Sam Bader has a history as both a player and a coach in soccer. In high school, he was awarded Standout Athlete at Hayfield Secondary School with both District and Metro Honors, after playing soccer throughout his childhood. During his college years, Bader played for George Mason University from 1999-2002 where he was an NCAA D1 Top 25 player. He went on to play Semi-professionally in VISL from 2002-2005. Bader has coached and been a member of the senior staff for clubs in the area for over a decade. He also was the head coach for Washington Spirit Youth Super Y from 2014-2016, as well as a VYSA ODP State Coach and Northern District Director. On top of that, Bader served as Head Coach for CCL United teams participating in the Gothia Cup (Sweden), Vildbjerg Cup (Denmark), the Target USA Cup (Minnesota), Virginia U16 ODP Girls vs the Belgian U18 Women’s National Team. 

He has several coaching accolades including Virginia State Cup Champion, Super Y National Champion, ODP Region 1 Champion, ODP National Championship Finalist, and USYS National League Finalist. Bader also has many league championships (CCL, NCSL, ODSL, WAGS) and tournament championships (Jeff Cup (VA), PDA (NJ), Bethesda (MD), Disney (FL), Target USA Cup (MN), WAGS (VA), Potomac (MD)) under his belt. Bader has his US Soccer A License and his US Soccer National Youth License. He currently coaches for the U15 and U16 Blue Metros and serves as the Assistant Boy’s Travel Director for DC Soccer Club.