Kyle Porter

Porter grew up in nearby Mississauga, Ontario and attended John Fraser Secondary School, St. Joan of Arc Catholic Secondary School and Burnaby Central Secondary School, and played club soccer for the Erin Mills Soccer Club and the Mississauga Falcons before joining the 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 Dallas Cup in 2007. Porter also played with the Vancouver Whitecaps Residency team in its inaugural season in the USL Premier Development League in 2008.[2]

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.

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.

He then signed with FC Edmonton of the 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]

After an extended trial period, Porter signed with Major League Soccer's D.C. United on February 23, 2013.[6] Since joining United, he has become a regular starter. On May 19, 2013, Porter scored his first goal for United, off a cross from Chris Pontius against Sporting Kansas City. The match ended in a 1–1 draw.[7] Porter's option was declined by DC United at the close of the 2014 season.[8] In total, he played 32 games, scored 3 goals, and made one assist for DC in MLS.

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]

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]

In March 2017, Porter signed with the Tampa Bay Rowdies in the USL.[13]

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]

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]

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]

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

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]