Samir Badr is an American

United States

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 soccer player of Palestinian

Palestinian people

The Palestinian people, also referred to as Palestinians or Palestinian Arabs , are an Arabic-speaking people with origins in Palestine. Despite various wars and exoduses, roughly one third of the world's Palestinian population continues to reside in the area encompassing the West Bank, the Gaza...

 descent playing for Seattle Sounders

Seattle Sounders

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 in the MLS

MLS

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Amateur

Samir Badr attended Robinson Secondary School

Robinson Secondary School

James W. Robinson, Jr. Secondary School, known as Robinson Secondary School, opened in 1971, is a public school in the Commonwealth of Virginia....

 appearing as a goalkeeper

Goalkeeper

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 for the varsity

Varsity

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 soccer team. Badr was named to the 2009 ESPN RISE high school boys soccer All-America

All-America

An All-America team is an honorary sports team composed of outstanding amateur players—those considered the best players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply...

 team. During his senior season in 2009, Badr was perfect, not allowing a goal the entire season.

Professional

After finishing high school, Samir Badr, went to Europe for a trial with both FC Porto and Sporting Lisbon. Impressed, FC Porto quickly signed Badr to a long term contract. He currently plays with the reserve squad..After left FC Porto youth teams he went on a trial at Seattle Sounders

Seattle Sounders

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International

Samir Badr played for the US U-15 national team

United States men's national soccer team

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 and US U-17 national team. Badr is currently a member of the US U-20 national team, and was a member of the 2010 Milk Cup

2010 Milk Cup

The 2010 Milk Cup was the 2010 edition of a prestigious youth association football tournament that has been running annually since 1983. Teams from around the world competed in a week-long tournament in the North Coast area of Northern Ireland. The teams were divided into three categories: Elite,...

 winning squad.

Badr was featured in The New York Times Magazine

 as one of eleven Next-Gen American Soccer players.

Samir Badr is also in consideration for the US U-23 national squad for the 2012 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament

 in the hopes of qualifying for the 2012 Summer Olympics

2012 Summer Olympics

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in London.