Keith Johnson

Keith Johnson (born July 2, 1980) is an American Paralympic soccer player. Diagnosed with cerebral palsy when he was young, he played a variety of sports and graduated from East Anchorage High School in 1999.

A CP7 goalkeeper, Johnson has been a long time fixture on the USPNT, competing at the 2004 Summer Paralympics and 2012 Summer Paralympics. Throughout his national team career, Johnson has been awarded eight “Man of the Match” Awards.

Personal Johnson was born in Alaska on July 2, 1980 and was diagnosed with cerebral palsy when he was very young. As a youngster, he played and participated in a number of sports including American football, baseball, ice skating, cycling and weight training. to help take care of his grandmother. He competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics.

Johnson was a member of the US team that participated in the 2011 CPISRA World Championships. In 2012, he was one of three members of the USPNT to be get funding assistance from the Challenged Athlete Foundation. He participated in the 2012 BT Paralympic World Cup, where the United States won a bronze medal. He was in goal for the team's bronze medal match game against Ireland, where the US came away with a 2 - 1 victory. He was one of only two players on the roster with previous Paralympic experience. Their opener was against reigning Paralympic gold medal winners Ukraine. In 2012, he was awarded a Golden Glove Award. In April 2014, he was invited to participate in a week long national team training camp at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, California. The camp was being held in preparation for the 7-a-side Football Ciutat de Barcelona in June of that year. In March 2015, he was part of the 14 man roster that participated in the Povoa de Varzim, Portugal hosted Footie 7 – Povoa 2015 tournament. The competition was a warmup for the World Championships that were held in England in June 2015.

Participating at the Cerebral Palsy Football World Championships, Johnson was in goal for the US's game 3–0 victory against Venezuela and the team's 10–0 loss to England. He sat on the bench in the United States's 2 - 1 win against Scotland. He was part of the 14 man squad that represented the United States at the 2015 Parapan American Games in Toronto. There, the United States played Canada, Venezuela, Argentina and Brazil. He played in goal in the United States' 0 - 6 loss to Brazil at the Parapan Games.

Johnson took part in a national team training camp in Chula Vista, California in early March 2016. He was part of the USPNT that took part in the 2016 Pre Paralympic Tournament in Salou, Spain. The United States finished 6th after beating Argentina in one placement match 4 - 3 and losing to Ireland 4 - 1. The goals scored in the match against Argentina were the first the USA scored in the tournament, before putting up one more in their match against Ireland. The tournament featured 7 of the 8 teams participating in Rio. It was the last major preparation event ahead of the Rio Games for all teams participating.