Kayla Danielle Mills (born November 8, 1995) is an American

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player who plays for

GPSO 92 Issy Grand Paris Seine Ouest 92 Issy (commonly known as GPSO 92 Issy or simply Issy) are a French women's football team based in Issy-les-Moulineaux. The club currently compete in Division 2 Féminine, the Second Division of women's football in Fra ...

in the

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in France.

Career

Mills spent her college soccer career at

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where she played from 2013 to 2016. She was part of the team in 2016 that won the NCAA National Championship. Mills was drafted by

Sky Blue FC NJ/NY Gotham FC is a professional women's soccer team based in Harrison, New Jersey. Founded in 2006 as Jersey Sky Blue, the team was known as Sky Blue FC from 2008 until 2020. A founding member of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) in 2013 ...

with the 4th overall pick in the

2017 NWSL College Draft The 2017 NWSL College Draft was the fifth annual meeting of National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) franchises to select eligible college players. It was held on January 12, 2017 at the National Soccer Coaches Association of America Convention in ...

. She appeared in 16 games in 2017, starting 13 of them. Mills was named to

's 2018 roster. She was released by Sky Blue on June 15, 2018, to make room on the roster for

Imani Dorsey Imani Michelle Dorsey (born March 21, 1996) is an American professional soccer player who currently plays for NJ/NY Gotham FC in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She attended Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic High School in Olney, Mar ...

. Mills did not appear in a game for Sky Blue in 2018. 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

Personal life

Mills is a native of

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, and attended

Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy is a private, all-girls Catholic high school in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles run by the Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose. It is located in La Cañada Flintridge, California, on a campus ne ...

. She majored in

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at the

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Honors

USC Trojans *

NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship The NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship, sometimes known as the Women's College Cup, is an American college soccer tournament conducted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and determines the Division I women's national ...

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

References

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1995 births Living people American women's soccer players United States women's under-20 international soccer players Sportspeople from West Covina, California Soccer players from California USC Trojans women's soccer players NJ/NY Gotham FC draft picks NJ/NY Gotham FC players National Women's Soccer League players Women's association football defenders GPSO 92 Issy players American expatriate women's soccer players American expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate women's footballers in France {{US-women-footy-bio-stub