Paul Moran (soccer)

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Paul Moran

| image = Paul Moran.jpg

| image_size = 200

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|5|16}}

| birth_place = Redwood City, California, United States

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=11}}

| position = Defender

| currentclub = Rochester Thunder

| clubnumber = 4

| youthclubs1 = Palo Alto Pumas

| collegeyears1 = 2001–2002

| college1 = Santa Clara Broncos

| collegeyears2 = 2003

| college2 = Fresno State Bulldogs

| collegeyears3 = 2004–2005

| college3 = Fresno Pacific Sunbirds

| collegecaps3 = 34

| collegegoals3 = 2

| years1 = 2004–2006

| clubs1 = Fresno Fuego

| caps1 = 32 | goals1 = 3

| years2 = 2007

| clubs2 = Montreal Impact

| caps2 = 0 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2007

| clubs3 = → Trois-Rivieres Attak (loan)

| caps3 = 4 | goals3 = 4

| years4 = 2008

| clubs4 = Minnesota Thunder

| caps4 = 5 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2009–

| clubs5 = Rochester Thunder

| caps5 = 8 | goals5 = 0

| club-update = 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.

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,[http://gobulldogs.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/moran_paul00.html Fresno State Player Profile] then to Fresno Pacific University for the 2004 and 2005 seasons.[https://archive.today/20070801120602/http://sports.fresno.edu/sunbirdsports/soccer/men/profile/athlete/moran_paul/bio.html Fresno Pacific University Player Profile]

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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.attakfc.com/fr/joueurs/view/24|title=Attak FC|date=2007-11-06|access-date=2017-05-20|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071106054834/http://www.attakfc.com/fr/joueurs/view/24|archivedate=2007-11-06}}

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.[http://www.mnthunder.com/igsbase/igstemplate.cfm?SRC=MD006&SRCN=articledetails&GnavID=10&SnavID=47&TnavID=&NewsID=381&NewsCatIDdisplay=&KeywordSearch= 03/11/08 - Thunder Signs Defender Paul Moran and Midfielder Kyle Altman] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080515195903/http://www.mnthunder.com/igsbase/igstemplate.cfm?SRC=MD006&SRCN=articledetails&GnavID=10&SnavID=47&TnavID=&NewsID=381&NewsCatIDdisplay=&KeywordSearch= |date=2008-05-15 }}{{Cite web|url=http://soccerstats.us/bios/paul-moran/|title=Paul Moran {{!}} SoccerStats.us|website=soccerstats.us|access-date=2017-05-20}}

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

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20080604090730/http://www.mnthunder.com/igsbase/igstemplate.cfm?SRC=MD008&SRCN=biodetail&GnavID=5&SnavID=89&TnavID=&StaffBioID=140 Minnesota Thunder Player Profile]

Category:1983 births

Category:Living people

Category:American expatriate sportspeople in Canada

Category:American expatriate men's soccer players

Category:American men's soccer players

Category:Canadian Soccer League (1998–present) players

Category:Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada

Category:Men's association football defenders

Category:Fresno FC U-23 players

Category:Fresno State Bulldogs men's soccer players

Category:Minnesota Thunder players

Category:Montreal Impact (1992–2011) players