Kyle Porter

Kyle Neville Porter (born January 19, 1990) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays for FC Edmonton in the Canadian Premier League.

Kyle Porter
Porter with the Vancouver Whitecaps in 2010
Personal information
Full name Kyle Neville Porter
Date of birth (1990-01-19) January 19, 1990
Place of birth Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward, Right-back, Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 FC Edmonton
Youth career
1995–2002 Erin Mills
2003–2006 Mississauga Falcons[1]
2007–2008 Vancouver Whitecaps
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 Whitecaps Residency 10 (5)
2008–2010 → Energie Cottbus II (loan) 17 (2)
2010 Vancouver Whitecaps 5 (0)
2011–2012 FC Edmonton 48 (12)
2013–2014 D.C. United 32 (3)
2014 → Richmond Kickers (loan) 6 (4)
2015 Atlanta Silverbacks 29 (2)
2016 Ottawa Fury 15 (0)
2016 → Ottawa Fury Academy 3 (0)
2017 Tampa Bay Rowdies 11 (0)
2018 Ottawa Fury 3 (0)
2018 Tampa Bay Rowdies 5 (0)
2019–2020 York9 31 (3)
2021– FC Edmonton 0 (0)
National team‡
2006–2008 Canada U17 6 (0)
2009 Canada U20 4 (0)
2013–2015 Canada 7 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of September 1, 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of November 15, 2013

Club career

Vancouver Whitecaps

Porter grew up in nearby Mississauga, Ontario and attended John Fraser Secondary School, St. Joan of Arc Catholic Secondary School and Burnaby Central Secondary School, and played club soccer for the Erin Mills Soccer Club and the Mississauga Falcons before joining the Vancouver Whitecaps FC Academy program in 2007.

He appeared in friendly games with the Residency team during tours of Germany and played in the prestigious Dallas Cup in 2007. Porter also played with the Vancouver Whitecaps Residency team in its inaugural season in the USL Premier Development League in 2008.[2]

Loan to Energie Cottbus

Porter was loaned to Energie Cottbus after impressing the German club during a one-month trial in the summer of 2008, and subsequently played for Cottbus' U-19 Junior Bundesliga side. He was promoted to the Cottbus U-23 reserve squad that played in Germany's fourth-tier Regionalliga Nord during the second half of the 2008–2009 season, making five appearances and scoring one goal. He continued with Cottbus II in the 2009–2010 season, making 11 appearances and scoring one goal.

Return from loan

Porter returned to the Vancouver Whitecaps in mid-2010, and made his debut as a substitute on October 2, 2010 in Vancouver's last game of the 2010 USSFD2 regular season, a 2–2 tie with the Portland Timbers. Porter delivered the cross for the equalizing goal in the match.[3]

Porter played with the MLS Whitecaps during the 2011 pre-season, he was offered a contract by the club but both parties could not agree to terms.

FC Edmonton

He then signed with FC Edmonton of the North American Soccer League in April 2011. He made his debut for Edmonton on April 27, 2011, in the team's 2011 Canadian Championship match with Toronto FC.[4] Porter was under contract with FC Edmonton for the 2012 season.[5]

D.C. United

After an extended trial period, Porter signed with Major League Soccer's D.C. United on February 23, 2013.[6] Since joining United, he has become a regular starter. On May 19, 2013, Porter scored his first goal for United, off a cross from Chris Pontius against Sporting Kansas City. The match ended in a 1–1 draw.[7] Porter's option was declined by DC United at the close of the 2014 season.[8] In total, he played 32 games, scored 3 goals, and made one assist for DC in MLS.

Atlanta Silverbacks

Porter signed with the Atlanta Silverbacks of the NASL on March 3, 2015.[9] He made his debut against Indy Eleven in Atlanta's season opener on April 4.[10]

Ottawa Fury

In January 2016 Porter made his return to Canada, signing with Ottawa Fury FC.[11] In December 2016, the Fury announced that Porter would not return to the team as the club moved to USL in 2017.[12]

Tampa Bay Rowdies

In March 2017, Porter signed with the Tampa Bay Rowdies in the USL.[13]

Return to Ottawa

After a two-week trial, Porter signed for a second spell with the Ottawa Fury on 8 February 2018.[14] He was released by the club in July 2018 after making three appearances.[15][16]

Return to Tampa Bay

On July 13, 2018 Porter signed for a second spell with the Tampa Bay Rowdies.[17] He made five appearances for Tampa that year.[16]

York9

On November 29, 2018, Porter signed with York9 FC of the Canadian Premier League.[18] He made his debut for York9 in their inaugural match against Forge FC on April 27, 2019.[19] That year, he made 25 league appearances, scoring two goals, and made six appearances in the Canadian Championship.[16] On December 9, 2019, Porter re-signed with York for 2020.[20] During the shortened 2020 season, he made six appearances, scoring one goal.[16]

Return to Edmonton

On December 23, 2020, Porter returned to FC Edmonton for the 2021 season.[21]

International career

Porter has represented Canada at U-17, and U-20 levels. He appeared in all four Group B matches of CONCACAF final round qualifying for the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup, and played two games for the Canada U-20's at the 2009 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.

