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| Full name | Joe-Max Moore | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1971-02-23)February 23, 1971 (age 54) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||
| College career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1989–1992 | UCLA Bruins | 65 | (38) | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1994–1995 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 25 | (13) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1995–1996 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 27 | (8) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1996–1999 | New England Revolution[2] | 77 | (37) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1997 | →C.S. Emelec (loan) | ? | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2002 | Everton | 52 | (8) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | New England Revolution[2] | 20 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 213 | (82) | ||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992–2002 | United States | 100 | (24) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||||||||
Joe-Max Moore (born February 23, 1971) is a former American professionalsoccer player who played as aforward for various clubs inGermany andEngland in addition to two separate tenures atMajor League Soccer sideNew England Revolution, where he retired.
Moore also served as vice-captain of theU.S. national team, scoring 24 goals in 100 international appearances between 1992 and 2002. During those years, he appeared at three consecutiveFIFA World Cups in1994 (on home soil),1998 and2002, as well as the1992 Barcelona Olympics.
On April 4, 2013, Moore was elected to theNational Soccer Hall of Fame.[3]
Moore was born inTulsa, Oklahoma, the son of Corey Moore, and Tulsa oil man and business man, Carl Moore. Moore's father also happened to be a part-owner of theTulsa Roughnecks of theNorth American Soccer League.[4] He moved toIrvine, California when he was 14, and played boys' soccer atMission Viejo High School where he was a four-year starter.[5] Heavily recruited out of high school, he chose to playNCAA soccer atUCLA. While at UCLA, he played with future national team teammatesBrad Friedel,Chris Henderson andCobi Jones. As a freshman, he scored 11 goals, assisted on ten others and was named to theSoccer America's All-Freshman team. That year, UCLA won theNCAA championship, defeating Rutgers in penalty kicks. As a sophomore, he earned second teamAll-American honors and was afirst team All-American as a junior. That season, his final year with UCLA, he led the team in scoring. At the end of his three-year collegiate career, he had scored a total of 38 goals and assisted on 24 others in 65 games.
Moore was inducted into theUCLA Athletics Hall of Fame on October 11, 2014.
In July 1994, USSF loaned Moore to GermanSecond Division club1. FC Saarbrücken. At the time, Moore was a part of the U.S. team at the1994 FIFA World Cup, but did not appear in any matches. With a lull in national team games following the World Cup, USSF decided to move several players overseas.[6] Saarbrücken would end up buying Moore's contract from USSF for $250,000. In Moore's single season with Saarbrücken, he played 25 games, leading the club with 13 goals. At the end of the season, Saarbrücken transferred Moore to fellow Second Division club1. FC Nürnberg. He again led his team in scoring with eight goals.[7]
In 1996,Major League Soccer (MLS) was in the process of building teams for its upcoming first season. As part of that process, MLS attempted to ensure an initial equitable distribution of talent across each of its teams. It did this byallocating known players to each team. MLS allocatedGiuseppe Galderisi to theNew England Revolution. However, he showed up injured and played poorly through his first four games, so MLS replaced him with Moore on the Revolution roster on July 24, 1996.[8][2]
Moore had an exceptional four-year tenure with the Revolution collecting numerous MLS and Team awards.[9] Aside from an injury marred 1997 season, in which he only played 11 games, scoring four goals, he consistently produced for the club.[9] Moore finished the1996 New England Revolution season as the team's inaugural scoring champion, with 11 goals and 1 assist. He was named the Revolution's first-ever Team MVP. He was also the first member of the Revolution to be named to the MLS Team of the Week.[9] Moore made his first appearance for the Revolution on July 27 in a 4–2 loss to theKansas City Wizards. He scored his first Revolution goal on July 31, recording a brace against theSan Jose Clash.[9]
During his tenure with the Revolution, Moore became the club's all-time leading scorer and made the 1999 MLS All Star team.[9] He was again named Revolution Team MVP in1998 New England Revolution season, and1999 New England Revolution season, and finished as the Revolution's scoring champion again in 1999.[9]
His success with the Revs led him to pursue a return to Europe, this time withEverton F.C. in the EnglishFA Premier League.
