Sam Raben

Hometown: Greenwood Village, Colorado
College: Wake Forest
Citizenship: USA
Birth date: May 11, 1997
Acquired: Signed to a one-year Homegrown contract on January 15, 2019.

2019

• Became the tenth Development Academy player to sign a first-team contract with the Rapids.

COLLEGE

2018

• Played in every minute (8187) of every game (91) during his four years at Wake Forest.
• He ranks tied for third in program history with 91 starts, and tied for seventh with 91 career games played. 
• Senior class won 73 games in four years, the most of any Division I program during his time.
• Top Drawer Soccer named Raben to the NCAA Men’s Team of the Week for 10/31.

2017

• Served as the anchor of the defense helping Wake Forest post 14 shutouts, as well as a top-five goals-against average in the nation in 2017.
• The Deacs recorded six straight shutouts for a shutout streak of more than 600 minutes, second-longest in program history.

2016

• Provided three assists on the season, giving the primary assist on Ema Twumasi's game-winning bicycle kick against Cal Poly (8/28) that made SportsCenter's Top 10 Plays of the Day at No. 5.
• Raben was a mainstay in the team that played Stanford for the National Championship.
• Wake Forest ranked in the top 10 nationally in goals-against-average.
• Wake Forest recorded a program record seven-straight shutouts in 2016.

2015

• Named ACC Defensive Player of the Week on 10/20 after helping Wake Forest shut out North Carolina, ending its 16-game unbeaten streak.
• Helped Wake Forest record 12 shutouts on the season and a stellar 0.58 goals against average on the season.
• Also assisted with Wake Forest's five-game shutout streak that tied the program record for most consecutive shutouts.
• Finished the season on Top Drawer Soccer's Top 100 Freshmen in the Nation list at No. 13 after checking in at No. 13 in the midseason release.
• Wake Forest ranked in the top 10 nationally in goals-against-average.

YOUTH

• Played with Rapids U-23s of the PDL in 2017 and 2018.
• Played for the Colorado Rapids Academy's U-18/19 team.
• Was part of the 2017 US Maccabi Games team in Israel.
• Region IV Semi-Finalist in 2012.
• Named second team All-State and All-Conference in 2012.
• Starting varsity centerback in 2012 and named captain in 2013 at Cherry Creek High School.
• Became a State Cup Champion (2011-12) with Cherry Creek High School.
• 2010 US Soccer National Cup Champion for the U-13 Boys Premier Group (Colorado Storm).