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Ryan Pore

Ryan Pore
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Personal information
Full name Ryan Pore
Date of birth (1983-09-23) September 23, 1983 (age 33)
Place of birth Mansfield, Ohio, United States
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position Midfielder / Forward
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2004 Tulsa Golden Hurricane
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2008 Kansas City Wizards 58 (3)
2009–2010 Portland Timbers (USL) 52 (25)
2011 Portland Timbers 8 (0)
2011 Montreal Impact (loan) 11 (7)
Total 129 (35)
Teams managed
2013– Tulsa Golden Hurricane (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Ryan Pore (born September 23, 1983 in Mansfield, Ohio) is an American former professional soccer player and a current assistant men's soccer coach at his alma mater, The University of Tulsa.

Pore attended Madison Comprehensive High School and holds the OHSAA record for most goals scored in a season (62) and school record in basketball for career scoring. He then went on to play college soccer at the University of Tulsa, where in 2004 he was a finalist for the Hermann Trophy and was awarded Soccer America Player of the Year.

Pore went on to forgo his senior season at Tulsa and signed a Generation Adidas contract. He was drafted in the second round (16th overall) of the 2005 MLS SuperDraft by Kansas City Wizards, and spent the next four years with the MLS side, playing in 58 league games and talling three goals.

After the 2008 season, he was out of contract and signed with Portland Timbers of the USL First Division on March 12, 2009. During his first year with Portland, Pore appeared in 23 league matches scoring 10 goals. During the 2010 season Pore appeared in 29 league matches for Portland and led the USSF D2 Pro League in scoring with 15 goals and won both the golden boot and MVP.

On October 19, 2010 Pore was named as one of the first four players to be signed by the Portland Timbers ahead of their expansion into Major League Soccer in 2011, along with Steve Cronin, Bright Dike and Eddie Johnson.


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