Porter made his senior team debut on January 26, 2013 in a friendly against Denmark as a second half sub for Russell Teibert, the game ended as a 4–0 defeat.[22] On July 6 Porter was named to the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup roster as a replacement for Nana Attakora who sustained an injury. Porter was not initially supposed to be an active member of the roster,[23] but three days later Randy Edwini-Bonsu was forced to leave the Gold Cup due to injury and Simeon Jackson due to a club commitment which forced him to join the team before its second match against Mexico.[24]

Personal life

Kyle Porter's father was born in Jamaica and his mother was born in Canada.[25] He speaks English and picked up some German while playing in Germany.

Career statistics
As of September 6, 2020[16]
Club statistics
Club Season League National Cup[lower-alpha 1] Continental[lower-alpha 2] Other[lower-alpha 3] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Energie Cottbus II (loan) 2008–09 Regionalliga 51——0051
2009–10 NOFV-Oberliga Nord 121——00121
Total 172000000172
Vancouver Whitecaps 2010 USSF D2 Pro League 5000—0050
FC Edmonton 2011 North American Soccer League 24720—10277
2012 North American Soccer League 24520—00265
Total 48124000105312
D.C. United 2013 Major League Soccer 27330—00303
2014 Major League Soccer 50104000100
Total 323404000403
Richmond Kickers (loan) 2014 USL Pro 6400—1074
Atlanta Silverbacks 2015 North American Soccer League 29220—00312
Ottawa Fury 2016 North American Soccer League 15030—00180
Ottawa Fury Academy 2016 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec 30——0030
Tampa Bay Rowdies 2017 United Soccer League 11011—00121
Ottawa Fury 2018 United Soccer League 3000—0030
Tampa Bay Rowdies 2018 United Soccer League 5000—0050
York9 2019 Canadian Premier League 25260—00312
2020 Canadian Premier League 6100—0061
Total 313600000373
FC Edmonton 2021 Canadian Premier League 0000—0000
Career total 20526201402023129
  1. Includes appearances in the Canadian Championship and U.S. Open Cup.
  2. Includes appearances in CONCACAF Champions League.
  3. Includes appearances in the NASL Playoffs and USL Pro Playoffs.

Honours

D.C. United

References
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  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-10-15. Retrieved 2011-10-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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  7. "Recap: D.C. United 1 - Sporting KC 1". DCUnited.com. May 19, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
  8. Taylor, Adam (December 8, 2014). "D.C. United declines options on Jeff Parke and four other players".
  9. "Silverbacks Add Canadian International, Open Cup Winner". March 3, 2015.
  10. "March Center - NASL". April 4, 2015.
  11. "Canadian International Kyle Porter Joins Fury FC". Nasl.com. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  12. Ottawa Fury FC Staff (December 13, 2016). "Fury FC would like to thank non-returning players". Ottawa Fury FC.
  13. David Morassutti. "Canada's Kyle Porter starts new chapter with Tampa Bay Rowdies". The Toronto Observer. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  14. "Portilla, Porter officially join Fury FC ahead of 2018 season". Ottawa Fury FC. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  15. Theo Gauthier (July 8, 2018). "Fury release Canadian Kyle Porter expect more changes". Ottawa Sports.
  16. "K. Porter". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  17. "Defender Kyle Porter Returns to Rowdies". Tampa Bay Rowdies. 2018-07-13. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  18. Bedakian, Armen (November 29, 2018). "Kyle Porter yearns to 'be remembered' with historic York9 FC signing". York9fc.canpl.ca. Retrieved November 29, 2018.
  19. Davidson, Neil (April 27, 2019). "Forge FC, York9 FC tie in Canadian Premier League's entertaining opener".
  20. Armen Bedakian (December 9, 2019). "York9 FC re-signs Joe Di Chiara, Kyle Porter, and Colm Vance for 2020". Canadian Premier League. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  21. Marty Thompson (December 23, 2020). "Veteran Kyle Porter signs with FC Edmonton for 2021 season". Canadian Premier League. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  22. "Inexperienced Canada overpowered by Denmark". Canada Soccer Association. Retrieved 2013-01-26.
  23. "Canada Set for Gold Cup opener against Martinique". Canada Soccer. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
  24. "Canada MNT roster update team on the ground in Seattle". Canada Soccer. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
  25. "Kyle Porter". Canada Soccer. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
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