Myron Samuel


Myron Samuel is a Vincentian international footballer who currently plays for Seattle Sounders FC 2 in the USL. Samuel is one of the youngest players to play and to score for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

Club career

Samuel played for Vincentian NLA Premier League clubs System 3 FC in 2009 and Avenues United FC from 2009 to 2013, and Rendezvous FC of the Barbados Premier Division from 2013 to 2015. He scored 14 goals in 2013, 25 goals in 2014, and 12 goals in 2015. On 7 June 2011, Samuel appeared in a reserve match for American side Seattle Sounders FC. On 18 August 2015, it was announced that he had returned to Seattle and signed for its reserve team in the United Soccer League, Seattle Sounders FC 2. He joined his national team strike partner Oalex Anderson and fellow Vincentian and Seattle manager Ezra Hendrickson who brought him to Seattle during his first stint in 2011. The next day, Samuel made his debut for the club, coming on as a second-half substitute. He went on to score two goals in the match, including the game-winner, as Seattle won 3–2 over the Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC. It was later revealed that Samuel had broken his foot in the same match and had undergone successful surgery and was undergoing rehabilitation. The player was expected to be out for 10 weeks, missing the remaining six games of the season, and possibly longer.
On 4 December 2015, it was announced that Samuel would return to S2 for the 2016 USL season, along with international teammate Oalex Anderson.

International career

Samuel made his senior debut for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in 2008 at the age of 18 during 2008 Caribbean Cup qualification. Samuel won the Golden Boot as top scorer during the 2015 Windward Islands Tournament with four goals and three matches as Saint Vincent and the Grenadines were crowned champions of the tournament for the first time.

International goals

NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.17 September 2008Stade Louis Achille, Fort-de-France, Martinique3–13–12008 Caribbean Cup qualification
2.10 September 2010George Odlum Stadium, Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia?–05–1Friendly
3.10 September 2010George Odlum Stadium, Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia?–05–1Friendly
4.18 September 2011Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1–02–12014 FIFA World Cup qualification
5.15 October 2011Grenada National Stadium, St. George's, Grenada1–01–12014 FIFA World Cup qualification
6.1 September 2012Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1–02–0Friendly
7.21 October 2012Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia1–02–12012 Caribbean Cup qualification
8.25 October 2012Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia3–04–02012 Caribbean Cup qualification
9.14 November 2012Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet, Trinidad and Tobago1–11–12012 Caribbean Cup qualification
10.5 September 2014Antigua Recreation Ground, St. Johns, Antigua and Barbuda1–04–02014 Caribbean Cup qualification
11.21 September 2014A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground, Road Town, British Virgin Islands1–06–0Friendly
12.8 October 2014Stade René Serge Nabajoth, Les Abymes, Guadeloupe1–11–32014 Caribbean Cup qualification
13.12 May 2015Philip Marcellin Grounds, Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia2–15–12015 Windward Islands Tournament
14.12 May 2015Philip Marcellin Grounds, Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia3–25–12015 Windward Islands Tournament
15.14 May 2015Philip Marcellin Grounds, Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia2–12–12015 Windward Islands Tournament
16.16 May 2015Philip Marcellin Grounds, Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia1–01–02015 Windward Islands Tournament
17.14 June 2015Providence Stadium, Providence, Guyana1–04–42018 FIFA World Cup qualification
18.25 March 2016Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1–02–32018 FIFA World Cup qualification
19.4 June 2016André Kamperveen Stadion, Paramaribo, Suriname1–01–22017 Caribbean Cup qualification
20.3 July 2017Kirani James Athletic Stadium, St. George's, Grenada3–43–42017 Windward Islands Tournament
21.4 July 2017Kirani James Athletic Stadium, St. George's, Grenada2–24–22017 Windward Islands Tournament
22.4 July 2017Kirani James Athletic Stadium, St. George's, Grenada3–24–22017 Windward Islands Tournament
23.4 July 2017Kirani James Athletic Stadium, St. George's, Grenada4–24–22017 Windward Islands Tournament

Personal life

He is the cousin of fellow Vincentian international footballer Shandel Samuel.