Sam Vines has been chasing after soccer balls since he was in kindergarten. He is also chasing after a dream that many rising athletes can only imagine — playing their favorite sport while representing their nation on the world’s stage. And right now, the Colorado Spring native/Colorado Rapids homegrown has the world on a string.
Vines’ competitive youth play started with the Colorado Springs Pride Soccer Club. Like many youth clubs in the state, Pride SC realized that Vines was full of potential, and supported his efforts to explore the Colorado Rapids Development Academy (DA) program up I-25 in greater Denver in 2013.