Sam Williams (soccer)
Sam Williams (born March 18, 2005) is an American soccer midfielder who plays for Chicago Fire in Major League Soccer. He is from Tenafly, New Jersey, and is 5 ft 9 in tall. He wears number 47 for Chicago Fire.
Career highlights
- Youth and college: New York Red Bulls academy; played for the North Carolina Tar Heels (2022–2024), with 56 appearances and 6 goals.
- Professional career:
- New York Red Bulls II (2021–2022): 37 appearances, 1 goal. Debuted on July 3, 2021, as an injury-time substitute against Miami FC.
- FC Motown (2023–2024): 5 appearances, 0 goals.
- Chicago Fire FC II (2025): 1 appearance.
- Chicago Fire (MLS) (2025): 7 appearances, 0 goals (as of July 23, 2025).
- Milestones: On July 15, 2022, he became the first New York Red Bulls academy player to log more than 2,000 minutes for Red Bull II, in a win over Indy Eleven.
- Transfers: On January 20, 2025, he joined Chicago Fire FC II on a one-year deal. On March 14, 2025, Chicago Fire acquired his homegrown rights from New York Red Bulls for $100,000 in General Allocation Money and signed him to a homegrown deal.
This page was last edited on 3 February 2026, at 13:20 (CET).