Kyle Porter

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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 (age 34)
Place of birth
Toronto, Ontario
, Canada
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward, Right-back, Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Scrosoppi FC
Youth career
1995–2002
Erin Mills SC
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 19 (1)
2022 Blue Devils FC 19 (5)
2023– Scrosoppi FC 6 (0)
International career‡
2006–2008 Canada U17 6 (0)
2009 Canada U20 4 (0)
2013–2015 Canada 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of June 11, 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of November 15, 2013

Kyle Neville Porter (born January 19, 1990) is a Canadian professional soccer player for Scrosoppi FC in League1 Ontario.

Club career

Vancouver Whitecaps

Porter grew up in nearby

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

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

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

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 FC Edmonton

On December 23, 2020, Porter returned to FC Edmonton for the 2021 season.[21] In January 2022, Porter departed the club.[22]

Blue Devils FC

In 2022, he played for Blue Devils FC in League1 Ontario.[23] On August 14, he scored a hat trick against Unionville Milliken SC.[24] In December 2022, he retired from professional soccer.[25]

Scrosoppi

In 2023, he continued to play at the semi-professional level in League1 Ontario with Scrosoppi FC.[26]

International career

Porter has represented

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.[27] 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,[28] 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.[29]

Personal life

Porter's father was born in Jamaica and his mother was born in Canada.[30] He speaks English and picked up some German while playing in Germany. His wife's name is Rachel Michelle Rosart. His son's name is Kyden Anthony Neville Porter.

Career statistics

As of June 11, 2023[16]
Club statistics
Club Season League Playoffs National Cup[a] Continental[b] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Energie Cottbus II (loan) 2008–09 Regionalliga 5 1 — — — 5 1
2009–10 NOFV-Oberliga Nord 12 1 — — — 12 1
Total 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 2
Vancouver Whitecaps 2010 USSF D2 Pro League 5 0 0 0 0 0 — 5 0
FC Edmonton 2011 North American Soccer League 24 7 1 0 2 0 — 27 7
2012 North American Soccer League 24 5 — 2 0 — 26 5
Total 48 12 1 0 4 0 0 0 53 12
D.C. United 2013 Major League Soccer 27 3 — 3 0 — 30 3
2014 Major League Soccer 5 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 10 0
Total 32 3 0 0 4 0 4 0 40 3
Richmond Kickers (loan) 2014 USL Pro 6 4 1 0 0 0 — 7 4
Atlanta Silverbacks
 2015 North American Soccer League 29 2 — 2 0 — 31 2
Ottawa Fury 2016 North American Soccer League 15 0 — 3 0 — 18 0
Ottawa Fury Academy
2016
Première Ligue de soccer du Québec
 3 0 — — 0 0 3 0
Tampa Bay Rowdies 2017 United Soccer League 11 0 0 0 1 1 — 12 1
Ottawa Fury 2018 United Soccer League 3 0 — 0 0 — 3 0
Tampa Bay Rowdies 2018 United Soccer League 5 0 — 0 0 — 5 0
York9
 2019 Canadian Premier League 25 2 — 6 0 — 31 2
2020 Canadian Premier League 6 1 — — — 6 1
Total 31 3 0 0 6 0 0 0 37 3
FC Edmonton 2021 Canadian Premier League 19 1 — 1 0 — 20 1
Blue Devils FC 2022[23] League1 Ontario 19 5 2 0 — — 21 5
Scrosoppi FC 2023[26] League1 Ontario 6 0 0 0 — — 6 0
Career total 249 32 4 0 21 1 4 0 278 35

  1. ^ Includes appearances in the Canadian Championship and U.S. Open Cup.
  2. CONCACAF Champions League
    .

Honours

D.C. United

  • 2013

References

  1. ^ "Boys ID Camp Results". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2011-02-16.
  2. ^ "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". Archived from the original on 2010-08-28. Retrieved 2010-10-03.
  3. ^ "USSF Division-2 Pro League". Ussf.demosphere.com. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  4. ^ [1] [dead link]
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-10-15. Retrieved 2011-10-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ "Porter agrees to terms with D.C. United". Rednationonline.ca. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  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. ^ a b c d e Kyle Porter at Soccerway
  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. ^ Jacques, John (January 18, 2022). "Kyle Porter Has Left FC Edmonton". Northern Tribune.
  23. ^ a b "Kyle Porter 2022 L1O Stats". League1 Ontario.
  24. ^ "L1O Weekly Review". League1 Ontario. August 15, 2022.
  25. ^ Jacques, John (December 4, 2022). "Kyle Porter Retires From Pro Football". Northern Tribune.
  26. ^ a b "Kyle Porter 2023 L1O Stats". League1 Ontario.
  27. ^ "Inexperienced Canada overpowered by Denmark". Canada Soccer Association. Archived from the original on 2013-01-30. Retrieved 2013-01-26.
  28. ^ "Canada Set for Gold Cup opener against Martinique". Canada Soccer. Archived from the original on October 7, 2013. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
  29. ^ "Canada MNT roster update team on the ground in Seattle". Canada Soccer. Archived from the original on October 7, 2013. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
  30. ^ "Kyle Porter". Canada Soccer. Retrieved 14 January 2019.

External links

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