Samuel Marqus Lloyd Vines (born May 31, 1999) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a

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for

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club Royal Antwerp and the

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Club career

Colorado Rapids

Whilst with the

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academy, Vines spent time with

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side

Charlotte Independence Charlotte Independence is an American soccer team based in Charlotte, North Carolina that plays in the USL League One, the third tier of the American soccer pyramid. The Independence currently play their home games at American Legion Memoria ...

during their 2017 season. On February 23, 2018, Vines signed a

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player contract with

. He was loaned back out to their affiliate

on March 8, 2018. In 2019, Vines made 23 starts among 26 MLS appearances for Colorado, playing 90 minutes in 18 of Colorado's last 19 league matches. In 2020, Vines played every minute of every regular season match for Colorado, becoming the only player on the roster to do so. Vines picked up his first career MLS assist on Sep 9 against Houston Dynamo, finding Lalas Abubakar for a stoppage-time equalizer. Vines scored his first career MLS goal on Sep 12 in Colorado's 5–0 win over

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to reclaim the

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. Vines made a substitute appearance in Colorado's MLS Cup Playoffs first-round loss to

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. He finished the season with one goal and three assists.

Antwerp

In August 2021, Vines headed to Belgium to sign a three-year contract with a one-year option with

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. At the beginning of September, he suffered a collarbone fracture in training which required surgery.

International career

Prior to making his full senior international debut, Vines was a regular call-up to the U.S. U-23 MNT. Vines was called up to Jason Kreis' 25-player under-23 camp in Miami in October 2019. Vines made his under-23 debut in a 6–1 win over El Salvador at Florida International University on October 15, coming on for

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in the 66th minute. He played 90 minutes in a 1–0 loss to Brazil at the United International Football Festival in the Canary Islands on November 14. Vines was called-up to the

for the first time on January 2, 2020. Vines made his senior debut, starting in a friendly against Costa Rica on February 1, 2020, becoming the first

homegrown to start for the United States senior national team side. Vines was called up again for the senior team's December 2020 camp on November 30. Vines played the first half of the a 6–0 friendly win over

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on December 9 at

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in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. On January 5, 2021, Vines was named to the joint senior and under-23 January camp in Bradenton, Florida, ahead of Olympic qualifying. Vines played 64 minutes and assisted

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's first goal in a 7–0 friendly win over

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in Orlando on January 31.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Templatonia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Vines goal.''

Honors

Royal Antwerp *

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: 2022–23 Belgian Cup, 2022–23 *

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vines, Sam Living people 1999 births American men's soccer players Soccer players from Colorado Sportspeople from Colorado Springs, Colorado Men's association football defenders Charlotte Independence players Colorado Rapids players Royal Antwerp F.C. players USL Championship players Major League Soccer players Belgian Pro League players United States men's youth international soccer players United States men's international soccer players Homegrown Players (MLS) 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup players United States men's under-23 international soccer players CONCACAF Gold Cup-winning players Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium