Sam Lam
{{short description|Canadian soccer player (born 1988)}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Sam Lam
| image =
| fullname = Sam Lam
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=8}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|12|30}}
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| position = Midfielder
| collegeyears1 = 2006–2010
| college1 = Alberta Golden Bears, Concordia College Alberta
| years1 = 2008–2011
| clubs1 = Edmonton Drillers (indoor)
| caps1 = 22
| goals1 = 21
| years2 =2011
| clubs2 = FC Edmonton
| caps2 = 9
| goals2 = 0
| clubs3 = Edmonton Scottish
| years3 = 2012–
| nationalcaps1 =
| nationalgoals1 =
| pcupdate = May 11, 2011
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Sam Lam (born December 30, 1988) is a Canadian professional soccer player.
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.[http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/greenandgoldsoccer/news.cfm?story=87480 Green & Gold's Sam Lam has trials with Seattle Sounders][http://www.canadawest.org/news/2010/10/5/CW_1005105001.aspx Lam, Miller honoured as CIS Athletes of the Week] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130703210727/http://www.canadawest.org/news/2010/10/5/CW_1005105001.aspx |date=2013-07-03 }}[http://www.canadawest.org/custompages/Soccer-Men/Stats/2010-11/confldrs.htm Sam Lam Stats 2010][http://www.edmontonexaminer.com/2010/10/09/as-awards-pour-in-bears-soccer-star-remains-modest As awards pour in Lam remains Modest][http://www.canadawest.org/awards.aspx?aow=27&path=msoc Canada West Awards] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130703210308/http://www.canadawest.org/awards.aspx?aow=27&path=msoc |date=2013-07-03 }}
=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.
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.[http://the11.ca/2011/03/28/fc-edmonton-signs-sam-lam-matthijs-injured-in-friendly/ FC Edmonton signs Sam Lam, Matthijs injured in friendly] 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.[http://www.edmontonsun.com/sports/soccer/2010/07/06/14631136.html FC EDMONTON BEATS OTTAWA FURY, LAM SCORES]https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/soccer/portsmouth-downs-fc-edmonton-in-shootout/article1387498/ Portsmouth vs. FC Edmonton[http://www.nasl.com/index.php?id=3&newsid=437 Edmonton defeats Atlanta 2–0]{{cite web |url=http://the11.ca/2012/04/22/edmonton-drillers-claim-one-game-cmisl-championship/ |title=Edmonton Drillers claim one-game CMISL championship | the11.ca |accessdate=2012-12-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117084337/http://the11.ca/2012/04/22/edmonton-drillers-claim-one-game-cmisl-championship/ |archivedate=2013-01-17 }} Edmonton Drillers win Championship[https://montrealgazette.com/sports/Edmonton+wins+first+ever+NASL+game/4590030/story.html FC Edmonton wins first-ever NASL game] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110411203249/http://www.montrealgazette.com/sports/Edmonton+wins+first+ever+NASL+game/4590030/story.html |date=2011-04-11 }}
References
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External links
- [http://www.fcedmonton.com/content/roster/Sam/Lam FC Edmonton bio]
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Category:Canadian sportspeople of Hong Kong descent
Category:Canadian people of Dutch descent
Category:Canadian men's soccer players
Category:Hong Kong people of Dutch descent
Category:North American Soccer League (2011–2017) players