Kamal Miller

[Dub Narcotic 570]

CB, born in 1997, plays with Syracuse and was speculated by Top Drawer Soccer as being the first signing under the new MLS 'Canadian Generation Adidas' program for college underlcassmen (Canadidas?). Played with Ajax and Vaughan clubs as a youngster and played laster year with Vaughan SC in L10.

Capped at U-15 for Canada and was called to U-16 and U-20 squads.

Edited December 30, 2016 by Dub Narcotic

[Shway 3,213]

Signed with OCSC. 

https://www.orlandocitysc.com/post/2019/03/01/orlando-city-sc-signs-2019-mls-superdraft-pick-kamal-miller

Let's get it! 

[lazlo_80 262]

10 minutes ago, Jahinho Guerro said:

Signed with OCSC. 

https://www.orlandocitysc.com/post/2019/03/01/orlando-city-sc-signs-2019-mls-superdraft-pick-kamal-miller

Let's get it! 

Wow. That’s not common for a second rounder. Must’ve really impressed. Great to see. 

[Bison44 6,080]

Whew, they were cutting it close, opening day is saturday. Hopefully they send him down to OCB if he isnt going to get game time.  

[toontownman 2,943]

#cmntCBdepth 

Congrat Kamal, keep up the hard work. 

[Chad_Impact 1,246]

As pointed out on the Canadians Abroad page, Miller starting!! 

[Dominic94 750]

2 Canadians starting ?? but seriously good for him

[Corazon 1,550]

3 Canadians*

[Grizzly 2,792]

I watched the second part of the first half and pretty impressed by Miller so far. He has actually been the best of the three Canadians on the pitch. Neither of the goals were his fault. He is big but very mobile, good ball skills very confident. He takes a few too many risks for my taste (a bit like Ciman) but so far the risky plays have all been successful. By risky plays I mean he received a pass and an attacker was flying at him and he waited until the guy was near and then calmly dribbled past him which was nice ball control but if he loses it in the back there the attacker would have been alone (a pass to another defender would have been safer). Then later he intercepted a pass and kept an attack going which again was nice and impressive but  had he missed it again the attacker would have been alone. Still a lot of promise and very skilled player. He is playing LB in a three man back and looks to me like the type of player who could  be either LB or CB. Could be an important missing piece in our still not very solid Canadian backline.

Edited March 2, 2019 by Grizzly

[Grizzly 2,792]

I was impressed today by Miller. Some have mentioned that we need a good defender to appear out of the blue to match some of our newfound offensive talent. My prediction is that happened today. If a guy can play his first professional game against what is one the stronger teams in MLS both overall and offensively and perform like he did today I think he is going to have a solid future especially as he learns from playing at this level. He was again quite good in the second half. He did get beat once clearly by a small speedy player and partially a second time though he managed to steer the player towards the keeper. He has good speed for his size but he needs to learn to use his positioning better when one on one with a really fast guy. But overall I was very impressed both by his play and various aspects such as his passing, ball control, athleticism and confidence which lead me to believe he could become a very good player.  

[Dominic94 750]

Forgot about Will Johnson....

 

sounds like Miller did well.

[Snowcrash 615]

From the Syracuse highlight tape, he looks really comfortable with the ball at his feet, both passing and dribbling.  No idea why he didn't go first round.  Might have had a poor combine but he's definitely a CB that the men's program should be tracking.

 

Edited March 3, 2019 by Snowcrash

[Vince193 1,177]

U23 beckons. Hell if he plays regularly until March just get him into the senior side.

[shamrock 1,903]

Yeah we need any kind of defensive help we can find. A MLS-starting CB isn't too much to ask now is it?

[toontownman 2,943]

Could have 5 by season end! 

[baulderdash77 2,262]

This is why I find guys looking at our talent pool 2 cycles out delusional.

Suddenly a guy like Kamal Miller appears and starts for a MLS team, which is obviously great.

Good on Kamal.  Glad to see.

[lazlo_80 262]

Kamal gets some love in this article about the game...

 

https://www.prosoccerusa.com/mls/orlando-city-sc/orlando-city-nycfc-opener-takeaways/

[Chad_Impact 1,246]

https://www.prosoccerusa.com/mls/orlando-city-sc/orlando-city-kamal-miller-training-notes/

Article on Miller's rise to the MLS

Edited March 6, 2019 by Chad_Impact

[BrennanFan 2,449]

Also impressive, for me, is that he kept Carlos Ascues on the bench, who is a young Peruvian International CB/DM who has conmebol world cup qualifiers and copa libertadores experience and also spent time at Wolfsburg. 

Ascues would easily be a starter on the CMNT backline, if Miller is at that level, we may have a real player here.

[PopePouri 372]

Can see him overtaking Cornelius as the left side CB if he's playing consistently.

[michaeltfc91 119]

mls defenders now..... Still need a couple more

GK - Crepeau

RB - ZBG

CB - Henry Cornelius Miller Jakovic

LB - Levis Morgan

[shamrock 1,903]

4 minutes ago, michaeltfc91 said:

mls defenders now..... Still need a couple more

GK - Crepeau

RB - ZBG

CB - Henry Cornelius Miller Jakovic

LB - Levis Morgan

yeah that's pretty thin if you ask me. 

EDIT: we both forgot Montgomery at Dallas. He was the highest drafted defender. And of course St Claire although it would take some time before he establishes himself as an MLS player. 

Edited March 6, 2019 by shamrock

[michaeltfc91 119]

yes, i knew i was forgetting st Claire! Hopefully him and Montgomery make some appearances

[El Diego 842]

52 minutes ago, Chad_Impact said:

https://www.prosoccerusa.com/mls/orlando-city-sc/orlando-city-kamal-miller-training-notes/

Article on Miller's rise to the MLS

Nice article. People can say what they want about college athletics and the NCAA road for soccer players (and trust me, I'm not some NCAA apologist in either scenario), but the truth is there are some virtues to the college path (both within in and outside the sport).

[toontownman 2,943]

Another start today and Akindele too.