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{{short description|American soccer player (born 1984)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2017}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Drew Moor
| image = Drew Moor.jpg
| image_size = 200
| caption = Moor with [[Colorado Rapids]] in 2011
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|1|15}}
| birth_place = [[Dallas, Texas]], United States
| height = {{height|ft=6|in=0}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Drew Moor |url=https://www.coloradorapids.com/players/drew-moor/ |access-date=22 August 2022 |publisher=Colorado Rapids |archive-date=May 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220501115139/https://www.coloradorapids.com/players/drew-moor/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| position = [[Defender (association football)|Center-back]]
| currentclub = 
| clubnumber = 
| youthyears1 = 1999–2002
| youthclubs1 = [[Episcopal School of Dallas|ESD Eagles]]
| collegeyears1 = 2002
| college1 = [[Furman Paladins men's soccer|Furman Paladins]]
| collegecaps1 = 23
| collegegoals1 = 1
| collegeyears2 = 2003–2004
| college2 = [[Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer|Indiana Hoosiers]]
| collegecaps2 = 42
| collegegoals2 = 4
| years1 = 2004
| clubs1 = [[Chicago Fire Premier]]
| caps1 = 10
| goals1 = 3
| years2 = 2005–2009
| clubs2 = [[FC Dallas]]
| caps2 = 123
| goals2 = 8
| years3 = 2009–2015
| clubs3 = [[Colorado Rapids]]
| caps3 = 181
| goals3 = 14
| years4 = 2016–2019
| clubs4 = [[Toronto FC]]
| caps4 = 78
| goals4 = 5
| years5 = 2020–2022
| clubs5 = [[Colorado Rapids]]
| caps5 = 29
| goals5 = 1
| years6 = 2022
| clubs6 = [[Colorado Rapids 2]]
| caps6 = 1
| goals6 = 0
| totalcaps = 422
| totalgoals = 31
| nationalyears1 = 2003
| nationalteam1 = [[United States men's national under-20 soccer team|United States U20]]
| nationalcaps1 = 4
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2007–2008
| nationalteam2 = [[United States men's national soccer team|United States]]
| nationalcaps2 = 5
| nationalgoals2 = 0
}}

'''Drew Moor''' (born January 15, 1984) is an American former professional [[Association football|soccer]] player who played as a [[Defender (association football)|center-back]] in [[Major League Soccer]].

Born in [[Dallas]], Moor began playing [[College soccer in the United States|college soccer]] for the [[Furman Paladins men's soccer|Furman Paladins]] before transferring to the [[Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer|Indiana Hoosiers]]. After three seasons with the Hoosiers, and helping the side with the [[2004 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament|2004 College Cup]], Moor was drafted in the first round of the [[2005 MLS SuperDraft]] by [[FC Dallas]] with the 6th overall pick. He spent five seasons with FC Dallas, winning [[U.S. Open Cup]] titles, before being traded to the [[Colorado Rapids]]. In his full-debut season, Moor helped the Rapids win [[MLS Cup 2010]], the club's first league championship title. In 2016, signed with [[Toronto FC]] and spent four seasons with the club before returning to the Rapids in 2020. During his time at Toronto FC, Moor was part of the side which won [[MLS Cup 2017]], the [[Supporters' Shield]], and three [[Canadian Championship]] titles.

Moor has been capped five times by the [[United States men's national soccer team|United States national team]] between 2007 and 2008.

== College career ==
[[File:Drew moor iu soccer 2004.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Moor playing for Indiana University in 2004]]Moor attended the [[Episcopal School of Dallas]], and played [[College soccer in the United States|college soccer]] for [[Furman University]] in 2002.

