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

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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. Th ...

, Straith attended

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in Victoria but left after grade 11 to attend

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as part of the

Vancouver Whitecaps Residency Whitecaps FC Academy is a Canadian soccer team, the academy of professional team Vancouver Whitecaps FC Vancouver Whitecaps Football Club is a Canadian professional soccer team based in Vancouver. They compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as ...

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

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, along with Antonio Rago. 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 i ...

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

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exercised its option to sign him for an undisclosed fee.

Professional

Germany

Straith made his senior debut for

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in the 2. Bundesliga against

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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 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

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in January 2015.

FC Edmonton

After two years in Norway, Straith joined both

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and

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on trials in early 2017. Following his trial in Kazakhstan, Straith signed with

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club

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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

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, 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

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Hansa Rostock

After two years with Lotte, Straith would sign with fellow 3. Liga club

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on a two-year contract.

International career

Straith was capped for the Canadian U-17 National team which failed to qualify for the U-17 World Cup 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 Estadio Monumental. He played his second game on June 3, 2010 and played 90 minutes vs

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, alongside his teammate

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. He was officially capped by Canada during its World Cup Qualifying match vs

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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

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. He also represented Canada at the

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

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, 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

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squad on June 27, 2017.

Personal life

In June 2019 he married one time Canada national women's soccer team 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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