{{short description|American soccer player (born 1983)}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Kyle Veris | image = | fullname = Kyle Veris | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|3|15}} | birth_place = Washington, D.C., United States | height = {{height|ft=6|in=4}} | position = Defender | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = 2001–2002 | youthclubs1 = Akron Zips | youthyears2 = 2003–2005 | youthclubs2 = Ohio State Buckeyes | years1 = 2002 | clubs1 = Mid-Michigan Bucks | caps1 = 9 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2003 | clubs2 = Columbus Shooting Stars | caps2 = 7 | goals2 = 2 | years3 = 2004 | clubs3 = Toledo Slayers | caps3 = 1 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2005 | clubs4 = Michigan Bucks | caps4 = 13 | goals4 = 2 | years5 = 2006–2007 | clubs5 = Los Angeles Galaxy | caps5 = 18 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2008 | clubs6 = Hødd | caps6 = 17 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2009 | clubs7 = Puerto Rico Islanders | caps7 = 20 | goals7 = 0 | years8 = 2010 | clubs8 = Miami FC | caps8 = 18 | goals8 = 1 | years9 = 2011–2012 | clubs9 = Pittsburgh Riverhounds | caps9 = 7 | goals9 = 0 | pcupdate = May 22, 2011 | ntupdate = | medaltemplates = }}
'''Kyle Veris''' (born March 15, 1983, in Washington, D.C.) is an American soccer player.
==Career==
===Youth and college=== Veris grew up in Strongsville, Ohio, and learned to play soccer in the Lake Erie Youth Premier Soccer League. He began his career as playing club soccer for Ohio Premier, winning many league championships and accolades. He ended his career in the LEYPSL playing with Cleveland United, another powerhouse team where he flourished under the Serbian coach, Joe Raduka and Josepphi Pavlek.
Veris played high school soccer at Strongsville High School, and played college soccer at Akron for two years as a center forward before transferring to Ohio State in 2003. At Ohio State, he switched to central defense after redshirting the 2003 season and was named all-Big Ten Conference as a defender in 2004 and 2005.
He also played extensively in the USL Premier Development League, having spells with Michigan Bucks, Toledo Slayers and Columbus Shooting Stars.
===Professional=== Veris was drafted in the third round (25th overall) of the 2006 MLS SuperDraft by Los Angeles Galaxy. Over the course of the season, he started 10 games for the Galaxy, but never pinned down a consistent first team spot, and was waived at the end of 2007.
After a one-year stint at Hødd in Norway, Veris signed with the Puerto Rico Islanders for the 2009 season.<ref>[https://futbolboricua.blogspot.com/2009/03/islanders-firman-veris.html Islanders firman a Veris]</ref> In February 2010 Veris signed with Miami FC.<ref>[http://www.trackalerts.com/global/?p=1089 Miami FC Signs Kyle Veris]{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
Veris signed with Pittsburgh Riverhounds of the USL Pro league on March 29, 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4174014|title = Riverhounds Add Experience to First Team|date = 29 March 2011}}</ref>
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==External links== * [http://www.prislandersfc.com/index/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=113:perfil-kyle-veris&catid=43:profile&Itemid=86 Puerto Rico Islanders bio] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080206003324/http://la.galaxy.mlsnet.com/players/bio.jsp?team=t106&player=veris_k&playerId=ver308510&statType=current MLS player profile]
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