Drew Moor

Drew Moor

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Personal information
Date of birth	(1984-01-15) January 15, 1984
Place of birth	Dallas, Texas, United States
Height
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Toronto FC
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	0	(0)
International career‡
2003	United States U20	4	(0)
2007–2008	United States	5	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of December 13, 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of July 26, 2014

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

Career

College

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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 21, 2011, Moor finished his 68th consecutive complete MLS game, breaking the MLS record for field players held by Peter Vermes.

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

He was named an All-Star in 2015.

Following the 2015 season, he signed with Toronto FC as a free agent.

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 United Arab Emirates.

In 2007, Moor received his first call up to the United States men's national soccer 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 for his first international goal.

Honours

Indiana University

• College Cup (1): 2004

Colorado Rapids

• MLS Eastern Conference Championship (1): 2010
• MLS Cup (1): 2010

Individual

• MLS record for most consecutive games played by a field player (68)
• MLS All-Star: 2015

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.

See also

• List of current MLS players

External links

• MLS player profile
• Drew Moor at National-Football-Teams.com