{{Short description|Scottish-American soccer player}} {{for|the CEO of Walmart|Doug McMillon}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Use American English|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox football biography | name= Doug McMillan | image = | fullname = Douglas McMillan | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1944|10|14}} | birth_place = [[Dundee]], [[Scotland]] | height = | position = [[Striker (association football)|Forward]] | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1973 | years2 = 1974–1976 | years3 = 1976–1978 | clubs1 = [[Cleveland Cobras|Cleveland Stars]] | clubs2 = [[Los Angeles Aztecs]] | clubs3 = [[Los Angeles Skyhawks]] | caps1 = 7 | caps2 = 35 | goals1 = 11 | goals2 = 11 | nationalyears1 = 1974 | nationalteam1 = [[United States men's national soccer team|United States]] | nationalcaps1 = 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | manageryears1 = 1978 | manageryears2 = 1996–2002 | managerclubs1 = [[Los Angeles Skyhawks]] | managerclubs2 = [[Life University]] (assistant) }}
'''Douglas McMillan''' is a former Scottish-American [[soccer]] [[Striker (association football)|forward]]. He was both the 1973 [[American Soccer League (1933–1983)|American Soccer League]] Rookie of the Year and the 1974 [[North American Soccer League (1968–1984)|North American Soccer League]] Rookie of the Year. He earned two [[cap (sports)|caps]] with the [[United States men's national soccer team|United States national team]] in 1974.
==Player== ===Professional=== Born in Scotland, McMillan joined the [[Cleveland Cobras|Cleveland Stars]] of the [[American Soccer League (1933-1983)|American Soccer League]] (ASL) in 1973.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=1mK2xw1E6dAC&dq=%22doug+mcmillan%22+soccer&pg=PA167 Soccer in a Football World]</ref> That season, he scored eleven goals and added seven assists in seven games to place second in the league's points list. This earned him Rookie of the Year honors, the first Rookie of the Year to be named by the ASL.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1973.html#ASL |title=The Year in American Soccer - 1973 |access-date=2007-10-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071031080625/http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1973.html#ASL |archive-date=2007-10-31 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1974, he jumped to the expansion [[Los Angeles Aztecs]] of the [[North American Soccer League (1968-1984)|North American Soccer League]] (NASL). He duplicated his scoring exploits, taking third in the NASL points list with ten goals and ten assists in twenty games. He was again named league Rookie of the Year, making him the only player to earn that honor in two U.S. leagues. Although an expansion team, the Aztecs went to the championship game where McMillan tied the game 3–3 with only a few minutes remaining to take the game into overtime. The Aztecs eventually won in [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalty kicks]]. In addition to his Rookie of the Year honors, he was a second team [[All Star]]. McMillan played two more seasons in Los Angeles, being released in 1976. He then signed with the [[Los Angeles Skyhawks]] of the ASL where he played until 1978.
===National team=== McMillan earned two [[cap (sports)|caps]] with the [[United States men's national soccer team|U.S. national team]] in 1974. Both were 4-0 losses in March 1974. The first loss came at the hands of [[Bermuda national football team|Bermuda]] on March 17 and the second was a loss to [[Poland national football team|Poland]] three days later.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/usa-intres-det70.html USA - Details of International Matches 1970-1979] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100205054634/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesu/usa-intres-det70.html |date=February 5, 2010 }}</ref>
==Coach== In 1978, McMillan was hired as the head coach of the [[American Soccer League (1933-1983)|American Soccer League]] [[Los Angeles Skyhawks]]. He took his team to the championship game where the Skyhawks lost 1–0 to the [[New York Apollo]]. McMillan has continued to coach in various capacities. In 1986, he opened Camp North American Soccer Academy in [[Commerce, Georgia]]. He was also the assistant soccer coach at [[Life University]] from 1996 through at least 2002.
==See also== *[[List of United States men's international soccer players born outside the United States]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://nasljerseys.com/Players/M/McMillan.Doug.htm NASL stats]
{{1974 NASL All-Stars}} {{North American Soccer League (1968–1984) Rookie of the Year}}
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