Youth and college Although born in Liberia, Forko and his family moved to
Houston, Texas when he was three years old. Willis attended
Cy-Springs High School in Cypress, TX where he graduated in 2002. He began his collegiate soccer career at the
University of South Carolina in 2002. He played one season there before transferring to the
University of Connecticut. At UConn he appeared in 65 matches, notching three goals and 15 assists, and was twice named to the Third Team All Big East.
Professional Forko was selected in the second round, 14th overall, of the
2006 MLS Supplemental Draft by
Real Salt Lake. He went on to play 38 games for RSL in their first two seasons in
Major League Soccer, before leaving the club at the end of the 2007 season. Forko signed with the
Vancouver Whitecaps of the
USL First Division in 2008, but a month after signing with the Whitecaps, it was announced that Forko had been transferred to the
Norwegian Premier League side
FK Bodø/Glimt. He went on to spend two seasons playing in the
Tippeligaen, making 60 appearances for the team. Forko returned to Vancouver in 2010 with hopes of joining the club in its move to the
Major League Soccer in 2011. He made his first appearance for the Whitecaps on August 29, 2010, in a 2–2 tie with the
Austin Aztex. Forko died in Houston on 8 November 2021, four days before what would have been his 38th birthday. ==Personal life==