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Callum Montgomery
Canadian soccer player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Callum Montgomery (born May 14, 1997) is a Canadian soccer player who plays for Canadian Premier League side Cavalry FC.
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Early life
Montgomery was born in Nanaimo, British Columbia[1] to a Canadian father and Fijian mother.[2] He began playing youth soccer at age four with the Nanaimo Soccer Association.[2] Afterwards, he joined the Vancouver Island Wave in 2011.[3][4] In Grade 11, he began attending boarding school at St. Michaels University School,[5] and helped them to a BC Provincial AA Championship title in 2014, scoring the winning goal in the final and being named tournament MVP.[6]
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In 2015, Montgomery began attending the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where he played for the men's soccer team.[7] He scored his first collegiate goal on October 20, 2015 against the Virginia Tech Hokies.[8] At the end of the season, he was named to the Conference USA All-Freshman Team.
During his sophomore season,he helped the 49ers win the Conference USA regular-season title, and was named a Second-Team CoSIDA Academic All-American, Conference USA All-Academic team, and First-Team CoSIDA Academic All-District.[7][9][10]
During his junior season, he was a Second-team CoSIDA Academic All-American, earned CoSIDA Academic All-District, United Soccer Coaches All-South Region Scholar and Conference USA All-Academic honours, and was named to the Second Team All-Southeast Region, was a First Team All-Conference USA and First Team All-State.[7][11][12]
In his senior season, he was named a First Team All-American, a First-Team CoSIDA Academic All-American, the Conference USA Scholar-Athlete of the Year, Conference USA Defensive Player of the Year, First-team All-Southeast Region, First-Team All-Conference USA, was named to the Conference USA All-Tournament team, was a semifinalist for the MAC Hermann Trophy, was a Second-team Senior CLASS Award All-American, First-team Scholar All-American, First-team Scholar All-South Region, Second-team TopDrawerSoccer.com All-American, First-team NCCSIA All-State, and was named Team MVP.[7][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] He scored 11 goals in 73 appearances, over his four seasons,[21] and was invited to the MLS Combine, ahead of the 2019 MLS SuperDraft.[22] He was named the top centre-back prospect ahead of the draft.[23]
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From 2016 to 2018, he played with the Victoria Highlanders in the Premier Development League, captaining the side in his final two seasons.[24] In 2016, he was named Lake Side Buoys Supporters’ Choice Award as the Highlanders’ player of the year.[25] In 2018, he was named to the 2018 PDL All-League and the PDL All-Western Conference teams.[26]
In January 2019, he was selected in the first round (fourth overall) of the 2019 MLS SuperDraft by FC Dallas.[27][28][29] He officially signed with the club in February,[30][31] after having participated in the club's pre-season and playing five pre-season matches, in which he scored one goal.[32] He spent the 2019 season on loan with the second team, North Texas SC, in USL League One.[33][34] In February 2020, he was loaned to San Antonio FC in the USL Championship.[35][36] He made his debut for San Antonio on March 7, 2020, scoring his first goal against the Real Monarchs.[37] After the 2020 season, his contract option was declined by Dallas.[38]
In December 2020, Montgomery's MLS rights were traded to Minnesota United FC in exchange for a fourth round pick in the 2022 MLS SuperDraft and $50,000 in conditional General Allocation Money.[39] In February 2021, he signed a new contract with Minnesota.[40] In June 2021, he was loaned to USL Championship side San Diego Loyal SC for the rest of the 2021 season.[41][42] In November 2022, Minnesota United declined his club option for the 2023 season.[43]
In February 2023, he signed with Cavalry FC of the Canadian Premier League.[44][45][46] In December 2023, Montgomery re-signed with Cavalry for the 2024 season, with a club option for 2025.[47][48] In January 2025, Montgomery would sign a 2 year contract extension with Cavalry, keeping him at the club through the 2026 season.[49]
International career
In 2019, he was named to the Canada U23 player pool ahead of qualification for the 2020 Olympics.[50] In 2020, he was officially named to the Canada U23 team for the 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship,[51] later being re-named to the squad in March 2021 (as the tournament was delayed from 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[52] He made his debut in the first group game against El Salvador, where he suffered an injury, returning in the semi-final loss to Mexico.[53]
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Career statistics
- As of match played August 4, 2025[54]
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