Sam Franklin is a retired American soccer player who spent his professional career in the USL A-League.

Youth

In 1994, Franklin graduated from Yorktown High School where he was 1994 All-Met soccer player. He attended the University of Virginia

University of Virginia

The University of Virginia is a public research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, founded by Thomas Jefferson...

, playing on the men's soccer team from 1994 to 1998.

Professional

On February 6, 1999, the Los Angeles Galaxy

Los Angeles Galaxy

The Los Angeles Galaxy are an American professional soccer team, based in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson, California, which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, and the league's second...

 selected Franklin in the second round (twenty-fourth overall) of the 1999 MLS College Draft

1999 MLS College Draft

The 1999 Major League Soccer College Draft.Major League Soccer held its fourth annual college draft on February 6 and 7, 1999 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The first round of the draft took place on Saturday with the second and third rounds on Sunday morning. The College Draft was followed by the...

. The Boston Bulldogs

Boston Bulldogs (soccer)

The Boston Bulldogs were a soccer club originally founded in 1996 as the Worcester Wildfire. The team debuted in the USISL and would play in the A-League from 1997 to 2000...

 also selected Franklin in the USL A-League draft. Franklin signed with the Bulldogs and spent two seasons in Boston. In 2001, he played for the Connecticut Wolves

Connecticut Wolves

The Connecticut Wolves were a soccer club that competed in the United Soccer Leagues from 1993 to 2002. Based in New Britain, Connecticut, and playing in Veteran's Stadium, the club started in the D-3 Pro League before moving to the A-League in 1997.-History:...

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