In 2003 Moor transferred to [[Indiana University (Bloomington)|Indiana University]], where he played for two seasons. He started every game during his college career and helped the [[Indiana Hoosiers|Hoosiers]] to back-to-back [[NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament|National Championships]]. His last collegiate game was in the penalty kick thriller against [[UCSB soccer|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 [[Division I First-Team All-American (soccer)|All-American]] as a junior before forgoing his final year of eligibility to declare himself eligible for the [[2005 MLS SuperDraft|MLS Superdraft]].{{Citation needed|date=September 2016}}

== 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.<ref>{{Cite web
| title = Looking back: FCD's draft history
| url = http://www.fcdallas.com/post/2012/01/09/looking-back-fcds-draft-history
| publisher = FC Dallas
| access-date = September 5, 2016}}</ref>

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 [[Major League Soccer|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 ===
[[File:Drew Moor and Fan.jpg|thumb|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]].<ref>{{Cite web
| title = Rapids Acquire Defender Drew Moor in Trade with FC Dallas
| url = http://www.coloradorapids.com/post/2010/06/28/rapids-acquire-defender-drew-moor-trade-fc-dallas
| publisher = Colorado Rapids
| access-date = September 5, 2016}}</ref>

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]].<ref name="consecutive games">{{Cite web
| title = Drew Moor and Pablo Mastroeni enter MLS record books for Colorado Rapids
| url = http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/1110/major-league-soccer/2011/08/21/2629315/drew-moor-and-pablo-mastroeni-enter-mls-record-books-for
| publisher = Goal.com
| access-date = September 5, 2016}}</ref>

Moor was named an [[2015 MLS All-Star Game|MLS All-Star]] in 2015.<ref name="2015 AT&T MLS All-Star Game">{{cite web
| title= 2015 AT&T MLS All-Star Game
| url= http://www.mlssoccer.com/history/mls-all-star-game/2015
| publisher= MLS
| access-date= September 5, 2016
| archive-date= January 19, 2020
| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200119045913/https://www.mlssoccer.com/history/mls-all-star-game/2015
| url-status= dead
}}</ref>

=== Toronto FC ===
Following the 2015 season, Moor signed with [[Toronto FC]] as a free agent.<ref>{{cite web | title= Toronto FC Signs Drew Moor | url= http://www.torontofc.ca/post/2015/12/16/toronto-fc-signs-drew-moor | publisher= Toronto FC
| access-date= September 5, 2016}}</ref>  He became a key contributor to Toronto's success in the [[2016 Toronto FC season|2016]] and [[2017 Toronto FC season|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.<ref>{{cite web | title= Veteran defender Drew Moor wonders where his future lies, hopes it is in Toronto |url=https://www.timescolonist.com/veteran-defender-drew-moor-wonders-where-his-future-lies-hopes-it-is-in-toronto-1.23992188 |author=Neil Davidson |publisher=Times Colonist |date=October 30, 2019}}</ref>

=== Return to Colorado ===
Following the 2019 season, Moor rejoined Colorado, signing as a free agent.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rapids sign fan-favorite free agent Drew Moor, sources say |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2019/11/25/rapids-sign-drew-moor-fan-favorite/ |publisher=Denver Post |author= Jake Shapiro |date=November 25, 2019}}</ref> During the [[2020 MLS season|2020 season]], the Rapids experienced a [[COVID-19]] outbreak in the team with many players and coaches becoming infected. Due to the entire coaching staff being unavailable, Moor was cast in the role of player-coach, running training sessions, although he never served in a role during a match, as all team matches were instead postponed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2020/10/23/drew-moor-rapids-player-coach-covid/|first=Jake|last=Shapiro|title=Amid COVID-19 outbreak, Drew Moor was called on to serve as Rapids player-coach |date=October 23, 2020|work=[[The Denver Post]]}}</ref> On September 30, 2022, Moor announced on his official Instagram account that he will retire once the 2022 season concludes.<ref>{{cite web|date=September 30, 2022|title=Colorado Rapids Legend Drew Moor Announces Retirement Following 2022 Season|url=https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/colorado-rapids-legend-drew-moor-announces-retirement-following-2022-season/n-5886517|access-date=September 30, 2022|publisher=Our Sports Central}}</ref>

