ASN: A robust camp with the U.S. U-20's leaves Peyton Miller is bold for 2025

ASN’s Brian Sciaretta spoke with New England Revolution homegrown Peyton Miller who just lately accomplished a powerful camp with the U.S. U-20 workforce the place he scored in a win over South Korea.

Brian Sciaretta

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November 21, 2024
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THE UNITED STATES U-20 nationwide workforce simply accomplished a camp the place the workforce posted two spectacular wins over South Korea and France. As to anticipated with outcomes like that, most of the workforce’s gamers carried out nicely. This contains the youngest participant on the roster, Peyton Miller, who scored within the workforce’s 3-0 win over South Korea.

The camp came about in Marbella, Spain and it opened simply two days after his seventeenth birthday, and it was his second time concerned with the workforce after making the roster for the October camp. A flexible participant who can play both left again or left wing, Miller at all times appeared prone to play with the U.S. U-20 workforce the next cycle as he’s eligible for the 2027 U-20 World Cup.

“It’s a good start,” Miller mentioned. “I think that we have a solid group of players and we’re all learning how each other play and stuff like that. It’ll be a really good group.”

However this season, Miller broke into the primary workforce on the New England Revolution and managed to earn substantial taking part in time as a 16-year-old. Even with an damage that compelled him to overlook an prolonged interval, Miller nonetheless managed to earn 10 appearances and eight begins in MLS along with three begins within the Leagues Cup.

U.S. U-20 head coach Marko Mitrovic just lately mentioned he “was not pleased” with the dearth of first workforce taking part in time the gamers in his pool are getting both in MLS or in Europe. However Miller already bucked the development whereas taking part in up a cycle.

“Peyton is someone that is the youngest player on our team,” Mitrovic mentioned of Miller. “With Ruben Ramos Jr. , they were the only players born in 2007. I’m actually pleased with his development. I remember watching him for the first time against Orlando’s second team two years ago in a friendly game and then where he is right now and then just he’s seeing his progression watching him with our U-17’s. He is making great steps with the first team. I spoke with the people from New England also about him. It was great to work with Peyton in person and to learn more about him.”

Peyton Miller exhibiting off his energy and velocity in at the moment’s US U-20 sport.

The US beat France 2-1. #NERevs pic.twitter.com/I8lGeTfHA3

— Seth (@SethMan31) November 18, 2024

Subsequent season, nevertheless, expectations shall be heightened for each Miller and the Revolution who shall be of their second season beneath Caleb Porter as coach. The membership struggled for many of the season and completed in 14th place. For Miller, the check shall be constructing off what he realized in 2024 to proceed to develop and assist his membership.

“It was honestly a great year, a great learning experience,” Miller mentioned of his season with New England. “There were a lot of ups and downs throughout the year because of my injuries and stuff like that, taking away serious time from the season. But I think that I learned from it and I just I’m glad that I got that amount of time because it helped me a lot to get better as a pro and learning what it really meant to be a true pro.”

“The injuries were super hard mentally because I’ve never been injury before,” he added. “It took a big toll on me. But I learned I can get through them. I have the support from the staff and the coaches and my teammates to get through the injuries. It helps a lot. I just have to keep my head up at all times…. I just think it’s a consistency thing. I have a great game and then I have a good game. I want to have all great games. It’s just consistency.”

— New England Revolution (@NERevolution) July 21, 2024

Serving to to guide the New England’s turnaround is a private matter for Miller as he grew up in close by Unionville, Connecticut and was a season member of the membership the place he would frequently attend video games and draw inspiration from most of the workforce’s most profitable gamers.

“I was a season member, so I would go to the games a lot, especially remember watching like Diego Fagundez, a lot,” Miller mentioned. “He was my favorite player growing up. I wanted to be just like him. I remember Chris Tierney and watching him – Jermaine Jones, all those players.”

In 2025, Miller’s precedence may also be his push to make the U-20 World Cup as doubtlessly the youngest participant on the workforce. If he manages to make the workforce, it is going to be his second World Cup after he featured within the 2023 U-17 World Cup that superior to knockout rounds earlier than being eradicated by Germany. In that match, Miller appeared in all 4 video games.

“It was very important to me,” Miller mentioned of the U-17 World Cup final 12 months. “Not a lot of people get to say that they’ve played in a World Cup. For the players, especially me, it’s a dream to play in a World Cup. I think a lot of people get to say they do that. It’s important for your development because like it gives you a confidence boost that you need.”

Going from the U-17 nationwide workforce into the U-20 workforce inside a 12 months is a giant soar however Miller has carried out nicely in two profitable camps to construct momentum heading into 2025. Subsequent up will probably be a January camp for domestic-based gamers adopted by camps in March after which the summer time.

Even with the pressures of New England, this shall be an enormous precedence for Miller to make this U-20 roster regardless of being eligible for the next version.

“I think it’ll be a great opportunity to potentially be on the U-20 World Cup roster,” Miller mentioned. “U-20 World Cup is one of the most important World Cups because it’s U-20. And for me to be able to be on that squad to be able to play in another World Cup. I’m just working towards that and focusing on that.”

“I’ve always thought if you’re good enough, you’re old enough,” he added. “I don’t really look at age like that. If you can compete, you can compete.”