Position: Midfielder/Forward
College: St. Louis
Hometown: Overland Park, Kan.
U-20 Caps/Goals: 12/4

U.S. National Teams: A versatile player who can play a number of positions on the field, from outside or inside midfield or up front as a forward … Under-20s: 2004: Tied for the lead with four international goals this year … Has played in 15 matches, 11 starts … Leads the team with 12 international appearances … Played with the U.S. Under-20 National Team in a tour of Korea in June ... Scored against Poland in Korea in a 2-2 draw on June 26 … Scored two goals in 4-1 victory over Jamaica on April 22 in Sunrise, Fla. … Scored equalizing goal in 2-1 victory over Mexico in Fort Lauderdale on Nov. 21.

College:  2004: Was named first-team All-Conference and NSCAA second-team All-Midwest Region ... Was one of 16 semifinalists for the Hermann Trophy ... Was the Bills' leading scorer with 24 points (10G, 4A) ... Was named C-USA Offensive Player of the Week and to Soccer America's Team of the Week for the period ending Oct. 10 ... Assisted on Ryan Wileman's game winner against UAB ... Had two goals, including the winner, and assisted on the other SLU goal against SMS ... Was named C-USA Offensive Player of the Week back-to-back for the periods ending Sept. 5 and 12 ...Sscored both goals to beat Virginia and was named to the Saint Louis Classic All-Tournament Team ... Netted the game winner at Marquette ... Collected a hat trick in the first half against UMSL ... Shared the C-USA preseason Player of the Year award with UAB's Leandro de Oliveira … 2003: Was named second-team NSCAA All-Midwest Region, second-team All-Conference and to the C-USA All-Freshman team ... Tied for the C-USA lead with five game winners ... Was the Bills' second-leading scorer with 23 points (9G, 5A) ... Assisted on both Billiken goals at Maryland in the NCAA quarterfinal ... Scored twice at UAB and was named C-USA co-Offensive Player of the Week for the period ending Nov. 9 ... Was named C-USA Offensive Player of the Week and to College Soccer News' and Soccer America's national Teams of the Week for the period ending Oct. 12 ... Notched back-to-back game winners against USF and DePaul ... Posted his first two-goal game with a career-high five points against WIU ... Was named C-USA co-Offensive Player of the Week for the period ending Sept. 7 and also was selected to Soccer America's and College Soccer News' national Teams of the Week ... Was offensive MVP of the Furman Classic ... Posted his first career assist on Vedad Ibisevic's insurance goal against Clemson ... Notched the game winner with his first career goal against Akron.

High School / Club: Gatorade Missouri Player of the Year in 2002, NSCAA first-team All-Midwest Region, All-State and Kansas City All-Metro Player of the Year after compiling 92 points (36G, 20A) in his senior year ... Hawklets were Missouri Class 4A runners-up in 2001 and 2002, but won the 1999 state title during John's freshman campaign ... Competed in 2003 McDonald's All-America game and assisted on Vedad Ibisevic's goal.

Personal: Three-year honor roll student