Kamal Miller

Kamal Anthony Miller (born May 16, 1997) is a Canadian soccer player who currently plays as a defender for CF Montréal in Major League Soccer and the Canadian national team.

Kamal Miller
Personal information
Full name Kamal Anthony Miller[1]
Date of birth (1997-05-16) May 16, 1997
Place of birth Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 CF Montréal
Number 3
Youth career
Vaughan Azzurri
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 Syracuse Orange 78 (7)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Vaughan Azzurri
2016–2017 K-W United 23 (2)
2018 Reading United 9 (0)
2019–2020 Orlando City 28 (0)
2021– CF Montréal 0 (0)
National team‡
2017 Canada U20 1 (0)
2019– Canada 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of November 1, 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of January 15, 2020

Early life

Miller played four years of college soccer at Syracuse University between 2015 and 2018. He scored his first collegiate goal on September 22, 2015 against Binghamton.[2] In 2018, he was named to the All-ACC third team[3] and was named to the United Soccer Coaches All-South Region third team.[4]

While at college, Miller also played for League1 Ontario club Vaughan Azzurri[5] and USL PDL sides K-W United FC[6][7] and Reading United AC.[8]

Club career

Orlando City

On January 11, 2019, Miller was selected 27th overall in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft by Orlando City.[9] He officially signed with the club on March 1, 2019[10] and made his professional debut appearance the following day, starting in Orlando's season opener, a 2–2 draw with New York City FC.[11] As part of Orlando's end-of-season roster decisions it was announced Miller had his contract option for the 2020 season exercised.[12]

Montreal Impact

Miller was selected by Austin FC in the 2020 MLS Expansion Draft[13] and immediately traded to CF Montréal in exchange for $225,000 in General Allocation Money and a first round pick (11th) in the 2021 MLS SuperDraft.[14]

International

Youth

Miller was capped at youth level for Canada U20s, competing at the 2017 CONCACAF U20 Championship. Miller was named to the Canadian U-23 provisional roster for the 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship on February 26, 2020.[15]

Senior

On March 18, 2019, he received his first senior call-up for Canada for their final CONCACAF Nations League qualifying game against French Guiana.[16] In June 2019, Miller was selected in Canada's 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup squad and made his senior international debut on June 23, entering as a 61st minute substitute in Canada's final group stage match, a 7–0 win over Cuba.[17]

Career statistics

Club
As of November 29, 2020[18]
Club Season League Cup Playoffs Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Orlando City 2019 MLS 1600000160
2020 1200020140
Career Totals 2800020300

International
As of January 16, 2020[19]
Canada national team
201930
202020
Total50

References
  1. "40-Player National Team Roster: 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup: Canada" (PDF). CONCACAF. p. 2. Retrieved May 20, 2019 – via Bernews.
  2. "Miller's First Career Goal Leads Orange By Binghamton". Syracuse University Athletics.
  3. "Orange Trio Earn All-ACC Honors". Syracuse University Athletics.
  4. "Buchanan, Miller Earn All-Region Honors". Syracuse University Athletics.
  5. "Success Stories Keep Coming for League1 Ontario". Ontario Soccer Association. February 11, 2015.
  6. "K-W United FC – 2016 Regular Season – Roster – # – Kamal Miller -". www.uslleaguetwo.com. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  7. "K-W United FC – 2017 Regular Season – Roster – # – Kamal Miller -". www.uslleaguetwo.com. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  8. "Reading United AC – 2018 Regular Season – Roster – # – Kamal Miller – D". www.readingunitedac.com. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  9. "Former Syracuse centerback Kamal Miller drafted 27th overall in MLS SuperDraft". The Daily Orange – The Independent Student Newspaper of Syracuse, New York. January 11, 2019. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  10. "Orlando City SC Signs 2019 MLS SuperDraft Pick Kamal Miller | Orlando City Soccer Club".
  11. "Boxscore: Orlando City SC vs. New York City FC 03/02/2019 | Matchcenter".
  12. "Orlando City SC Announces 2019 End-of-Season Roster Decisions". Orlando City SC. November 21, 2019.
  13. "2020 Expansion Draft results: Austin FC makes picks". MLSsoccer.com. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  14. "Impact acquires centre back Kamal Miller from Austin FC". www.impactmontreal.com. December 15, 2020.
  15. "Canada Soccer announces Provisional List for Concacaf Men's Olympic Qualifying". Canada Soccer. February 26, 2020. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
  16. Culver, Jordan. "Orlando City centerback Kamal Miller called up to Canadian men's national team". Pro Soccer USA.
  17. "Canada v Cuba Match Report". www.goldcup.org. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
  18. "Canada – K. Miller – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
  19. "Kamal Miller profile". Canada Soccer.
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