Kayla Mills
Personal information
Full name Kayla Danielle Mills[1]
Date of birth (1995-11-08) November 8, 1995
Place of birth West Covina, California
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 GPSO 92 Issy
Number 18
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 USC Trojans 89 (8)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Sky Blue FC 16 (0)
2018–2020 CSFA Ambilly 21 (2)
2020–2021 Issy 20 (0)
International career
2011–2012 United States U17
2013–2014 United States U20
2015–2017 United States U23
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of April 28, 2019

Kayla Danielle Mills (born November 8, 1995) is an American soccer player who plays for GPSO 92 Issy in the Division 1 Féminine in France.[2][3]

Career

Mills spent her college soccer career at USC where she played from 2013 to 2016. She was part of the team in 2016 that won the NCAA National Championship.[4]

Mills was drafted by Sky Blue FC with the 4th overall pick in the 2017 NWSL College Draft.[5] She appeared in 16 games in 2017, starting 13 of them.[6] Mills was named to Sky Blue FC's 2018 roster. She was released by Sky Blue on June 15, 2018, to make room on the roster for Imani Dorsey. Mills did not appear in a game for Sky Blue in 2018.[7]

After being released by Sky Blue, Mills signed with CSFA Ambilly in the D2, in France. She made her debut for the team on September 23, 2018. At the end of the season 2019-2020 stopped before the end by COVID-19, she signed with another French Team, FF Issy, promoted in D1[3]

Personal life

Mills is a native of West Covina, California, and attended Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy.[8] She majored in communication at the University of Southern California.[9]

Honors

USC Trojans

References

  1. ↑ "Dean's List Fall 2015" (PDF). USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 27, 2017. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
  2. ↑ "ATHLETES". Retrieved December 31, 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Kayla MillS". Retrieved December 31, 2018.
  4. ↑ "USC Trojans Women's Soccer win National Championship". December 5, 2016. Retrieved July 5, 2018.
  5. ↑ Campa, Andrew J. (January 12, 2017). "Mills, Johnson continue careers via NWSL draft" – via LA Times.
  6. ↑ "Kayla Mills Stats". June 30, 2018. Retrieved July 5, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Sky Blue FC signs Imani Dorsey to full professional contract". June 15, 2018. Retrieved July 5, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Kayla Mills leaves lasting impression on Flintridge Sacred Heart Soccer". Los Angeles Times. July 11, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Mills Earned Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week Honors". USC Trojans. September 15, 2015. Archived from the original on June 28, 2022. Retrieved June 28, 2022.


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