== Coaching ==
Moor has publicly stated that he would consider a career in coaching soccer following his professional playing days on many occasions. On October 23, 2020, an article from [[The Denver Post]] revealed that in late September 2020, Moor had taken up a temporary role as a player-coach with Colorado amid a COVID-19 outbreak that left the entire coaching staff unavailable. Moor ran training sessions during his time in charge but did not serve in the role of a coach during a competitive match as all matches were postponed and Colorado head coach [[Robin Fraser]] returned to the field ahead of a match versus [[Sporting Kansas City]] on October 24, 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-24|title=Amid COVID-19 outbreak, Drew Moor was called on to serve as Rapids player-coach|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2020/10/23/drew-moor-rapids-player-coach-covid/|access-date=2020-11-10|website=The Denver Post|language=en-US}}</ref>

== International career ==
Moor played for various youth [[United States men's national soccer team|United States national teams]], and was part of the U-20 squad for the 2003 [[FIFA World Youth Championship|World Youth Championship]] in the [[United Arab Emirates national football team|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 national football team|Paraguay]] in a 3–1 loss.<ref>{{Cite web
| title = USA v Paraguay, 02 July 2007
| url = http://www.11v11.com/matches/usa-v-paraguay-02-july-2007-278217/
| publisher = 11v11.com
| access-date = September 5, 2016}}</ref>
He played for the United States in [[2007 Copa América]] and started for the men's national team in a [[Exhibition game#Association football|friendly]] versus [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]] on February 6, 2008, where he assisted [[Jozy Altidore]] for his first international goal.

== Career statistics ==

=== Club ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref name="MLS profile">{{cite web|title=Drew Moor MLS profile|url=http://www.mlssoccer.com/players/drew-moor|publisher=Major League Soccer|access-date=September 5, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Soccerway profile">{{cite web|title=D. Moor| url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/drew-moor/7262/|website=Soccerway|access-date=August 26, 2016}}</ref>
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|National Cup<ref group=lower-alpha>Includes [[U.S. Open Cup]] and [[Canadian Championship]]</ref>
!colspan="2"|Continental<ref group=lower-alpha>Includes [[North American SuperLiga]] and [[CONCACAF Champions League]]</ref>
!colspan="2"|[[MLS Cup Playoffs|Playoffs]]
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="6" valign="center"|[[FC Dallas]]
|[[2005 FC Dallas season|2005]]
|[[Major League Soccer|MLS]]
|20||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||1||0||21||0
|-
|[[2006 FC Dallas season|2006]]
|MLS
|27||1||0||0||colspan="2"|—||2||0||29||1
|-
|[[2007 FC Dallas season|2007]]
|MLS
|28||2||1||0||2||0||2||0||33||2
|-
|[[2008 FC Dallas season|2008]]
|MLS
|27||2||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||29||2
|-
|[[2009 FC Dallas season|2009]]
|MLS
|21||3||1<ref group=lower-alpha>Appearance in U.S. Open Cup qualifying match</ref>||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||22||3
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!123!!8!!4!!0!!2!!0!!5!!0!!134!!8
|-
|rowspan="8" valign="center"|[[Colorado Rapids]]
|[[2009 Colorado Rapids season|2009]]
|MLS
|8||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||8||0
|-
|[[2010 Colorado Rapids season|2010]]
|MLS
|30||1||0||0||colspan="2"|—||4||0||34||1
|-
|[[2011 Colorado Rapids season|2011]]
|MLS
|32||4||0||0||4||0||2||0||38||4
|-
|[[2012 Colorado Rapids season|2012]]
|MLS
|34||3||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||34||3
|-
|[[2013 Colorado Rapids season|2013]]
|MLS
|32||3||0||0||colspan="2"|—||1||0||33||3
|-
|[[2014 Colorado Rapids season|2014]]
|MLS
|23||2||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||24||2
|-
|[[2015 Colorado Rapids season|2015]]
|MLS
|22||1||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||23||1
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!181!!14!!2!!0!!4!!0!!7!!0!!194!!14
|-
|rowspan="5" valign="center"|[[Toronto FC]]
|[[2016 Toronto FC season|2016]]
|MLS
|32||3||3||0||colspan="2"|—||6||0||41||3
|-
|[[2017 Toronto FC season|2017]]
|MLS
|25||2||4||0||colspan="2"|—||5||0||34||2
|-
|[[2018 Toronto FC season|2018]]
|MLS
|8||0||0||0||7||0||colspan="2"|—||15||0
|-
|[[2019 Toronto FC season|2019]]
|MLS
|13||0||3||1||1||0||1||0||18||1
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!78!!5!!10!!1!!8!!0!!12!!0!!108!!6
|-
|rowspan="4" valign="center"|Colorado Rapids
|[[2020 Colorado Rapids season|2020]]
|MLS
|8<ref group=lower-alpha>Includes two appearances in [[MLS is Back Tournament]] group stage</ref>||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||0||0||8||1
|-
|[[2021 Colorado Rapids season|2021]]
|MLS
|12||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||0||0||12||0
|-
|[[2022 Colorado Rapids season|2022]]
|MLS
|9||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||9||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!29!!1!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!29!!1
|-
|[[Colorado Rapids 2]]
|[[2022 MLS Next Pro season|2022]]
|[[MLS Next Pro]]
|1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||1||0
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!412!!28!!13!!1!!14!!0!!24!!0!!463!!29
|}

