Sunday, April 3, 2011

Player Profile: Max Sampson (Soccer)


Sophomore Max Sampson first got involved with soccer in first grade because there was no youth football leagues in the area where he grew up. He has translated that early introduction to the sport into a successful career at LBCC.

Sampson played high school soccer at Junction City here in Oregon where he was an all-state selection as a senior. He also played three years of club soccer before graduating high school. In his first year of college he attended Northwest Christian University in Eugene, Oregon and played for the collegiate soccer team where he started nine games.

After one year at NCU Max transferred to Linn-Benton and began playing for the club team, which he has really enjoyed.

"The club is a good balance of competitive soccer, and a good group that always has fun together," Sampson said in an interview with The Commuter.

This season Sampson was dubbed team captain by his team and coach. He helped the Roadrunners to finish the season on a two game winning streak, and will be a key factor for them to be successful in the April tournament.

When asked what his best memory's from this season were he responded, "My best memory is either scoring a goal from half against Reed College, or when Art said “That’s nice!!!” during a practice, he sounded like that Ken Jeong guy on the Adidas commercials."

After finishing here at Linn-Benton Max says he plans to attend Oregon State University in Corvallis and plans to get his bachelors degree in Exercise Science.

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