Cory Miller (born July 22, 1988) is an American

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player.

Career

College and amateur

Miller was an all-conference centerback at Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais, Illinois from 2006 to 2009. During his senior season in 2009, he led ONU to the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference championship and the NAIA national tournament – both program firsts. He was a two-time NAIA Scholar-Athlete and CCAC All-First Team and CCAC All-Academic Team in 2009. During his college years he also played with the

Atlanta Blackhawks Atlanta Blackhawks was an American soccer team based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Founded in 2009, the team played in the USL Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Southeast Division of the ...

and the

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in the

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Professional

Miller was invited to try out with the

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prior to their inaugural season in

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in 2011, but was not offered a contract by the team. Miller signed his first professional contract in 2011 when he joined Carolina RailHawks of the

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. He made his professional debut on April 9 in a game against

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. On August 28, 2014, Miller was signed by Indy Eleven of the

. For the 2018 season he was on the roster at Detroit City FC.http://detroitcityfc.bonzidev.com/sam/teams/index.php?team=5933388

References

External links

Carolina RailHawks bio

Indy Eleven Bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Miller, Cory 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Snellville, Georgia Soccer players from Georgia (U.S. state) Soccer players from Chicago American men's soccer players Men's association football defenders Atlanta Blackhawks players DFW Tornados players North Carolina FC players Orange County SC players Indy Eleven players USL League Two players North American Soccer League (2011–2017) players USL Championship players