Drew Moor

Drew Moor
Drew Moor
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Personal information
Full name Drew Moor
Date of birth January 15, 1984 (1984-01-15) (age 27)
Place of birth Dallas, Texas, United States
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position Right back
Club information
Current club Colorado Rapids
Number 3
Youth career
2002 Furman Paladins
2003–2004 Indiana Hoosiers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004 Chicago Fire Premier 10 (3)
2005–2009 FC Dallas 123 (8)
2009– Colorado Rapids 70 (5)
National team
2003 United States U-20 4 (0)
2007–2008 United States 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 16, 2011.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of April 14, 2010

Drew Moor (born January 15, 1984 in Dallas, Texas) is an American soccer player who currently plays for Colorado Rapids in Major League Soccer. He is consistently ranked by major publications as one of the top defenders in the league.

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Career

College

Moor attended the Episcopal School of Dallas, and played college soccer for Furman University in 2002, before transferring to Indiana University, where he played for two seasons. He started every game during his college career and helped the Hoosiers to back-to-back National Championships. His last collegiate game was in the penalty kick thriller against UC Santa Barbara in the 2004 NCAA Finals in which Moor's Indiana was triumphant. Moor was named All-Big Ten as a sophomore and a first team All-American as a junior before forgoing his final year of eligibility to declare himself eligible for the MLS Superdraft.

Professional

After spending the summer of 2004 playing for Chicago Fire Premier in the USL Premier Development League, he was drafted by FC Dallas with the sixth overall pick of the 2005 MLS SuperDraft. During his rookie season, Moor played in 20 games for FC Dallas, starting nine of them. 2006 was a breakout year for the second-year defender. He started in 21 consecutive games and set career highs in every statistical category. Moor scored his first career MLS goal on May 6, 2006 against the Houston Dynamo in a 4-3 loss. In 2007, Moor led the team with 28 starts and scored two goals including a game-winning header against the Colorado Rapids on August 4, 2007 in a 1 – 0 victory. Moor started in 27 games for FC Dallas during the 2008 season, seven of them as team captain. He led all FC Dallas defenders with two goals and was second in minutes played with 2,430 behind Kenny Cooper (2,622). Moor was traded to Colorado Rapids on August 31, 2009. On June 5, 2010, Moor scored his first goal in a Rapids jersey, which won the game in the 85th minute against the Columbus Crew. A hooked ball from Jamie Smith met Moor's head as he dove and scored the only goal of the match. On August 21st, 2011, Moor finished his 68th consecutive complete MLS game, breaking the MLS record for field players held by Peter Vermes,

International

Moor has played for various youth United States national teams, and was part of the U-20 squad for the 2003 World Youth Championship in the UAE.

In 2007, Drew received his first call up to the U.S. Men's Soccer National Team, joining the team on June 24, 2007. He made his international debut on July 2, 2007 against Paraguay in a 3 – 1 loss. He played for the USA in Copa América 2007 and started for the Men's National Team in a friendly versus Mexico on February 6, 2008 where he assisted Jozy Altidore in the young striker's first international goal.

Honours

Indiana University

  • NCAA Men's Division I Soccer Championship (1): 2004

Colorado Rapids

See also

External links



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