Personal information | |||||||||||
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Full name | Samuel Marqus Lloyd Vines [1] | ||||||||||
Date of birth | May 31, 1999 | ||||||||||
Place of birth | Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States | ||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||
Position(s) | Left-back | ||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||
Current team | Colorado Rapids | ||||||||||
Number | 3 | ||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||
–2013 | Pride SC | ||||||||||
2013–2017 | Colorado Rapids | ||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
2017 | Charlotte Independence | 0 | (0) | ||||||||
2018–2021 | Colorado Rapids | 53 | (2) | ||||||||
2018 | → Charlotte Independence (loan) | 29 | (0) | ||||||||
2021–2023 | Royal Antwerp | 44 | (2) | ||||||||
2024– | Colorado Rapids | 27 | (1) | ||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||
2017 | United States U18 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||
2019–2021 | United States U23 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||
2020–2022 | United States | 9 | (1) | ||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 26, 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of September 23, 2022 |
Samuel Marqus Lloyd Vines (born May 31, 1999) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a left-back for Major League Soccer club Colorado Rapids.
Whilst with the Colorado Rapids academy, Vines spent time with United Soccer League side Charlotte Independence during their 2017 season. [2]
On February 23, 2018, Vines signed a homegrown player contract with Colorado Rapids. [3] He was loaned back out to their affiliate Charlotte Independence on March 8, 2018. [4]
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. [5] Vines picked up his first career MLS assist on Sep 9 against Houston Dynamo, finding Lalas Abubakar for a stoppage-time equalizer. [6] Vines scored his first career MLS goal on Sep 12 in Colorado's 5–0 win over Real Salt Lake to reclaim the Rocky Mountain Cup. [7] Vines made a substitute appearance in Colorado's MLS Cup Playoffs first-round loss to Minnesota United FC. [8] He finished the season with one goal and three assists.
In August 2021, Vines headed to Belgium to sign a three-year contract with a one-year option with Royal Antwerp. [9] At the beginning of September, he suffered a collarbone fracture in training which required surgery. [10]
Vines returned to Major League Soccer side Colorado Rapids on January 22, 2024, signing a four-year contract through 2027. [11]
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. [12] Vines made his under-23 debut in a 6–1 win over El Salvador at Florida International University on October 15, coming on for Chris Gloster in the 66th minute. [13] He played 90 minutes in a 1–0 loss to Brazil at the United International Football Festival in the Canary Islands on November 14. [14]
Vines was called up to the United States national team for the first time on January 2, 2020. [15] Vines made his senior debut, starting in a friendly against Costa Rica on February 1, 2020, becoming the first Colorado Rapids homegrown to start for the United States senior national team side. [16] Vines was called up again for the senior team's December 2020 camp on November 30. [17] Vines played the first half of the a 6–0 friendly win over El Salvador on December 9 at Inter Miami CF Stadium in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. [18]
On January 5, 2021, Vines was named to the joint senior and under-23 January camp in Bradenton, Florida, ahead of Olympic qualifying. [19] Vines played 64 minutes and assisted Jesús Ferreira's first goal in a 7–0 friendly win over Trinidad & Tobago at Exploria Stadium in Orlando on January 31. [20]
Club | Season | League | National cup [a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Charlotte Independence | 2017 | United Soccer League | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
Charlotte Independence (loan) | 2018 | United Soccer League | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 0 | ||
Colorado Rapids | 2018 | MLS | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
2019 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 0 | ||||
2020 | 18 | 1 | — | — | 1 [b] | 0 | 19 | 1 | ||||
2021 | 8 | 1 | — | — | — | 8 | 1 | |||||
Total | 53 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 55 | 2 | |||
Royal Antwerp | 2021–22 | Belgian Pro League | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 [c] | 0 | — | 30 | 0 | |
2022–23 | 15 | 1 | — | 5 [d] | 0 | — | 20 | 1 | ||||
2023–24 | 5 | 1 | — | 2 [e] | 0 | 1 [f] | 0 | 8 | 1 | |||
Total | 44 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 2 | ||
Colorado Rapids | 2024 | MLS | 27 | 1 | — | — | 9 | 0 | 36 | 1 | ||
Career total | 153 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 179 | 5 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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United States | 2020 | 2 | 0 |
2021 | 6 | 1 | |
2022 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 9 | 1 |
No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | July 11, 2021 | Children's Mercy Park, Kansas City, United States | 4 | Haiti | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup |
Royal Antwerp
United States
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