HERRIMAN, Utah – Canadian Malik Johnson has left Tampa Bay as he signed a contract with Real Monarchs the Utah team announced on Friday.
In his two years as a Rowdy Johnson managed five goals, providing to assists while playing 33 matches for the club. That came after four years in his home and native land where he played 73 times for Toronto FC II scoring seven.
That will make the Monarchs his second MLS reserve team and could lead to him appearing for the first team again like when he was in Canada. He played twice for Toronto in the Canadian Championship and with the US Open Cup returning in 2021 he could certainly make an appearance for Real Salt Lake in that competition.
“The Club is very proud to announce the addition of Malik to the Monarchs roster,” Real Salt Lake Assistant General Manager Tony Beltran said. “Malik has proven himself a capable winger at the USL level and is someone our staff believes has a very high ceiling. We look forward to his continued development within our pathway.”
Johnson will likely miss the opening week of the USL Championship season as he will probably have to be quarantining following his appearances for Canada in the CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying tournament in Mexico which runs until the end of March.
Johnson will be hoping this move sees him gain some more game time, having dropped a lot in 2020 when he managed four starts, playing under 500 minutes.
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