James Cameron (soccer)

James Cameron (born January 24, 2005) is a Canadian soccer player who plays for Vancouver FC in the Canadian Premier League.

Early life
Cameron played youth soccer with North Vancouver FC, Mountain United FC, and the Blaise Soccer Academy. He represented British Columbia at the 2022 Canada Summer Games, helping them to a fifth-place finish.

Club career
After having attended the club's open trials in February 2023, in May 2023, Cameron signed a developmental contract with Vancouver FC of the Canadian Premier League, while also playing with their League1 British Columbia affiliate Unity FC. Cameron made his professional debut for Vancouver on June 11, coming on as a substitute against Cavalry FC. He made his first start in the next match on June 17, against Atlético Ottawa. He subsequently appeared in every match, expect for one, for the remainder of the season. In July 2023, he signed a full professional contract with the club, through the Exceptional Young Talent provision. He was named to the CPL Team of the Week for the first time, for Week 17 in August 2023, after being named man of the match against Valour FC. On September 9 he scored his first professional goal, scoring the game-winning goal in stoppage time in a 2-1 victory over Atlético Ottawa. At the end of the season, he was nominated for the CPL U21 Player of the Year award, which was ultimately won by Matteo De Brienne. In November 2023, Vancouver announced Cameron would trial with Luton Town's U21 team, after which he would continue to trial with other Premier League clubs.

International career
In February 2024, Cameron was called up for international duty for the first time, being named to the Canada U20 for the 2024 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship qualifiers. He started the first match against Dominica U20, and came off the bench in the next two matches against Saint Vincent and the Grenadines U20 and Trinidad and Tobago U20. He was then subsequently called up to the squad for the official tournament in July.