In November–December 1997, Moore spent a month on loan from the Revs toClub Sport Emelec[10] of the Ecuadorian First Division following the end of the MLS season where he yearned to be close to his family recently residing in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was not the only MLS player with Emelec, asAlexi Lalas joined him during the loan.[11]
On November 11, 1999, Moore signed withEverton F.C., in the EnglishFA Premier League on a free transfer, after he impressed the Everton staff during a seven-day October tryout.[2][12]
At the time, Moore did not have permission from MLS to work out with any team but the Revolution.[citation needed] Despite this, MLS placed no barriers in the way of Moore's free transfer. The contract with Everton, good for three and a half years, would pay Moore approximately $600,000 per season.[13]
On December 28, 1999, Moore made his first appearance forWalter Smith's side, in a 0–0 draw againstBradford City A.F.C.[14] He went on an impressive run over the course of the following two months. On January 15, 2000, Moore scored his first goal for Everton, in a home 2–2 draw againstTottenham Hotspur.[15] He tallied 3 more goals in the following four league matches, notching againstWimbledon F.C.,Derby County F.C., andWest Ham United F.C.[16][17][18] He added two more goals in FA Cup Play during this period notching againstPreston North End F.C. andAston Villa F.C. on January 29 and February 20 respectively.[19][20]
He scored his first brace for the club on April 1, 2000, in a 4–2 victory overWatford F.C.[21] Despite this run, he slowly became less and less effective, failing to record a single goal in Everton's2000–01 Everton F.C. season despite making 21 appearances.[22]
Moore tallied again for The Toffies on December 15, 2001, recording the game-winner against Derby County.[23] His goal againstLeeds United F.C. the following matchday would prove to be his last for the club.[24] The final straw came at the end of 2002. Moore had suffered a knee injury in the U.S. game against Portugal at the2002 FIFA World Cup and did not play for Everton in the next season.[22] On December 12, 2002, his contract with Everton terminated "by mutual consent."[25]
When he returned to New England from Everton in 2003, signing on January 28.[2] he was a much changed player. He had suffered from several injuries while in England which hampered his playing time when he came back to the Revs.[26]
However, he still managed to score four goals in 16 games during the2003 season.[9] Moore recorded the first goal of his Revolution return in the 12th minute of the Revolution's 2–1 win over theDallas Burn on April 28.[9] In 2004, his last season with the team, he played in only three games, failing to score a goal, before spraining ligaments in his knee. He was out for most of the rest of the season, but planned to return for the 2005 season.[citation needed] However, he re-injured his knee during a January 2005 pre-season mini-camp.[citation needed]
Moore had reconstructive surgery on his right knee for a damaged medial collateral ligament on January 25, 2005. Two days later, he announced his retirement from professional soccer, saying, "After numerous attempts to strengthen and stabilize my knee through rehab, it became clear that I had no alternative but to have reconstructive surgery. Considering my age and the recovery time necessary, I have decided to end my playing career."[27]
In his six years in MLS, Moore scored 41 goals and added 35 assists for 111 points, the assists and points being Rev records through the 2004 season. However,Taylor Twellman has since passed Moore on the Rev's points lists.
Moore began playing for the U.S. national team while in college. In 1989, he was part of the U-20 team which placed fifth at the1989 FIFA World Youth Championship. Two years later, he scored the winning goal against Mexico in thePan American Games championship game. Moore also made the1992 Barcelona Olympics, where the U.S. went 1–1–1 and failed to advance from the group stage.
After the 1992 college season ended, Moore signed with the U.S. national team. Beginning in 1988, theUnited States Soccer Federation (USSF) had begun to sign top U.S. players to contracts, making the U.S. national team a de facto professional club. USSF would then loan out U.S. players to club team, recalling them for national team games. Moore chose to not return to UCLA for his senior year and joined USSF as a full-time national team player.
Moore's first appearance for theUS national team came againstCanada on September 3, 1992. He was part of the U.S. roster for the1994 but didn't appear in a match and also the1998,2002 FIFA World Cup rosters, appearing in both tournaments. Moore became the sixth U.S. player to earn 100caps, doing so againstPoland in the team's 2002 World Cup group finale.
His 24 goals for the U.S.rank him sixth in national history, behindLandon Donovan,Clint Dempsey,Eric Wynalda,Brian McBride andJozy Altidore. On January 27, 2006, Moore was inducted into the Oklahoma Soccer Hall of Fame.
| National team | Year | Apps | Starts | Goals | Assists |
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| 1992 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1993 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 4 | |
| 1994 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1995 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 0 | |
| 1997 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1999 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2000 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2001 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2002 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Total | 100 | 67 | 24 | 14 | |
Moore was to appear in a charity match forHollywood United FC againstLos Angeles Galaxy on November 4, 2007. Proceeds were to go theAmerican Red Cross and TheSalvation Army to benefit those affected by the wildfires in Southern California.[29]
Individual
New England and U.S. international forward Joe-Max Moore said he graduated from Mission Viejo High School in California with U.S. women's star Julie Foudy.
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