Ryan Pore
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ryan Pore | ||
| Date of birth | September 23, 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Mansfield, Ohio, United States | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder / Forward | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2004 | Tulsa Golden Hurricane | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2008 | Kansas City Wizards | 58 | (3) |
| 2009–2010 | Portland Timbers (USL) | 52 | (25) |
| 2011 | Portland Timbers | 8 | (0) |
| 2011 | → Montreal Impact (loan) | 11 | (7) |
| Total | 129 | (35) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2013– | Tulsa Golden Hurricane (assistant) | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Ryan Pore (born September 23, 1983 in Mansfield, Ohio) is an American former professional soccer player and a current assistant men's soccer coach at his alma mater, The University of Tulsa.
Career
Youth and College
Pore attended Madison Comprehensive High School and holds the OHSAA record for most goals scored in a season (62) and school record in basketball for career scoring. He then went on to play college soccer at the University of Tulsa, where in 2004 he was a finalist for the Hermann Trophy and was awarded Soccer America Player of the Year.
Professional
Pore went on to forgo his senior season at Tulsa and signed a Generation Adidas contract. He was drafted in the second round (16th overall) of the 2005 MLS SuperDraft by Kansas City Wizards,[1] and spent the next four years with the MLS side, playing in 58 league games and talling three goals.
After the 2008 season, he was out of contract and signed with Portland Timbers of the USL First Division on March 12, 2009.[2] During his first year with Portland, Pore appeared in 23 league matches scoring 10 goals. During the 2010 season Pore appeared in 29 league matches for Portland and led the USSF D2 Pro League in scoring with 15 goals and won both the golden boot and MVP.
On October 19, 2010 Pore was named as one of the first four players to be signed by the Portland Timbers ahead of their expansion into Major League Soccer in 2011, along with Steve Cronin, Bright Dike and Eddie Johnson.[3]
On July 22, 2011 Pore joined NASL club Montreal Impact on loan until the end of the season.[4]
Following the 2011 season, the Timbers announced that they had declined a second year option on Pore's contract and he would not be brought back for the 2012 season.[5] Pore entered the 2011 MLS Re-Entry Draft but was not selected, making him a free agent.
Pore retired after the 2011 season and then moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma with his family and went back to school at the University of Tulsa.
Personal
He is married to the former Ashley Glenn, whom he went to high school with at Madison Comprehensive High School. In 2007, they were married in Mansfield, Ohio at St. Johns United Church Of Christ. Ryan and Ashley have two children, Luca and Stella. In his spare time, Ryan enjoys watching Cleveland sports teams and playing golf.
Coached his TSC 2000 boys team to being 2014 Oklahoma State Cup Champions and Quarter-Finalists in the 2014 USYS Southern Regional Championships.
Honors
Portland Timbers
- USL First Division Commissioner's Cup (1): 2009
Individual
- USL First Division All-League First Team (1): 2009
- USSF D-2 Pro League Goal Scoring Champion (1): 2010
- USSF D-2 Pro League Most Valuable Player (1): 2010
- USSF D-2 Pro League Best XI (1): 2010
References
- ↑ Round-by-round 2005 MLSSuperDraft picks
- ↑ Timbers Sign Midfielder Ryan Pore
- ↑ Timbers announce first signed players for MLS
- ↑ http://www.impactmontreal.com/News/News.aspx?language=EN&ArticleID=1693
- ↑ "Timbers re-sign goalkeeper Troy Perkins, defender David Horst". Portland Timbers. November 28, 2011. Retrieved November 28, 2011.