Ralph-William Johnson Priso-Mbongue (born August 2, 2002) is a Canadian soccer player who plays as a

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for

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club

Colorado Rapids The Colorado Rapids are an American professional soccer club based in the Denver metropolitan area. The Rapids compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference. Founded in 1995, as part of the Anschutz Corporation, ...

Early career

He began playing soccer at the age of four with Clairlea-Westview SC, before moving to the

North Toronto Nitros North Toronto Nitros is a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in Toronto, Ontario. The club was founded in 1980 as a youth soccer club and added its men's semi-professional club in League1 Ontario in 2016 and it's women's team in the ...

when he was eleven. In 2016, he was invited to Adidas's Elite Soccer Program. He tried out for the

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at ages 11, 12, and 13, failing to make the program, before finally being accepted in 2017, at age 14.

Club career

Early career

In 2018, he played with

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in the semi-professional

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, making six appearances. He scored his first goal against

Darby FC Darby FC is a Canadian semi-professional association football, soccer club based in Whitby, Ontario and Clarington, Ontario. The club was founded in 2015 to compete in League1 Ontario. The club was formed as a partnership between two local area ...

on July 17, 2018. On March 5, 2019, he signed his first professional contract, joining

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. His debut professional appearance came when he started against the

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on August 17, 2019.

Toronto FC

On October 14, 2020, he signed with first team

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, becoming the 25th player to sign as a Homegrown Player from the

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. He made his debut on October 24, coming on as a substitute for

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against the

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. He was loaned to the second team for some matches in 2021. On July 21, 2021, he scored his first goal for Toronto FC in a 1-1 draw against the

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. On August 19, Toronto FC announced Priso would undergo season-ending ankle surgery after suffering an injury on August 14 against the

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Colorado Rapids

In July 2022, Priso was traded from Toronto FC to fellow MLS club

for

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. Colorado would also receive $1.025 million in General Allocation Money, and an international roster slot in the trade. He made his debut on July 17, against the

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International career

In 2016, at age 13, he made his debut in the Canadian youth program at an identification camp with coach

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. He represented Canada at the

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, serving as team captain. He played for the Canadian U17 team at the

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and the

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. He was called to the Canada national team camp for January 2021.

Personal life

Priso is of Cameroonian descent through his parents. He is the older brother of

player

Hugo Mbongue Hugo-Hilaire Thomas Henry Mbongue Mbongue (born July 27, 2004) is a Canadian soccer player who plays for Toronto FC in Major League Soccer. Early life Mbongue began playing soccer for the Cherry Beach Recreation Centre when he was three. When ...

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Toronto FC *

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Priso, Ralph 2002 births Living people Canadian soccer players Canada men's youth international soccer players Association football midfielders Soccer players from Toronto Toronto FC players Toronto FC II players USL League One players Black Canadian soccer players Canadian people of Cameroonian descent Homegrown Players (MLS) Major League Soccer players North Toronto Nitros players MLS Next Pro players Colorado Rapids players Colorado Rapids 2 players