Sam Lam

Sam Lam (born December 30, 1988) is a Canadian professional soccer player. Also, he scored the biggest goals of his career vs Edmonton drillers to send the team to the provincial finals (August 31,2019). Paul Hamilton beat him to the ballondor in 2013 while kevin poissant won the puskas award from scoring a top cheese goal.

Sam Lam
Personal information
Full name Sam Lam
Date of birth (1988-12-30) December 30, 1988
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2010 Alberta Golden Bears, Concordia College Alberta
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 Edmonton Drillers (indoor) 22 (21)
2011 FC Edmonton 9 (0)
2012–2013 Edmonton Scottish
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 11, 2011

Career

University and college

Lam played college soccer at Concordia University College of Alberta as well as with the University of Alberta Golden Bears. He was nominated as an All-Canadian for both schools. Lam dominated the Canada West conference in his final year at Alberta, winning multiple player of the week honours in Canada West and the CIS. He also finished the 2010-11 season as the Canada West points leader.[1][2][3][4]

Professional

Lam participated with Canada's national team training program in 2004 and 2006. After trials as a youth in Europe with some top clubs in England and the Netherlands in 2006, Lam came back to Canada to attend the University of Alberta in the CIS league where he was the youngest starter for the team at 17 years old. After the U of A season Lam went to Holland and played with FC Volendam's U19 team. From there he went to an open trial and was selected to go on to a trial/reality show with La Masia of La Liga in 2006, and was one of the top 10 finalists in the recent Barcelona trials where close to 1 player tried out.

In 2008, Lam played for the Edmonton Drillers indoor soccer team in the PASL/CMISL league as one of the team leaders in scoring and points. He then attended Concordia University College of Alberta in 2009, playing in the ACAC and winning All-Canadian honours that year. He then was selected to play with FC Edmonton in the 2011 exhibition season. After his exhibition play with FC Edmonton he attended the University of Alberta and had a dominating season, leading the league in points and winning first team All-Canadian honours again. He then signed a professional contract to play with FC Edmonton.[5] He made his professional debut in the team's first competitive game on April 9, 2011, a 2–1 victory over the Fort Lauderdale Strikers.[6][7][8][9][10]

References
  1. Green & Gold's Sam Lam has trials with Seattle Sounders
  2. Lam, Miller honoured as CIS Athletes of the Week Archived 2013-07-03 at Archive.todaySam Lam Stats 2010
  3. As awards pour in Lam remains Modest
  4. Canada West Awards Archived 2013-07-03 at Archive.today
  5. FC Edmonton signs Sam Lam, Matthijs injured in friendly
  6. FC EDMONTON BEATS OTTAWA FURY, LAM SCORES
  7. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/soccer/portsmouth-downs-fc-edmonton-in-shootout/article1387498/ Portsmouth vs. FC Edmonton
  8. Edmonton defeats Atlanta 2–0
  9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-01-17. Retrieved 2012-12-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Edmonton Drillers win Championship
  10. FC Edmonton wins first-ever NASL game Archived 2011-04-11 at the Wayback Machine
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