About Joe-Max Moore
Joe-Max Moore (born February 23, 1971) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a forward for various clubs in Germany and England in addition to two separate tenures at Major League Soccer side New England Revolution, where he retired. Moore also served as vice-captain of the U.S. national team, scoring 24 goals in 100 international appearances between 1992 and 2002. During those years, he appeared at three consecutive FIFA World Cups in 1994 (on home soil), 1998 and 2002, as well as the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. On April 4, 2013, Moore was elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame. == Early life == Moore was born in Tulsa, 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 the Tulsa Roughnecks of the North American Soccer League. He moved to Irvine, California when he was 14, and played boys' 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's All-Freshman team. That year, UCLA won the NCAA championship, defeating Rutgers in penalty kicks.
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