Sorber was born and raised in in Florissant, Missouri in the Saint Louis area, where his father Pete Sorber was the head coach of the Saint Louis Community College-Florissant Valley soccer team for 30 years. Under his father’s tutelage, Mike developed into a polished youth player.
Sorber was born and raised in in Florissant, Missouri in the Saint Louis area, where his father Pete Sorber was the head coach of the Saint Louis Community College-Florissant Valley soccer team for 30 years. During those years, he led the college to 10 National Junior College Athletic Association national championships.
Under his father’s tutelage, Mike developed into a polished youth player. He played boy’s soccer at Saint Thomas Aquinas-Mercy High School where he was part of two Missouri state championship teams in 1985 and 1988.
His senior year, he was honored as part of the All-Great Midwest Conference team and was the North Most Valuable Player at the Saint Louis North-South High School Senior All Star Game.
After graduating from high school in 1989, Sorber played National Collegiate Athletic Association soccer with the men’s soccer team
He was part of the Billikens’ 1991 Final Four appearance in the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament and was a 1992 Hermann Trophy finalist. He ended his career at Saint Louis with 13 goals and 29 assists.
While he finished his college playing career in 1992, Sorber continued to work on his college education and graduated in 1994 with a bachelor’s degree in communications with a minor in criminal justice.
After spending two years contracted to the United States. national team leading up to the 1994 World Cup, Sorber moved to to play first division soccer with Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. He played two seasons with Pumas and became the first American player ever to be named a Mexican League All Star. In 1996, Sorber signed a contract with the newly established Major League Soccer (). allocated Sorber to Kansas City Wiz. However, he played only a single season with the Wiz before being traded to MetroStars for Damian Silvera on February 1, 1997.
Sorber played three years with MetroStars but the team made the playoffs only in 1998.
MetroStars waived Sorber on February 21, 2000. He was claimed by New England Revolution but then traded to Chicago Fire during the 2000 preseason for a fourth round pick in the 2001 SuperDraft.
In five years in the league, he scored nine goals and added 17 assists, plus a goal and five assists in the playoffs. Sorber earned his first cap with the national team in a January 25, 1992 loss to the Commonwealth of Independent States team
He would go on to earn a total of 67 caps, scoring 2 goals with the national team
Following the tournament, national team coach Bora Milutinovic stated “When you analyze the World Cup, Sorber was probably our Most Valuable Player. lieutenant is difficult for me to explain what I feel about him. He is disciplined and intelligent." He earned his final cap in a 1998 friendly against Paraguay. Sorber retired in February 2001 and returned to his alma mater, Saint Louis University, where he joined the Billikens as their assistant coach.
Sorber was an assistant coach for the United States. men"s national team
He was named to the position by head coach Bob Bradley in May 2007. On October 5, 2011, expansion side Montreal Impact announced that Sorber had joined the club as an assistant coach.
In January 2013, following the departure of head coach Jesse Marsch, the Montreal Impact announced that it will not retain the services of Mike Sorber for the 2013 season. On February 1, 2014, Sorber was hired by the Philadelphia Union of as an assistant coach.
He played professionally in the United States and, and was a member of the United States. national team at the 1994 Fédération internationale de football association World Cup. Sorber played only one year with Chicago, helping the club win the Central Division title and reach the 2000 Cup final. Sorber played in the 1994 Fédération internationale de football association World Cup held in his home country. Although named as an alternate for the 1998 Fédération internationale de football association World Cup team, he was not chosen for the final roster.
