{"id":23090,"date":"2013-12-09T00:23:24","date_gmt":"2013-12-09T05:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=23090"},"modified":"2015-01-01T22:26:33","modified_gmt":"2015-01-02T03:26:33","slug":"glufc-tabs-former-1st-pick-moore-as-hc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=23090","title":{"rendered":"GLUFC Tabs Former 1st Pick Moore as HC"},"content":{"rendered":"

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NPSL\u00a0expansion side\u00a0Greater Lowell United\u00a0tabbed former MLS first overall pick Jason Moore as head coach ahead of its inaugural season.<\/p>\n

Moore, 35, was selected first\u00a0by D.C. United in 1999 and\u00a0played in 95\u00a0games during a five-year career that included\u00a0stints with\u00a0the Colorado Rapids (2000-01), Chicago\u00a0Fire (2002)\u00a0and New England Revolution (2003).<\/p>\n

\u201cWe recognize the importance of having someone with professional experience develop our players, and we\u2019re thrilled that Jason has accepted this position,\u201d said Tim Melican, co-founder of GLUFC and the club\u2019s director of operations, in a team release. \u201cWe feel confident that Jason\u2019s expertise and rapport with players will catapult us to a successful debut season in the NPSL.\u201d<\/p>\n

The former midfielder founded the Moore Soccer Academy in 2012, which tailors programs for individuals, teams and small groups to help develop players’ technical skills. The academy also offers specialized training with current MLS professionals, such as Revolution goalkeeper Matt Reis.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe that we are on the cusp of something special with Greater Lowell United,\u201d
\nMoore said in a team release. \u201cI\u2019m excited to be able to use my skills in player development and leverage my experience as a professional player to help GLUFC win on the pitch and place players in college programs and with professional clubs.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m also looking forward to experiencing the fantastic soccer atmosphere I know the people in the Lowell area will provide.\u201d<\/p>\n

Incidentally, Moore was selected one spot ahead of current Revolution head coach Jay Heaps, who was selected second overall by the now-defunct Miami Fusion in 1999.<\/p>\n

The 2014 NSPL season is slated to kick off in May, with Greater Lowell United set to compete in the Atlantic Division of the Northeast Region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NPSL\u00a0expansion side\u00a0Greater Lowell United\u00a0tabbed former MLS first overall pick Jason Moore as head coach ahead of its inaugural season. Moore, 35, was selected first\u00a0by D.C. United in 1999 and\u00a0played in 95\u00a0games during a five-year career that included\u00a0stints with\u00a0the Colorado Rapids (2000-01), Chicago\u00a0Fire (2002)\u00a0and New England Revolution (2003). \u201cWe recognize the importance of having someone with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[889,1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23090"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23090"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23096,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23090\/revisions\/23096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}