From early moments of playing for Copley High School near Akron, Ohio to playing Division I at Cleveland State, Ohio native Josh Williams has lived dream after dream of playing the sport he’s so talented at, in the state he is from. In 2010 Josh Williams began play with MLS side Columbus Crew for a five year stint, but in December of 2014 Williams was traded to the new MLS expansion team NYCFC to begin the next chapter of his soccer playing
Josh Williams has the potential to be the best soccer player to ever come out of Northeast Ohio. That’s saying a lot, considering that the area has produced the likes of Brad Friedel, Darlington Nagbe, Justin Morrow, and others. Photo Credit: Brent Durken/ISNSoccer.com His rise in the professional game has been a meteoric one. Williams has grown from a practice player his first season to a regular MLS starter to a star in one of America’s biggest markets. This is not a surprise
