Education
Cantrell attended Downingtown High School West and was a four-year varsity starter.
Cantrell attended Downingtown High School West and was a four-year varsity starter.
As a junior, he helped the Whippets reach the state finals and was named second team all-area. However, as a senior, they captured the Ches-Mont League, District I and American Automobile Association state championships, and Cantrell was named all-Ches-Mont League, Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily Local first-team all-area. Cantrell decided to play for University of Pennsylvania Men"s Soccer.
In his collegiate debut, he registered an assistant
Overall, he appeared in 67 games from 2009 to 2012, with 13 goals and 10 assists, and was named co-captain his senior season. College honors Cantrell joined Bridges Football Club (which "take players that haven"t made it - whether pro, amateur, or college - and to prepare them for careers in pro soccer") after college.
While on tour in Europe, he impressed Lidkøpings FK, a team in the Swedish Football Division 3, who subsequently signed him (and two other Bridges players) for the 2013 season. In March 2014, Cantrell signed with Vasa IFK, who play in Kakkonen, the third division of football in Finland.
He made his league debut on April 19 against MaPS in a 0-0 draw.
His first goal for the team came in a May 3 matchup against TPV, where he scored in the 38th minute, and then again in the 57th, completing the brace. Cantrell finished the season with 14 goals, the second leading goal-scorer in the Kakkonen West group that year, and Vasa IFK finished first in their group, earning a promotion to Ykkönen (second division) in 2015.