ORLANDO, Fla. (Feb. 4, 2026) \u2014\u00a0Orlando City SC has signed defender Nolan Miller to a first-team contract through the\u00a02026\u00a0Major League Soccer season, with club options for\u00a02027,\u00a02027\u201328\u00a0and\u00a02028\u201329, the\u00a0Club announced today. The Lions selected Miller, a University of Michigan product, with the ninth overall pick in the 2026 MLS SuperDraft.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re excited to welcome Nolan to\u00a0the First Team,\u201d said Ricardo Moreira, Orlando City SC\u00a0General\u00a0Manager and\u00a0Sporting\u00a0Director. \u201cHe\u2019s\u00a0shown\u00a0strong leadership and professionalism at\u00a0a young age, and those qualities have stood out\u00a0throughout our\u00a0preseason\u00a0preparations. Nolan has embraced the daily demands of the professional environment, and\u00a0we\u2019ve\u00a0been encouraged by the potential\u00a0he\u2019s\u00a0shown as he continues to grow within our group.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Miller, 21, was a mainstay on Michigan\u2019s back line throughout his four-year collegiate career. He earned Second Team All-Big Ten honors twice (2023, 2025), United Soccer Coaches All-North Region recognition in\u00a02024\u00a0and a spot on the Big Ten All-Freshman Team in 2022. Miller started every match in both his junior and senior seasons, logging more than\u00a01,600 minutes\u00a0each year while contributing key goals and assists.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Off the field, Miller twice earned Academic All-Big Ten honors and was named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team. Before joining Michigan, he developed within the Columbus Crew U-19 and MLS NEXT Pro environments, as well as with the Vardar U-17 MLS NEXT side.<\/p>\n
TRANSACTION:\u00a0Orlando City SC signs 2026 MLS SuperDraft selection Nolan Miller to a first-team contract through the\u00a02026\u00a0MLS season, with club options for\u00a02027, 2027-28 and\u00a02028\u201329.<\/p>\n
\n Nolan Miller\u00a0<\/p>\n
Born: March 8, 2004, in Troy, Mich.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. (Feb. 4, 2026) \u2014\u00a0Orlando City SC has signed defender Nolan Miller to a first-team contract through…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":143730,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[115,139,4786,4788,141,140,15995],"class_list":{"0":"post-143729","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orlando","8":"tag-news","9":"tag-orlando","10":"tag-orlando-city","11":"tag-orlando-city-sc","12":"tag-orlando-headlines","13":"tag-orlando-news","14":"tag-transactions"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143729\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}