Early Life
Moore was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the son of Corey Moore, and Tulsa oil man and business man, Carl Moore. He moved to Irvine, California when he was 14, and played boy's soccer at Mission Viejo High School where he was a four year starter. Heavily recruited out of high school, he chose to play NCAA soccer at UCLA. While at UCLA, he played with future national team teammates Brad Friedel, Chris Henderson and Cobi Jones. As a freshman he scored 11 goals, assisted on ten others and was named to the Soccer America Magazine's All-Freshman team. That year, UCLA won the NCAA championship, defeating Rutgers in penalty kicks. As a sophomore, he earned second team All American honors and was a first 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.
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