John Adam Straith (born September 11, 1990) is a Canadian professional soccer player.

Early life

Born in

Victoria, British Columbia Victoria is the capital city of the Canadian province of British Columbia, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of 91,867, and the Greater Victoria area has a population of 397,237. T ...

, Straith attended Oak Bay High School in Victoria but left after grade 11 to attend

Burnaby Central Secondary School Burnaby Central Secondary School is a public high school in Burnaby, British Columbia. It is located across from Burnaby City Hall and is adjacent to Deer Lake Park. Burnaby Central is a part of Burnaby School District 41. As of 2015, there ar ...

as part of the Vancouver Whitecaps Residency program in the 2007–08 school year. He has an older brother, George, and a younger brother, Donald.

Career

Youth

Straith played for numerous clubs in Victoria including Bays United, Victoria United, and his Metro Team in the Lower Island Soccer Association, where he was captain. From July 12 to August 3, 2007, he went on trial with the U-19 Junior Bundesliga side of

1860 Munich , commonly known as TSV 1860 München (; lettered as ) or 1860 Munich, is a sports club based in Munich. The club's football team currently plays in the 3. Liga, the third tier of German football. 1860 Munich was one of the founding members ...

, along with

Antonio Rago Antonio Rago (born November 5, 1990) is a former Canadian soccer player. Career Youth and college Rago played at the University of Alberta's Green & Gold Soccer Academy under head coach Len Vickery, before joining the Vancouver Whitecaps reside ...

. He left Canada in summer 2008, moving to German club

Energie Cottbus FC Energie Cottbus ( Lower Sorbian: ''Energija Chóśebuz'') is a German football club based in Cottbus, Brandenburg. It was founded in 1963 as SC Cottbus in what was East Germany. After the reunification of Germany, Energie played six seasons ...

on a season-long loan deal, after impressing the German club during a one-month trial. In the summer of 2009, Adam left Germany and returned to the Whitecaps but on August 25, 2009

Cottbus Cottbus (; Lower Sorbian: ''Chóśebuz'' ; Polish: Chociebuż) is a university city and the second-largest city in Brandenburg, Germany. Situated around southeast of Berlin, on the River Spree, Cottbus is also a major railway junction with exte ...

exercised its option to sign him for an undisclosed fee.

Professional

Germany

Straith made his senior debut for

FC Energie Cottbus FC Energie Cottbus (Lower Sorbian: ''Energija Chóśebuz'') is a German football club based in Cottbus, Brandenburg. It was founded in 1963 as SC Cottbus in what was East Germany. After the reunification of Germany, Energie played six seasons in ...

in the 2. Bundesliga against FC St. Pauli on October 25, 2009, and scored his first ever goal in Germany in his first game for the club. On December 16, 2009 Straith signed his first professional contract with

tying him to the club until June 30, 2013. He joined

1. FC Saarbrücken 1. FC Saarbrücken (german: 1. Fußball-Club Saarbrücken e. V.) is a football club based in Saarbrücken, Saarland. The club plays in the 3. Liga, which is the third tier of football in Germany. The club began its existence as the football de ...

on loan in January 2012. He later joined

SV Wehen Wiesbaden SV Wehen Wiesbaden is a German association football club based in Wiesbaden, Hesse. Since the beginning of the 2007–08 season the club no longer plays its home games in Taunusstein, where they were originally located. In the summer of 2007 ''W ...

in 2013.

Fredrikstad

After months without a club, Straith joined Norwegian side

Fredrikstad Fredrikstad (; previously ''Frederiksstad''; literally "Fredrik's Town") is a city and municipality in Viken county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Fredrikstad. The city of Fredrikstad was founded in 1 ...

in January 2015.

FC Edmonton

After two years in Norway, Straith joined both Inverness Caledonian Thistle and

FC Ordabasy FC Ordabasy ( kk, Ордабасы футбол клубы) is a professional association football, football club from Kazakhstan based at the Kazhimukan Munaitpasov Stadium (Shymkent), K. Munaitpasov Stadium in Shymkent. Ordabasy was formed in ...

on trials in early 2017. Following his trial in Kazakhstan, Straith signed with North American Soccer League club

FC Edmonton FC Edmonton was a Canadian professional Association football, soccer club based in Edmonton, Alberta. The club was founded in 2010 and competed in the North American Soccer League (2011–2017), North American Soccer League (NASL) from 2011 to ...

for the 2017 Spring Season. Upon the conclusion of the 2017 Spring Season, Straith and the club parted ways.

Sportfreunde Lotte

On August 18, 2017, Straith signed a one-year contract with German 3. Liga side

Sportfreunde Lotte VfL Sportfreunde Lotte is a German association football club from Lotte, North Rhine-Westphalia. The football team is part of a sports club with approximately 1400 members and departments for handball, walking, gymnastics, and swimming, as wel ...

, marking his return to Germany after three years. After starting regularly in the 2017–18 season, Straith signed a one-year contract extension to keep him in Lotte until 2019. Straith would excel with Lotte in his second season, captaining the squad and leading them to the fifth best goals against in the league, however offensive struggles resulted in the club being relegated to the

Regionalliga The Regionalliga () is the fourth tier in the German football league system. Until 1974, it was the second tier in Germany. In 1994, it was introduced as the third tier. Upon the creation of the new nationwide 3. Liga in 2008, it became the fourt ...

Hansa Rostock

After two years with Lotte, Straith would sign with fellow 3. Liga club Hansa Rostock on a two-year contract.

International career

Straith was capped for the Canadian U-17 National team which failed to qualify for the

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in South Korea. He scored his first goal for Canada in Jamaica during the Caribbean Cup, placing the ball in the left corner of the net. On May 24, 2010, Straith made his senior team debut as an 81st-minute substitute in a 5–0 loss against

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at the

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. He played his second game on June 3, 2010 and played 90 minutes vs

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in ...

, alongside his teammate Eddy Sidra. He was officially capped by Canada during its World Cup Qualifying match vs St. Lucia on October 7, 2011. On June 27, 2013 Straith was confirmed as part of the 23-man squad for Colin Miller's Canada squad for the

2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the 12th CONCACAF Gold Cup competition and the 22nd CONCACAF regional championship overall in CONCACAF's fifty years of existence. The United States was the host nation. The competition began on 7 July 2013 at the ...

. He also represented Canada at the

2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the 13th edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup competition and the 23rd CONCACAF regional championship overall in the organization's fifty-four years of existence. It was held in the United States, with two matches bein ...

. On January 22, 2017, following an injury to goalkeeper

Sean Melvin Sean Melvin (born July 9, 1994) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Atlético Ottawa. Early life Melvin was born and raised in Victoria, British Columbia to parents from Vancouver. At the age of five, he began ...

, Straith played the final 35 minutes in net for Canada against Bermuda. Canada would win the game 4–2, with Straith making a few saves and keeping a clean sheet. Straith was named to the

2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the 14th edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the biennial international men's soccer championship of the North, Central American and Caribbean region organized by CONCACAF, and 24th CONCACAF regional championship ov ...

squad on June 27, 2017.

Personal life

In June 2019 he married one time

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player Monica Lam Feist, who plays for SV Grün Weiß Rheine in Germany's

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A. The couple have one child and living outside Rostock's.

Career statistics

Club

References

External links

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