Cassie Miller
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_058.jpg) Miller with Gotham FC in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Carissa Xenia Miller[1] | ||
| Date of birth | April 28, 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Cave Creek, Arizona, United States | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Seattle Reign | ||
| Number | 38 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2002–2004 | Gilbert SC | ||
| 2005 | Tempe Pros SC | ||
| 2005 | SC del Sol | ||
| 2006–2012 | Sereno SC | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2017 | Florida State Seminoles | 94 | (0) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014 | Toronto Lady Lynx | ||
| 2015 | Colorado Rush | ||
| 2016 | Seattle Sounders Women | ||
| 2017 | Chicago Red Stars Reserves | ||
| 2018–2019 | PSV | 8 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Apollon Limassol | 0 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Chicago Red Stars | 15 | (0) |
| 2020 | → Apollon Ladies (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Kansas City Current | 12 | (0) |
| 2024 | NJ/NY Gotham FC | 4 | (0) |
| 2025– | Seattle Reign | 0 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2012 | United States U17 | 1 | (0) |
| 2013–2017 | United States U20 | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of December 20, 2024 | |||
Carissa Xenia Miller (born April 28, 1995) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) club Seattle Reign.[2]
Miller grew up in Arizona and played youth soccer with Sereno Soccer Club, where she was teammates with Julie Johnston.[3]
Collegiate career
Miller played for the Florida State Seminoles women's soccer team from 2014 to 2017. Playing every minute in goal for the 2014 Seminoles team, Florida State recorded a 24–1–1 record and won the program's first College Cup.[4] As of 2022[update], her 19 solo shutouts in the 2014 season were tied for the NCAA Division I all-time record with Katelyn Rowland and Casey Murphy.[5]
Club career
Miller played for teams in the pro-am USL W-League and Women's Premier Soccer League, including the Toronto Lady Lynx in 2014,[citation needed] Colorado Rush in 2015,[6] Seattle Sounders Women in 2016,[7] and Chicago Red Stars Reserves in 2017.[8]
Miller declined to register for the 2018 NWSL College Draft and instead sought to begin her professional career in Europe.[3][4]
PSV Eindhoven, 2018–2019
In January 2018, Miller signed an 18-month contract to play for Dutch team PSV Eindhoven.[4]
Apollon Ladies, 2019–2020
After her contract expired at PSV, Miller signed with Cypriot club Apollon Ladies FC, where she sought to compete in the 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League.[3]
Chicago Red Stars, 2020–2022
On June 23, 2020, NWSL club Chicago Red Stars signed Miller for the 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup,[9] where she made her NWSL debut on July 1, 2020.[10] After finishing as runners-up in the cup, the Red Stars loaned Miller back to Apollon Ladies for the NWSL offseason.[11]
The Red Stars rostered Miller as the team's third keeper before the 2021 season, but injuries to backup Emily Boyd while on loan and to starter Alyssa Naeher at the 2020 Summer Olympics resulted in Miller becoming the team's starting goalkeeper for the end of the season. The Red Stars qualified for the playoffs, and Miller recorded two post-season shutouts against NJ/NY Gotham FC and Portland Thorns FC[12] before drawing 1–1 against Washington Spirit in regulation time of the championship match and losing 2–1 after extra time.[13]
Kansas City Current, 2022–2023
In February 2022, the Red Stars traded Miller to Kansas City Current in exchange for $75,000 in NWSL allocation money.[14] Miller served as the backup keeper to Adrianna Franch in the 2022 season, making two appearances and recording one shutout.[15]
In the 2023 season, Franch was benched by interim head coach Caroline Sjöblom in favor of Miller.[16]
NJ/NY Gotham FC, 2024
On January 23, 2024, Miller was traded to Gotham FC in exchange for $70,000 in allocation money as well as a $30,000 intra-league transfer fee.[2]
Seattle Reign FC, 2025–
On December 20, 2024, Miller joined Seattle Reign as part of a trade that also saw Lynn Williams move to Seattle and Jaelin Howell join Gotham.[17]
