Sam Vines

Acquired: Rapids signed Sam Vines to a three-year homegrown contract on February 23, 2018.

MLS CAREER

2021

• Signed four-year contract on 3/5

2020  

• Only player on squad to play all 1,620 minutes during 18-game regular season  
• Earned first career MLS assist on Lalas Abubakar’s stoppage-time equalizer in 1-1 draw at Houston Dynamo on 9/9  
• Scored first career MLS goal in 5-0 win at Real Salt Lake on 9/12  
• Assisted on Cole Bassett’s game-winning in 2-0 win over LA Galaxy on 9/19  
• Assisted on Andre Shinyashiki’s goal in 3-1 win over Seattle Sounders FC on 11/1  
• Played 18 minutes as substitute in first-round playoff loss at Minnesota United FC  
• Named to MLS Team of the Week in Weeks 22 and 23  
• Ranked No. 13 on MLS 22 Under 22  

2019 

• Earned Man of the Match honors after making his first-ever MLS start on 4/13 against D.C. United at DICK'S Sporting Goods Park. 
• Landed a spot on Major League Soccer's Team of the Week (Week 17) after his performance vs LAFC (6/28). 
• Made his 15th MLS appearance on 7/27 at Avaya Stadium against the San Jose Earthquakes. 
• Named to the MLS Homegrown roster that took on Guadalajara’s U-20 team on 7/30. Vines wore the captain’s band for the second half of the match and converted his penalty during the penalty shoot-out. 

2018 

• Became the seventh Development Academy player to sign a first-team contract with the Rapids. 
• Spent the majority of the 2018 season on loan with the Charlotte Independence of the USL. 
• Vines appeared in 29 games for the Independence, 25 from the start, logging 2,303 minutes. 
• Vines made his MLS debut with the Rapids on 10/21 against the San Jose Earthquakes. 
• Missed the final game of the year due to a quad strain (10/28). 

INTERNATIONAL 

2021  

• Called up to joint USMNT / U-23 MNT January 2021 camp in Bradenton, Fla., on 1/5  
• Played 64 minutes as a starter and assisted on Jesús Ferreira’s first goal in a 7-0 friendly win over Trinidad & Tobago in Orlando, Fla., on 1/31  
• Named to U.S. 48-player preliminary roster ahead of 2021 Olympic Qualifying  

2020  

• Made USMNT senior international debut in 1-0 win over Costa Rica in Carson, Calif., on 2/1  
• Became first Rapids Homegrown and Academy product to start for USMNT  
• Called up to Gregg Berhalter’s December camp alongside teammates Kellyn Acosta and Cole Bassett  
• Started and played first half and made key pass on first goal in 6-0 win over El Salvador in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., on 12/9  

2019  

• Called up to Jason Kreis' 25-player U.S. U-23 MNT camp in Miami alongside teammate Jonathan Lewis on 10/4  
• Made U.S. U-23 debut as a substitute against El Salvador in Miami on 10/15  
• Named to Jason Kreis’ 24-player U.S. U-23 squad for United International Football Festival in the Canary Islands alongside teammate Jonathan Lewis on 10/7  
• Played 90 minutes for U-23s in 1-0 loss to Brazil in Las Palmas, Spain, on 11/14  

YOUTH/CLUB 

• Joined the Rapids youth system in 2013 as a 13-year-old, playing on the U-15, U-16, U-18 and U-19 Development Academy teams. 
• In all, he made 63 appearances for the DA (60 starts), scoring eight goals. 
• Vines was named to the U-17/18 US Soccer Development Academy Best XI for the Central Conference. 
• Earned the 2017 Rapids Academy Player of the Year. 
• Has 23 US Youth National Team call-ups, with the most recent being with the U-20 team, during 2018 Men’s Youth National Team Summit. 
• Previously played for Pride Soccer Club  *