Drew Moor

Drew Moor

Moor with the Colorado Rapids in 2011
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-01-15) January 15, 1984
Place of birth Dallas, Texas, United States
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Toronto FC
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)
2009–2015 Colorado Rapids 181 (14)
2016– Toronto FC 32 (3)
National team‡
2003 United States U20 4 (0)
2007–2008 United States 5 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 23, 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of September 5, 2016

Drew Moor (born January 15, 1984) is an American professional soccer player who currently plays for Toronto FC in Major League Soccer.

Personal life

Moor grew up in Dallas, Texas. He has two sisters, Hailey and Leigh, and one brother, Will. Moor married Shelby Fantozzi on January 3, 2015. They welcomed their first child, Joseph "Joey" Moor, on May 31, 2016.

College career

Moor attended the Episcopal School of Dallas, and played college soccer for Furman University in 2002.

In 2003 Moor transferred 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.

Club career

Chicago Fire Premier

Moor spent the summer of 2004 playing for Chicago Fire Premier in the USL Premier Development League.

FC Dallas

Moor was drafted by FC Dallas with the sixth overall pick of the 2005 MLS SuperDraft. Moor made 20 appearances, including 9 starts, in his rookie season.[1]

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 made 27 appearances during the 2008 season, seven of them as the 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).

Colorado Rapids

Drew posing with a fan at the 2010 MLS Cup celebration.

On 31 August 2009, Moor was traded to the Colorado Rapids along with a FC Dallas's second round 2010 MLS SuperDraft pick and allocation money in exhangce for Ugo Ihemelu.[2]

On 5 June 2010, Moor scored his first goal in a Rapids jersey, which won the game in the 85th minute against the Columbus Crew.

On 31 August 2011, Moor finished his 68th consecutive complete MLS game, breaking the MLS record for field players held by Peter Vermes.[3]

Moor was named an All-Star in 2015.[4]

Toronto FC

Following the 2015 season, Moor signed with Toronto FC as a free agent.[5]

International career

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 United Arab Emirates.

In 2007, Moor received his first call up to the United States men's national soccer team, joining the team on 24 June 2007. On 2 July 2007 Moor made his international debut against Paraguay in a 3–1 loss.[6]

He played for the USA in Copa América 2007 and started for the Men's National Team in a friendly versus Mexico on 6 February 2008 where he assisted Jozy Altidore for his first international goal.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 28 August 2016
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[lower-alpha 1] Continental Playoffs Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
FC Dallas 2005[7] MLS 20000001000210
2006[7] MLS 27100002000291
2007[7] MLS 28200002000302
2008[7] MLS 27200000000272
2009[7] MLS 21300000000213
Total 1238000050001288
Colorado Rapids 2009[7] MLS 800000000080
2010[7] MLS 30100004000341
2011[8] MLS 32400402000384
2012[7] MLS 34300000000343
2013[7] MLS 32300001000333
2014[8] MLS 23220000000252
2015[8] MLS 22110000000231
Total 181143040700019514
Toronto FC 2016[8] MLS 25330000000283
Total 25330000000283
Career Total 3292560401200035125
  1. ↑ Includes U.S. Open Cup & Canadian Championship matches.

International

As of match played 22 June 2008.[8]
United States national team
YearAppsGoals
200720
200830
Total50

Honors

Club

Indiana University
FC Dallas
Colorado Rapids
Toronto FC

Individual

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Looking back: FCD's draft history". FC Dallas. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "Rapids Acquire Defender Drew Moor in Trade with FC Dallas". Colorado Rapids. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Drew Moor and Pablo Mastroeni enter MLS record books for Colorado Rapids". Goal.com. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "2015 AT&T MLS All-Star Game". MLS. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "Toronto FC Signs Drew Moor". Toronto FC. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  6. ↑ "USA v Paraguay, 02 July 2007". 11v11.com. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Drew Moor MLS profile". MLS. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 "Drew Moor Soccerway profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
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