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Kasey Moore (FA)
Defender
Team: Boston Breakers
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Height: 5' 8"
Birth Date: 8/3/1987
Hometown: Mission Viejo, Calif.
Previous Team: Laguna Hills Eclipse
How Acquired:
2009 WPS Draft

2010:
  • Scored first WPS goal April 25th in a 1-1 tie against Saint Louis Athletica
  • Started 11 of 13 games she appeared in
2009:
  • Played in 13 games, starting in 7
  • Selected with the 15th pick overall by the Breakers in the 2009 WPS Draft
International:
  • Played with U-23 National Team in 2008 and was called up again this past February
  • A member of the 2006 U-20 National Team
  • Played with U-19 National Pool from 2003-2005
  • Played with the U-17 National Team from 2003-04 (Captain in 2004)
  • A member of the 2002 U-16 US National Team
Club:
  • Played for the Cal South State ODP Team (2001-05) and the Region IV ODP squad (2002-05)
  • A 2004 & 2005 Parade High School All-American and two-time NSCAA/adidas All-American Youth Team selection (2004-05)
  • Played for Laguna Hills Eclipse Soccer Club, along with Amy Rodriguez, under the direction of head coach Abner Rogers (current L.A. Sol head coach) from 1997-2005
  • Helped Eclipse claim the 2002 Under-15 Snickers National Championship and finish the 2005 campaign ranked second nationally among Under-18 teams
College:
  • Played for the University of Texas from 2005-2008
  • Named to the 2007 & 2008 MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List
  • Three-time NSCAA All-American (First-Team 2006 and 2008, Third-Team in 2007)
  • Four-time First-Team All-Big 12 (2005-08) & two-time Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year (2007-08)
  • Started in all 91 matches during her career as a Longhorn
  • Tied for the team lead in scoring in 2008 with 16 points (six goals &four assists)
  • Ranks first all-time at Texas in games played (91), second in game-winning goals (nine), ninth in goals (19) and 10th in points (50)
  • 2005 Big 12 Rookie of the Year and Soccer America All-Freshman Team member
  • Soccer America National Player of the Week (Nov. 1, 2006)
High School / Youth Club:
  • Attended Capistrano Valley High School in Mission Viejo, Calif.
  • All-CIF-SS Player of the Year, Orange County Register and L.A. Times Player of the Year as a junior in 2004
  • Helped her team win the Division I CIF High School Championship in 2004
Personal:
  • Born Kasey Ann Moore, in Riverside, Calif
  • Parents are Jim and Leslie Moore and has two older brothers, Jason and Aaron, and an older sister, Kristen, who graduated from Portland and played soccer for the Pilots from 2001-05
  • Enjoys any kind of reading and being at the beach with her family
  • Majored in sport management
  1. When did you start playing soccer?
    4 years old.
  2. When did you realize your dream to play soccer professionally?
    After watching the U.S. win the 1999 World Cup.
  3. What is your favorite thing about playing soccer?
    Every game is different and you never know what can happen.
  4. What was your most memorable game experience?
    Scoring the winning goal in the Big 12 Championships.
  5. Most embarrassing soccer moment
    Anytime I score an own goal.
  6. What famous person most inspires you?
    Lance Armstrong
  7. What's your most interesting and fun soccer trip and why?
    Any trip with my club team growing up because they were like family.
  8. What's your perfect day off?
    Spending the entire day with my family at our beach house.
  9. Name a sports team other than the Boston Breakers that you can't live without
    Texas Longhorns
  10. If you could eat one food item or meal for the rest of your life, what would it be?
    Mom's white chicken enchiladas.
  11. What are three things you can never be without while traveling?
    Kindle, iPod, chapstick.
  12. If you could travel anywhere in the world where would you want to go and why?
    Maldives because it is the prettiest place I've ever seen.
  13. What was your first job?
    Working soccer camps.
  14. What's your biggest quirk?
    I bite my nails whenever I'm nervous.
  15. What's your biggest pet peeve?
    Dishonesty.
  16. If you could be on any reality TV show what would it be?
    Amazing Race
  17. If you could be a part of any TV family who would it be?
    The Kardashians, they are crazy.
  18. What's on your workout/pre-game iPod list?
    Vampire Weekend
  19. Describe your impression of Boston in three words
    Fun, crazy drivers, beautiful.
  20. Who would you most like to meet in Boston?
    Anyone from the Red Sox.
  21. What's your favorite restaurant in Boston?
    Barking Crab
  22. What's your favorite thing to do in Boston?
    Go to a Red Sox game.
FINISH THE SENTENCE
  1. Aside from soccer I'm really good at...
    Fixing things around the house...my dad made me into a little handy-man.
  2. Not many people know that I can...
    Read a book from start to finish in a few hours.
  3. If my parents were describing me, they'd say that I...
    am the biggest procrastinator on Earth.
  4. I want my experience in the WPS to be...
    Amazing and fun. I want this experience to be something I will never forget.
QUICK HITS – List your top three favorites

TV Shows:

  1. Law and Order
  2. Intervention
  3. Criminal Minds

Place to Shop:

  1. South Coast Plaza (California)
  2. Nike Store

Restaurants:

  1. Renaissance (Dana, Point, CA)
  2. Trudy's (Austin, TX)
  3. Melting Pot

Professional Athletes:

  1. Lance Armstrong
  2. Andy Roddick
  3. Vladimir Guerrero


Year Club GP GS MIN G A SHTS SOG FC FS C E
2011 Boston Breakers 10 7 663 2 1 7 3 4 1 0 0
2010 Boston Breakers 13 11 1014 1 0 9 5 2 4 0 0
2009 Boston Breakers 13 7 640 0 0 4 3 3 4 1 0
Career 36 25 2317 3 1 20 11 9 9 1 0
Kasey Moore
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Getting Silly with a True Longhorn: Boston Breaker's Kasey Moore
A lighthearted interview with Moore on Texas, Jon and Kate, and playing in Boston

Four Longhorns Selected in WPS Draft
Moore lead the pack of Longhorns drafted in 2009 and was the fifteenth pick overall

Juggling with Kasey Moore

 

Boston Breakers Practice in Florida

Breakers practice and preseason thoughts from Moore and Tomecka


Boston Breakers promotional video that is played during home games at Harvard Stadium.

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