Sam Rogers (soccer)
American soccer player (born 1999)
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Samual Jarard Rogers (born May 17, 1999) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a center-back for Major League Soccer club Chicago Fire.
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Rogers with the Chicago Fire in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Samual Jarard Rogers | ||
| Date of birth | May 17, 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Seattle, Washington, United States | ||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||
| Position | Center-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Chicago Fire | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2013–2017 | Seattle Sounders FC | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2020 | Tacoma Defiance | 64 | (3) |
| 2021 | OKC Energy | 12 | (0) |
| 2021 | → HamKam (loan) | 17 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | Rosenborg | 38 | (6) |
| 2023–2024 | Lillestrøm | 6 | (0) |
| 2024 | → HamKam (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2024 | → Aalesund (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2025– | Chicago Fire | 25 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018 | United States U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2023 | United States | 1 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of August 19, 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of January 28, 2023 | |||
Career
Rogers joined the Seattle Sounders FC Academy in 2013 and attended Ballard High School in Seattle. On February 23, 2017, it was announced that he signed a letter of intent to play college soccer at Villanova University.[1] On June 13, 2017, Rogers instead chose to forgo college to sign his first professional contract with Seattle Sounders FC 2.[2] Just six days later, on June 19, he graduated from high school.
On March 26, 2017, he made his debut for USL club Seattle Sounders FC 2 in a 2–1 defeat to Sacramento Republic.[3] Rogers scored his first goal for Seattle Sounders FC 2 on April 25, 2017, in a 3–2 loss to San Antonio.[4] He trialed with Standard Liege in 2019 and joined the Seattle Sounders FC preseason camp in early 2020.[5]
In April 2021, Rogers signed with USL Championship side OKC Energy.
In August 2021, Rogers signed with Norwegian second-tier team HamKam on loan until the end of the season.[6] After HamKam gained promotion, Rogers signed a contract for a permanent deal at the start of 2022.[7] A month later Rosenborg, led by his former HamKam manager Kjetil Rekdal, completed the transfer of Rogers to Rosenborg.[8]
On 31 August 2023, Rogers signed with Lillestrøm, on a contract until end of 2026.[9]
Rogers returned on the United States on January 13, 2025, signing a two-year deal with Chicago Fire for an undisclosed fee.[10]
Career statistics
Club
- As of September 3, 2024[11]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Seattle Sounders | 2017 | MLS | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
| Tacoma Defiance | 2017 | USL Championship[12] | 25 | 2 | — | — | 25 | 2 | ||
| 2018 | USL Championship | 11 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | |||
| 2019 | USL Championship | 20 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 0 | |||
| 2020 | USL Championship | 8 | 1 | — | — | 8 | 1 | |||
| Total | 64 | 3 | — | — | 64 | 3 | ||||
| OKC Energy | 2021 | USL Championship | 12 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | ||
| HamKam (loan) | 2021 | 1. divisjon | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 18 | 1 | |
| Rosenborg | 2022 | Eliteserien | 23 | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | 25 | 6 | |
| 2023 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Total | 38 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 6 | ||
| Lillestrøm | 2023 | Eliteserien | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |
| HamKam (loan) | 2024 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | ||
| Aalesund (loan) | 2024 | 1. divisjon | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
| Career total | 144 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 156 | 10 | ||
- Includes U.S. Open Cup, Norwegian Cup
- Appearance in UEFA Conference League
International
- As of match played January 28, 2023[13]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | |
Honors
United States U20
