Kyle Porter

Vancouver Whitecaps

Porter grew up in nearby Mississauga, Ontario and attended John Fraser Secondary School, St. Joan of Arc Catholic Secondary School and Burnaby Central Secondary School, and played club soccer for the Erin Mills Soccer Club and the Mississauga Falcons before joining the Vancouver Whitecaps FC Academy program in 2007. He appeared in friendly games with the Residency team during tours of Germany and played in the prestigious Dallas Cup in 2007. Porter also played with the Vancouver Whitecaps Residency team in its inaugural season in the USL Premier Development League in 2008.

Loan to Energie Cottbus

Porter was loaned to Energie Cottbus after impressing the German club during a one-month trial in the summer of 2008, and subsequently played for Cottbus' U-19 Junior Bundesliga side. He was promoted to the Cottbus U-23 reserve squad that played in Germany's fourth-tier Regionalliga Nord during the second half of the 2008–2009 season, making five appearances and scoring one goal. He continued with Cottbus II in the 2009–2010 season, making 11 appearances and scoring one goal.

Return from loan

Porter returned to the Vancouver Whitecaps in mid-2010, and made his debut as a substitute on October 2, 2010, in Vancouver's last game of the 2010 USSFD2 regular season, a 2–2 tie with the Portland Timbers. Porter delivered the cross for the equalizing goal in the match. Porter played with the MLS Whitecaps during the 2011 pre-season, he was…

Porter has represented Canada at U-17, and U-20 levels. He appeared in all four Group B matches of CONCACAF final round qualifying for the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup, and played two games for the Canada U-20's at the 2009 CONCACAF U-20 Championship. Porter made his senior team debut on January 26, 2013, in a friendly against Denmark as a second half sub for Russell Teibert, the game ended as a 4–0 defeat. On July 6, Porter was named to the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup roster as a replacement for Nana Attakora who sustained an injury. Porter was not initially supposed to be an active member of the roster, but three days later Randy Edwini-Bonsu was forced to leave the Gold Cup due to injury and Simeon Jackson due to a club commitment which forced him to join the team before its second match against Mexico.

As of June 11, 2023

Porter's father was born in Jamaica and his mother was born in Canada. He speaks English and picked up some German while playing in Germany. His wife's name is Rachel Michelle Rosart. His son's name is Kyden Anthony Neville Porter.