the New New York/New Jersey Jersey MetroStars in the 1996 season after being recalled from the North Jersey Imperials. In his three seasons with the MetroStars (mostly in 1996, plus two games in 1997 and a single game in 1999), he scored four goals and had three assists.
He played his first game with the team on June 19, 1996, a scoreless tie against the Dallas Burn (now known as Football Club Dallas).
He played in three playoff games with the MetroStars in 1996. Johnson had been a head coach at Gloucester County College and is now an assistant coach at Temple University.
