Paul Moran (soccer)

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Paul Moran
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Personal information
Date of birth (1983-05-16) May 16, 1983 (age 40)
Place of birth Redwood City, California, United States
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Rochester Thunder
Number 4
Youth career
Palo Alto Pumas
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2001–2002 Santa Clara Broncos
2003 Fresno State Bulldogs
2004–2005 Fresno Pacific Sunbirds 34 (2)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004–2006 Fresno Fuego 32 (3)
2007 Montreal Impact 0 (0)
2007 → Trois-Rivieres Attak (loan) 4 (4)
2008 Minnesota Thunder 5 (0)
2009– Rochester Thunder 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 June 2009

Paul Moran (born May 16, 1983 in Redwood City, California) is an American soccer player who currently plays for Rochester Thunder in the USL Premier Development League.

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Career

Youth and college

Moran grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area playing for the Palo Alto Pumas which won the 2002 Dallas Cup. He graduated from Bellarmine College Prep. In 2001, he entered Santa Clara University, playing on the men’s soccer team in 2001 and 2002. He transferred to Fresno State University for the 2003 season, [1] then to Fresno Pacific University for the 2004 and 2005 seasons. [2]

During his college years he also spent three seasons with Fresno Fuego in the USL Premier Development League.

Professional

Moran signed with the Montreal Impact of the USL First Division on May 10, 2007, but he was released a month later having never appeared with the first team, and later played four games on loan with the Trois-Rivieres Attak in the Canadian Soccer League. [3]

On March 11, 2008, he signed a one-year contract with an option for a second year with the Minnesota Thunder of the USL First Division. [4] [5]

In 2009 Moran signed with Minnesota's development team, Rochester Thunder, in their inaugural campaign in the USL Premier Development League.

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References

  1. ↑ Fresno State Player Profile
  2. ↑ Fresno Pacific University Player Profile
  3. ↑ "Attak FC". 2007-11-06. Archived from the original on 2007-11-06. Retrieved 2017-05-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ↑ 03/11/08 - Thunder Signs Defender Paul Moran and Midfielder Kyle Altman Archived 2008-05-15 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ "Paul Moran | SoccerStats.us". soccerstats.us. Retrieved 2017-05-20.
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