Ryan Pore (born September 23, 1983 in

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) is an American former professional

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player and the current head men's soccer coach of he

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men's soccer team at the

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Career

Youth and College

Pore attended

Madison Comprehensive High School Madison Comprehensive High School is a public high school in Madison Township, near Mansfield, Ohio, United States. It is the only high school in the Madison Local School District. Athletic teams are known as the Rams and the school colors are ...

and holds the

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record for most goals scored in a season (62) and school record in basketball for career scoring. He then went on to play

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at the

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, where in 2004 he was a finalist for the

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and was awarded Soccer America Player of the Year.

Professional

Pore went on to forgo his senior season at Tulsa and signed a Generation Adidas contract. He was drafted in the second round (16th overall) of the 2005 MLS SuperDraft by Kansas City Wizards, and spent the next four years with the MLS side, playing in 58 league games and tallying three goals. After the 2008 season, he was out of contract and signed with Portland Timbers of the

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on March 12, 2009. During his first year with Portland, Pore appeared in 23 league matches scoring 10 goals. During the 2010 season Pore appeared in 29 league matches for Portland and led the

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in scoring with 15 goals and won both the golden boot and MVP. On October 19, 2010 Pore was named as one of the first four players to be signed by the Portland Timbers ahead of their expansion into

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in 2011, along with

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, Bright Dike and Eddie Johnson. On July 22, 2011 Pore joined NASL club Montreal Impact on loan until the end of the season. Following the 2011 season, the Timbers announced that they had declined a second year option on Pore's contract and he would not be brought back for the 2012 season. Pore entered the 2011 MLS Re-Entry Draft but was not selected, making him a free agent. Pore retired after the 2011 season and then moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma with his family and went back to school at the University of Tulsa. While at the University of Tulsa, Pore was the men's soccer team associate head coach. On January 14, 2020, Pore was named as the new head coach of the

men's soccer team.

Personal

He is married to the former Ashley Glenn, with whom he went to high school at Madison Comprehensive High School. In 2007, they were married in Mansfield, Ohio at St. Johns United Church Of Christ. Ryan and Ashley have two children, Luca and Stella. In his spare time, Ryan enjoys watching

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sports teams and playing

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. He coached his TSC 2000 boys team to being 2014 Oklahoma State Cup Champions and Quarter-Finalists in the 2014 USYS Southern Regional Championships.

Honors

Portland Timbers

Commissioner's Cup (1):

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Individual

All-League First Team (1):

* USSF D-2 Pro League Goal Scoring Champion (1):

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* USSF D-2 Pro League Most Valuable Player (1):

* USSF D-2 Pro League Best XI (1):

References

External links

Portland Timbers bio
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