Sam Lam

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 the Seattle Sounders FC of Major League Soccer in 2006, and was one of the top 10 finalists in the recent Seattle Sounders SuperSearch where close to 1,000 players 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]}