Joe-Max Moore

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Joe-Max Moore
Personal information
Full name	Joe-Max Moore
Date of birth	February 23, 1971
Place of birth	Tulsa, OK, United States
Height	5 ft 9 in
Position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Retired
Youth clubs
1990-1992	UCLA
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1994-1995 1995-1996 1996-1999 1997 2000-2002 2003-2004	Saarbrucken Nuremberg New England Revolution Emelec (loan) Everton New England Revolution	25 (13) 35 (17) 90 (49) 27 (18) 19 (4)
National team**
1992–2002	United States	100 (24)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 November 2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of 18 November 2006.

Joe-Max Moore (born February 23, 1971 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is a former American soccer forward, who last played for the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer.

Contents 1 Collegiate Career 2 Years in Germany 3 New England Revolution 4 Emelec 5 Everton 6 National Team

[edit] Collegiate Career

Moore played college soccer at UCLA from 1990 to 1993. In 1994, he gave up his senior year to pursue opportunities overseas.

[edit] Years in Germany

Moore first joined FC Saarbruecken, a lower tier German professional club. He was later transferred to FC Nurnberg.

[edit] New England Revolution

Moore's first stint with the Revs came from 1996 and 1999, during which time he became the club's all-time leading scorer. His success led him to pursue a return to Europe, this time to Everton in England. When he returned to New England from Everton in 2003, 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. In his last season with the team, he played in only 3 games, failing to score a goal. 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.

[edit] Emelec

In 1997, Moore spent a month on loan from the Revs to Emelec of the Ecuadorian First Division following the end of the MLS season. He was not the only MLS player with Emelec, Alexi Lalas joined him during the loan.

[edit] Everton

In 1999, Moore moved to Everton in the English Premiership, where he had a good deal of initial success, but had trouble finding any playing time in his later years.

[edit] National Team

Moore's first appearance for the US national team came against Canada on September 3, 1992. He played in the 1994, 1998, 2002 FIFA World Cup tournaments and became the sixth US player to earn 100 caps, doing so against Poland. He also represented his country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

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. His 24 goals for the US rank him fourth in national history, behind only Eric Wynalda, Brian McBride and Landon Donovan. On January 27, 2006, Moore was inducted into the Oklahoma Soccer Hall of Fame.

	United States squad - 1994 World Cup
1 Meola | 2 Lapper | 3 Burns | 4 Kooiman | 5 Dooley | 6 Harkes | 7 Perez | 8 Stewart | 9 Ramos | 10 Wegerle | 11 Wynalda | 12 Sommer | 13 Jones | 14 Klopas | 15 Moore | 16 Sorber | 17 Balboa | 18 Friedel | 19 Reyna | 20 Caligiuri | 21 Clavijo | 22 Lalas | Coach: Milutinović

	United States squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup
1 Friedel | 2 Hejduk | 3 Pope | 4 Burns | 5 Dooley | 6 Regis | 7 Wegerle | 8 Stewart | 9 Moore | 10 Ramos | 11 Wynalda | 12 Agoos | 13 Jones | 14 Preki | 15 Deering | 16 Sommer | 17 Balboa | 18 Keller | 19 Maisonneuve | 20 McBride | 21 Reyna | 22 Lalas | Coach: Sampson

	United States squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup Quarter-finalists
1 Friedel | 2 Hejduk | 3 Berhalter | 4 Mastroeni | 5 O'Brien | 6 Regis | 7 Lewis | 8 Stewart | 9 Moore | 10 Reyna | 11 Mathis | 12 Agoos | 13 Jones | 14 Cherundolo | 15 Wolff | 16 Llamosa | 17 Beasley | 18 Keller | 19 Meola | 20 McBride | 21 Donovan | 22 Sanneh | 23 Pope | Coach: Arena