Sam Forko (born 2 September 1978) is a

Liberia Liberia (), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean to its south and southwest. It ...

n former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who played as a defender with the

New York MetroStars The New York Red Bulls are an American professional soccer club based in the New York metropolitan area. The Red Bulls compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Eastern Conference. The club was established in October 1994 and b ...

Major League Soccer Major League Soccer (MLS) is a men's professional soccer league sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation, which represents the sport's highest level in the United States. The league comprises 29 teams—26 in the U.S. and 3 in Cana ...

. Forko was drafted in the

2002 MLS SuperDraft The 2002 Major League Soccer SuperDraft was held on February 10, 2002 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. One month earlier, MLS had contracted two clubs: Tampa Bay Mutiny and Miami Fusion. In conjunction with the contraction, the league conducted bo ...

with the 30th pick out of the

University of Connecticut The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land-grant research university in Storrs, Connecticut, a village in the town of Mansfield. The primary 4,400-acre (17.8 km2) campus is in Storrs, approximately a half hour's drive from H ...

. He played in 9 games with the MetroStars, starting 3 before being released. He is the brother of fellow Connecticut alumnus and Liberian international footballer

Willis Forko Willis Forko (12 November 1983 – 8 November 2021) was a Liberian professional footballer who played as a left-back. Career Youth and college Although born in Liberia, Forko and his family moved to Houston, Texas when he was three years old. ...

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Sam Forko
MetroFanatic.com 1978 births Living people Liberian men's footballers Liberian expatriate men's footballers Major League Soccer players UConn Huskies men's soccer players New York Red Bulls players University of Connecticut alumni Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States New York Red Bulls draft picks Men's association football defenders {{Liberia-footy-bio-stub