Doug Miller (soccer)

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Doug Miller
Personal information
Date of birth (1969-05-05) May 5, 1969 (age 54)
Place of birth Succasunna, New Jersey, United States
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s)
Forward
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1990 Loyola Greyhounds
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1992
Baltimore Blast
(indoor)
12 (2)
1992–1994
Harrisburg Heat
(indoor)
65 (61)
1994
New York Fever
1994–1996 Cleveland Crunch (indoor) 74 (96)
1996–1999
Rochester Raging Rhinos
86 (53)
1996–2001 Buffalo Blizzard (indoor) 165 (208)
2001 Hershey Wildcats 4 (2)
2003–2006
Rochester Raging Rhinos
60 (22)
2011–2015
Rochester Lancers
(indoor)
74 (79)
2016
Syracuse Silver Knights
(indoor)
7 (4)
2020
Rochester Lancers
(indoor)
2 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Doug Miller (born May 5, 1969) is an American youth soccer coach and retired

A-League. He was the 1996 and 1997 USISL A-League leading scorer and 1997 league MVP. He also won one U.S. Open Cup
.

In 2011, he became the first player signed to the new

Rochester Lancers
indoor team and was named the first team captain in the club's history.

Youth and college

Miller was born in the

Loyola College in Maryland which offered him a full athletic scholarship. Miller spent four seasons (1987–1990) with the Greyhounds, serving as team captain his junior and senior seasons.[2] While he finished his collegiate career in 1990, he did not complete his bachelor's degree
in communications and public relations until 1993.

Professional

In 1991, the

Rochester Lancers
.

Miller once again came out of retirement in 2020 to play for the Rochester Lancers, scoring 3 goals in 2 games. In doing so, he became the first American soccer player to play in four different decades.

Coaching

In 1993, Miller became the Director of Soccer at Team USA Pro-Soccer Camp, a summer youth soccer camp. He also served as the Director of player development for the Greece Buccaneers. Miller currently owns and operates the Doug Miller Rochester Rhinos Academy in Rochester, New York. In 2009, Miller acquired the rights to the women's USL W-League soccer franchise in Rochester NY, starting the Rochester Ravens FC.[6]

In August 2014, he was named head coach of Rochester Lancers indoor soccer team.

References

  1. ^ Miller's childhood Archived March 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Miller in high school and college Archived August 22, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "U.S. Soccer History – 1996". Archived from the original on 2009-08-05. Retrieved 2008-02-24.
  4. ^ "U.S. Soccer History – 1997". Archived from the original on 2009-01-31. Retrieved 2008-02-24.
  5. ^ Miller's Professional Career Archived August 24, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Ravens Return to Rochester Archived 2009-05-09 at the Wayback Machine

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