Sam Lam (born December 30, 1988) is a

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professional soccer player.

Career

University and college

Lam played

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Concordia University College of Alberta Concordia University of Edmonton, is a publicly funded independent academic institution in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; accredited under the Alberta ''Post-secondary Learning Act''. Concordia offers arts, science, and management undergraduate degre ...

as well as with the

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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.

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

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'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

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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. 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.FC Edmonton wins first-ever NASL game

References

External links

FC Edmonton bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lam, Sam 1987 births Living people Canadian people of Hong Kong descent Canadian people of Dutch descent Canadian soccer players FC Edmonton players North American Soccer League players Association football midfielders