Peter Millar (soccer)
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Peter Millar is a former U.S. soccer player.
In 1960, Millar joined Inter SC of the American Soccer League (ASL) and quickly established himself as one of the league's dominant forwards. He led the ASL in scoring during the 1961-1962 season, with 18 goals in 23 games while playing with his team, now known as the Inter-Brooklyn Italians. This led to his selection as the league’s Most Valuable Player honors. The next year, he finished third in the league with 12 goals, but took home a second consecutive MVP award. While he remained with the same team, it changed its name nearly every year, known variably as Inter SC, New York Inter, Boca Juniors and the Inter-Brooklyn Italians. He played his last season with the team in 1968.
In 1964, several teams from the ASL and the German-American Soccer League of New York formed an off season league known as the Eastern Professional Soccer Conference (or Eastern Conference). Millar and his team, New York Inter, played in this league’s single season.
In 1969, Millar played a single season for the Baltimore Bays of the North American Soccer League. He finished 8th in the league’s points list with 18 off 8 goals and 2 assists. Despite his output, Baltimore finished last in the league standings and folded at the end of the season.
He finished his professional career with the New York Inter Giuliana of the German-American Soccer League of New York for whom he played from 1969 to 1972.
Millar earned 13 caps for the U.S. national team between 1968 and 1972, scoring 8 goals (or 9 depending on the sources) during that time. He made an auspicious debut with the team by scoring a hat trick in a September 15, 1968 tie with Israel. Some records only attribute 2 goals to Millar as he and Willy Roy apparently kicked the ball nearly simultaneously which leads to the discrepancy in his stats.[1] He went on to play in all 9 national team games in 1968, scoring 9 goals. He played both national team games in 1969. The national team did not play again until 1972 when Millar earned his last two caps before fading from the national team scene.
