He was just a sixth grader who loved to play soccer.
That’s when freshman Kentucky Men’s Soccer player, Max Miller, knew that he wanted to pursue the sport seriously.
Miller played for the Lexington Football Club for three years after deciding to play competitively when he was in the sixth grade.
During his freshman year at Lexington’s own Bryan Station High School, Miller played on the boy’s varsity soccer team where the Defenders made it to the school’s first-ever district and regional championships.
From high school to the pros
Although he found success as a Defender, Miller opted out of the rest of his high school soccer career following his freshman year to play and train for Cincinnati’s Major League Soccer club, known as F.