Ethen Sampson (born 28 December 1993) is a South African

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player. He is mainly deployed as a

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Club career

Sampson signed with

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club

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Vancouver Whitecaps Football Club is a Canadian professional soccer team based in Vancouver. They compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member club of the league's Western Conference. The MLS iteration of the club was established on Marc ...

on 6 March 2014 after spending the 2013 season with their

USL PDL USL League Two (USL2), formerly the Premier Development League (PDL), is a semi-professional developmental soccer league sponsored by United Soccer Leagues in the United States and Canada, forming part of the United States soccer league syste ...

feeder team. Sampson made his professional debut in a 0–0 draw against

D.C. United D.C. United is a professional soccer club based in Washington, D.C. that competes in the Eastern Conference of Major League Soccer, the top tier of American soccer. Domestically, the club has won four MLS Cups (league championships), four Supp ...

on 6 September 2014. Vancouver declined its contract option on Sampson following the 2015 MLS season.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sampson, Ethen 1993 births Living people South African soccer players South African expatriate soccer players Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23 players Vancouver Whitecaps FC players Whitecaps FC 2 players Ubuntu Cape Town F.C. players New Mexico United players Baroka F.C. players Black Leopards F.C. players USL League Two players Major League Soccer players USL Championship players Men's association football defenders Homegrown Players (MLS) South African expatriate sportspeople in Canada South African expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate soccer players in Canada Expatriate soccer players in the United States