John Adam Straith... speaks English... sports family (rugby father Kane, rugby brother Luke, soccer brother Manny)... his father was born in Victoria while his mother was born in Nelson... he was two years old when his family moved from Surrey to Victoria... he was six years old when he started playing soccer for Bays United SC in Victoria... grew up playing soccer, baseball and rugby... enjoys watching sports... growing up, favourites included Steve Gerrard, Jaime Carragher, Liverpool... other favourites included Donovan McNabb, Markus Näslund, Philadelphia Eagles, Vancouver Canucks...

represented Canada in two cycles of FIFA World Cup Qualifiers and three editions of the Concacaf Gold Cup... career 43 international "A" appearances across 10 years from 2010 to 2019 with Canada Soccer's Men's National Team, including three starts as Canada’s captain…

club career in Canada, Germany, Norway and Scotland...

from the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup, was noted by the Technical Study Group for being “good on the mark, (a) defensive relay”...

For Country

he was 15 years old when he made his debut in the Canadian youth program in 2006 with coach Stephen Hart... represented Canada at the 2007 CONCACAF Under-17 Qualification Tournament in Jamaica... represented Canada at the 2009 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship in Trinidad and Tobago...

he was 19 years old when he made his debut for Canada (24 May 2010)... represented Canada in 2011 CONCACAF / FIFA World Cup Qualifiers for Brazil 2014... represented Canada at the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup... he represented Canada at the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup... played in 12 consecutive Canada matches from 2013-15, then another 12 consecutive Canada matches from 2015-16... represented Canada in 2015-16 CONCACAF / FIFA World Cup Russia 2018 Qualifiers... represented Canada at the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup (he did not feature)...

represented Canada in 2019 Concacaf Nations League A...