He hadn't even been training with the team for a full week, when Portland Timbers defender Roy Miller was asked by his new head coach, Caleb Porter, to step into the starting lineup against the LA Galaxy.
Despite the lack of training time with his new Timbers teammates – nearly all of whom he had never played with before – the experienced Costa Rican defender helped guide a Timbers back line and preserved a shutout in a narrow 1-0 win.
But Miller didn't think what he did was all that extraordinary – it's all part of the job.