Drew Moor

Drew Moor (born January 15, 1984) is an American professional soccer player who currently plays as a defender for the Colorado Rapids in Major League Soccer.

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(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Colorado Rapids
Number 3
Youth career
1999–2002 ESD Eagles
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002 Furman Paladins 23 (1)
2003–2004 Indiana Hoosiers 42 (4)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004 Chicago Fire Premier 10 (3)
2005–2009 FC Dallas 123 (8)
2009–2015 Colorado Rapids 181 (14)
2016–2019 Toronto FC 78 (5)
2020– Colorado Rapids 2 (1)
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 12, 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of September 5, 2016

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 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 August 31, 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 June 5, 2010, Moor scored his first goal in a Rapids jersey, which won the game in the 85th minute against the Columbus Crew.

On August 31, 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 MLS All-Star in 2015.[4]

Toronto FC

Following the 2015 season, Moor signed with Toronto FC as a free agent.[5] He became a key contributor to Toronto's success in the 2016 and 2017 seasons, where they reached the MLS Cup Finals both years, winning the title in 2017. However, injuries became a factor for him in his third and fourth seasons with the club, reducing his playing time. [6]

Colorado Rapids (2nd Stint)

Following the 2019 season, Moor rejoined Colorado, signing as a free agent.[7]

International career

Moor 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. On July 2, 2007 Moor made his international debut against Paraguay in a 3–1 loss.[8] He played for the United States in 2007 Copa América 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.

Career statistics

Club
As of match played on March 7, 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[lower-alpha 1] Continental[lower-alpha 2] Playoffs Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
FC Dallas 2005[9] MLS 20000—10210
2006[9] MLS 27100—20291
2007[9] MLS 28210—20312
2008[9] MLS 27220——292
2009[9] MLS 2131[lower-alpha 3]0——223
Total 12384000501328
Colorado Rapids 2009[9] MLS 8000——80
2010[9] MLS 30100—40341
2011[10] MLS 324004020384
2012[9] MLS 34300——343
2013[9] MLS 32300—10333
2014[10] MLS 23210——242
2015[10] MLS 22110——231
Total 1811420407019414
Toronto FC 2016[10] MLS 32330—60413
2017[10] MLS 25240—50342
2018[10] MLS 800070—150
2019[10] MLS 130311010181
Total 785101801201086
Colorado Rapids 2020[10] MLS 2100000021
Career Total 3842813112024043329
  1. Includes U.S. Open Cup and Canadian Championship matches.
  2. Includes CONCACAF Champions League matches.
  3. Appearance in U.S. Open Cup qualifying match.

International
As of match played June 22, 2008.[10]
United States national team
YearAppsGoals
200720
200830
Total50

Honors

Club
Indiana University
  • College Cup: 2004
FC Dallas
Colorado Rapids
Toronto FC

Individual

References
  1. "Looking back: FCD's draft history". FC Dallas. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
  2. "Rapids Acquire Defender Drew Moor in Trade with FC Dallas". Colorado Rapids. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
  3. "Drew Moor and Pablo Mastroeni enter MLS record books for Colorado Rapids". Goal.com. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
  4. "2015 AT&T MLS All-Star Game". MLS. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
  5. "Toronto FC Signs Drew Moor". Toronto FC. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
  6. Neil Davidson (October 30, 2019). "Veteran defender Drew Moor wonders where his future lies, hopes it is in Toronto". Times Colonist.
  7. Jake Shapiro (November 25, 2019). "Rapids sign fan-favorite free agent Drew Moor, sources say". Denver Post.
  8. "USA v Paraguay, 02 July 2007". 11v11.com. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
  9. "Drew Moor MLS profile". MLS. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
  10. "Drew Moor Soccerway profile". Soccerway. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
  11. "Recap: Toronto FC vs Seattle Sounders". mlssoccer.com. December 9, 2017. Retrieved December 9, 2017.
  12. "TFC's Vanney: Victor Vazquez the "most clever attacking midfielder" in MLS". May 26, 2017.
  13. "Toronto FC advances to MLS Cup final after win over Atlanta United FC". Sportsnet. October 30, 2019. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
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