Johnny Torres was born on April 24,1976 and is a Colombian-American soccer midfielder and coach who is currently the head coach of his alma mater, Creighton University.
27 Facts About Johnny Torres
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Johnny Torres has earned caps with the US Futsal team.
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Johnny Torres was born in Medellin, Colombia, where his father and several uncles played semi-professional soccer.
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In 1981, when Johnny Torres was five years old, his family moved to Houston, Texas where Johnny Torres played for the local club team Houston Texans.
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Johnny Torres's family agreed, and Torres was adopted by the Clarkes who lived in Dickinson, Texas.
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Johnny Torres would play soccer at Dickinson High School where he was a three-time USA Today high school soccer All-American.
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Johnny Torres was the 1996 Soccer America Player of the Year.
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Johnny Torres was showered with honors during his time at Creighton.
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Johnny Torres was selected as a Second Team All Missouri Valley Conference player as a freshman.
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Johnny Torres was a first-team All-American his junior and senior years.
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Johnny Torres is third on Creighton's career scoring list with 46 goals and is tied for second on the career assists list with 36.
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In 1996, during his time at Creighton, Johnny Torres became a US citizen.
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Johnny Torres finished his rookie campaign with two goals and three assists in 20 appearances.
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Johnny Torres spent four years with the Revolution, never entirely playing up to expectations.
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Johnny Torres played 88 games, starting 55, scoring only 8 goals and assisting on 14 others.
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Johnny Torres' move to MISL came about from his having played for the US Futsal team in 1999 when Keith Tozer, coach of the Wave, coached the futsal team.
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When Tozer heard about the Fusion's collapse, he contacted Johnny Torres about moving to the MISL.
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Johnny Torres played both the 2002 and 2003 outdoor seasons with the Thunder.
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In 2004 Johnny Torres was named to USL All-League First Team, having scored 11 goals in 28 games with the Wave United.
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Johnny Torres was a member of the 2005 MISL championship Milwaukee Wave which swept the Cleveland Force in two games.
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In 1997, Johnny Torres was a member of the third place team at the 1997 World University Games.
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Johnny Torres ended the tournament as the US team's leading scorer with 5 goals.
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Johnny Torres has played for the US Futsal team from 1999 to 2006, earning 13 caps and scoring 9 goals.
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Johnny Torres was the team leader with five goals at the 2004 FIFA Futsal World Championship.
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Johnny Torres returned to Creighton in 2007 as a graduate assistant under then head coach Bob Warming.
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Johnny Torres finished his studies at Creighton that he started during his playing career, graduating with a bachelor's degree in sociology in May 2008.
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Johnny Torres was promoted to full-time assistant in 2008, and was named interim head coach on January 26,2011, after Jamie Clark resigned as head coach of Creighton to take the same position at the University of Washington.