Moffat "Mo" Oduor, Moffat Ongwena (born January 25, 1978, in

Eldoret Eldoret is a principal town in the Rift Valley region of Kenya and serves as the capital of Uasin Gishu County. The town was referred to by white settlers as Farm 64, 64 and colloquially by locals as 'Sisibo'. As per the 2019 Kenya Population ...

) is a former

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soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

player who previously played for

Harrisburg City Islanders Penn FC (formerly the Harrisburg City Islanders) was an American professional soccer team based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 2003, the team most recently played in the USL Pro, the second tier of the United States soccer ...

in the

USL Second Division The USL Second Division (commonly referred to as USL-2) was a professional men's soccer league in the United States, operated by United Soccer Leagues (USL). It was at the third tier of soccer in the United States, behind Major League Soccer ( ...

. Now Mo works as a coach for youth soccer. He coaches SCPASA a youth club in South-Central Pennsylvania.

Career

College

Oduor came to the United States from his native Kenya in 1998 to attend and play

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at the

University of Charleston The University of Charleston (UC) is a private non-profit university with its main campus in Charleston, West Virginia. The university also has a location in Beckley, West Virginia, known as UC-Beckley. History The school was founded in 1888 as ...

, where he earned All-American honors as a sophomore, before transferring to

Furman University Furman University is a private liberal arts university in Greenville, South Carolina. Founded in 1826 and named for the clergyman Richard Furman, Furman University is the oldest private institution of higher learning in South Carolina. It became ...

for his junior and senior years, where he was a college teammate of former US national team member Clint Dempsey.

Professional

Odour turned professional in 2002 with

Carolina Dynamo North Carolina Fusion U-23, formerly known as Carolina Dynamo, is an American soccer team based in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 1993, the team plays in USL League Two, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. The ...

of the

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. In 2003, he played for the

Long Island Rough Riders The Long Island Rough Riders are an American soccer team based in South Huntington, New York, United States. Founded in 1994, the team plays in USL League Two, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. The team plays its home games at Hofst ...

.,Long Island Rough Riders All Time Stats
before transferring to the

in 2004. Oduor has played over 80 games for the Islanders since then, and was part of the Harrisburg team which won the 2007 USL Second Division championship. He garnered All league selection and was named to the USL team of the decade.

References

External links

Harrisburg City Islanders bio
Kenyan men's footballers Penn FC players USL Second Division players Long Island Rough Riders players North Carolina Fusion U23 players 1978 births Living people Men's association football midfielders Sportspeople from Rift Valley Province People from Eldoret {{Kenya-footy-bio-stub