{{Reflist|group=lower-alpha}}

=== International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref name="Soccerway profile"/>
|-
!colspan=3|[[United States men's national soccer team|United States]]
|-
!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|2007||2||0
|-
|2008||3||0
|-
!Total||5||0
|}

==Honors==
'''Indiana University'''
* [[NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship|College Cup]]: [[2004 Division I Men's College Cup|2004]]

'''FC Dallas'''
* [[U.S. Open Cup]] runner-up (2): [[2005 U.S. Open Cup|2005]], [[2007 U.S. Open Cup|2007]]

'''Colorado Rapids'''
* [[Eastern Conference (MLS)|Eastern Conference]] Championship: [[2010 Major League Soccer season|2010]]
* [[MLS Cup]]: [[2010 Major League Soccer season|2010]]

'''Toronto FC'''
* [[MLS Cup]]: [[MLS Cup 2017|2017]];<ref name=mlscupwin>{{cite web |date=December 9, 2017 |title=Recap: Toronto FC vs Seattle Sounders |url=https://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2017-12-09-toronto-fc-vs-seattle-sounders-fc|publisher=mlssoccer.com |access-date=December 9, 2017}}</ref> 
**Runner-up [[MLS Cup 2016|2016]], [[MLS Cup 2019|2019]]
* [[Canadian Championship]] (3): [[2016 Canadian Championship|2016]], [[2017 Canadian Championship|2017]], [[2018 Canadian Championship|2018]]
**Runner-up [[2019 Canadian Championship|2019]]
* [[Supporters' Shield]]: [[2017 Major League Soccer season|2017]]
* [[CONCACAF Champions League]] runner-up: [[2018 CONCACAF Champions League|2018]]
* [[Trillium Cup]] (3): 2016, 2017, 2019<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2017/05/26/tfcs-vanney-victor-vazquez-most-clever-attacking-midfielder-mls|title=TFC's Vanney: Victor Vazquez the "most clever attacking midfielder" in MLS|date=May 26, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Eastern Conference (MLS)|Eastern Conference]] (Playoffs) (3): [[2016 Major League Soccer season|2016]], [[2017 Major League Soccer season|2017]], [[2019 Major League Soccer season|2019]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/toronto-fc-advances-mls-cup-final-win-atlanta-united-fc/|title=Toronto FC advances to MLS Cup final after win over Atlanta United FC|date=October 30, 2019|access-date=October 31, 2019|publisher=Sportsnet}}</ref>

'''Individual'''
* [[Major League Soccer|MLS]] record for most consecutive games played by a field player (68)<ref name="consecutive games"/>
* [[MLS All-Star Game|MLS All-Star]]: [[2015 MLS All-Star Game|2015]]<ref name="2015 AT&T MLS All-Star Game"/>
* [[List of Major League Soccer players with 400 or more appearances|MLS 400 Games Club]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* {{MLS player|drew-moor}}
* {{NFT player|23092}}

{{United States squad 2007 Copa América}}
{{FCDallasFirstPick}}
{{2005 MLS SuperDraft}}

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