Sam George (born June 29, 1970 in

Mission Viejo, California Mission Viejo ( ; corruption of ''Misión Vieja'', Spanish for "Old Mission") is a commuter city in the Saddleback Valley in Orange County, California, United States. Mission Viejo is considered one of the largest master-planned communities eve ...

) is a retired American

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

midfielder who played two seasons in the

Western Soccer Alliance Western Soccer Alliance was a professional soccer league featuring teams from the West Coast of the United States and Western Canada. The league began in 1985 as the Western Alliance Challenge Series. In 1986, it became the Western Soccer Alli ...

, three in the

Continental Indoor Soccer League The Continental Indoor Soccer League (CISL) was a professional indoor soccer league that played from 1993 to 1997. History In the summer of 1989 Dr Jerry Buss, the owner of the Los Angeles Lakers and California Sports, told his executive Vice Pre ...

and four in

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 Canada ...

Youth

George grew up playing soccer with the North Huntington Beach Futbol Club. In 1988, he entered

UCLA The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California St ...

where he played on the Bruins soccer team from 1988 to 1991. In 1990, the Bruins won the

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Professional

In 1988, George joined the

Los Angeles Heat Los Angeles Heat joined the Western Soccer Alliance in 1986. They joined the American Professional Soccer League in 1990 when the WSL merged with the American Soccer League, then folded in 1990. The club played in Torrance, California at West Hi ...

of the

before entering UCLA. He played for the Heat again 1989 during the collegiate off season. Following his graduation from UCLA in 1992, there is a one-year gap in George’s career records. In 1993, the expansion Los Angeles United of the

(CISL) drafted George in the first round of the CISL Amateur Draft. In 1994, new ownership moved United to

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and renamed the team the

Anaheim Splash The Anaheim Splash was a U.S. indoor soccer team that played in the Continental Indoor Soccer League (CISL). It was founded in 1992 as the Los Angeles United, but was sold after the season. The new ownership moved the team to Anaheim, Californ ...

. George played through the 1996 season with the Splash. In

New England Revolution The New England Revolution is an American professional soccer club based in the Greater Boston area that competes in Major League Soccer (MLS), in the Eastern Conference of the league. It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, having compet ...

selected George in the third round (22nd overall) of the

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. He played fifteen games with the Revolution and was loaned to the

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. On August 13, 1997, the Revolution traded George to the

Tampa Bay Mutiny Tampa Bay Mutiny was a professional soccer team based in Tampa, Florida. They were a charter member of Major League Soccer (MLS) and played from 1996 to 2001. They played their home games at Tampa Stadium and then at Raymond James Stadium. The ...

and he played seven games with the Mutiny. He remained with Tampa Bay until August 2, 1999 when he was traded, along with

Paul Dougherty Paul Dougherty (born 12 May 1966) is an English former professional soccer player and soccer coach who began his career with Wolverhampton Wanderers in England. He then moved to the United States where he became a journeyman player, bouncing th ...

and a draft pick to the Chicago Fire for

Ritchie Kotschau Richard Scott Kotschau (born November 22, 1975) is an American former soccer player who last played as a defender for the Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer. Club career Kotschau was born in Levittown, New York. After playing college soccer a ...

and

Manny Lagos Manuel "Manny" Lagos (born June 11, 1971) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a midfielder. He and is the former head coach of Minnesota United FC. Club career Early career Born in St. Paul, MinnesotaIrvine, California Irvine () is a Planned community, master-planned city in South Orange County, California, United States, in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The Irvine Company started developing the area in the 1960s and the city was formally incorporated on ...

and has coached youth soccer.UCLA Bruins: Where are they now?
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{{DEFAULTSORT:George, Sam 1970 births Living people American men's soccer players UCLA Bruins men's soccer players Western Soccer Alliance players Los Angeles Heat players Continental Indoor Soccer League players Los Angeles United players Anaheim Splash players New England Revolution players Tampa Bay Mutiny players Chicago Fire FC players Worcester Wildfire players Major League Soccer players A-League (1995–2004) players New England Revolution draft picks Soccer players from Orange County, California Men's association football midfielders Sportspeople from Mission Viejo, California