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Kamal Miller

Project playerPortland Timbers · 29 yrsRotation

Profile

Full nameKamal Anthony Miller
PositionCentre-back
NationalityCanada
Age29
Date of birth16 May 1997
BirthplaceScarborough
Height183 cm
Shirt number#4
ClubPortland Timbers
Centre-back
25
Appearances
1
Goals
0
Assists
1834
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Portland Timbers.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Major League Soccer11106676.69

Scout report

Project playerCentral defender

K. Miller is a 29-year-old central defender at Portland Timbers, rated 26.9 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 361st of 525 on scout potential in the Major League Soccer. An experienced operator, he has been a regular starter this season (67.9% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.7 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Miller.

Judged on this season alone, Miller graded 10 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 90th of 127 of the 127 centre-backs in the Major League Soccer, on 1 clean sheet and 2.699 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 17 → 10). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2023/24.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 27, 84th of 127 of the 127 centre-backs in the Major League Soccer. At 29 Miller is in his prime years, and a market index of 2.8 reflects that trajectory.

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Below his 2023/24 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2023/24Holding levelRemarkably consistent4 clubs
26.9
Ratingi
84th of 127 centre-backs
10.1
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
67.9%
Minutes
a regular starter
2.7
Def. actions / 90
moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Portland Timbers finished 11th of 15 · a lower-table side

25
Apps
2.7
Def. / 90
19
Tackles
21
Interceptions
1
Clean sheets

2.7 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 1 clean sheet across 25 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (11th of 15) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight. Going forward he chipped in 1 goal and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 67.9% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.

Watch points

  • Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 26.9, Miller carries the 84th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Major League Soccer of 127, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Portland Timbers finished 11th of 15) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.7 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.1× now → 0.8× projected in three years).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the Major League Soccer with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals1
Shots on target2
Shots3

Passing

Assists0
Chances created3
Passes1,313
Pass accuracy91%

Possession

Successful dribbles1
Dribble success100%
Duels won64
Duels won %61.5%
Fouls won12

Defending

Tackles19
Interceptions21
Blocks15
Fouls committed18

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards4
Red cards1

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.