Alejandro Moreno

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Alejandro Moreno

Personal information
Full name	Alejandro Enrique Moreno Riera
Date of birth	July 8, 1979 (1979-07-08)
Place of birth	Barquisimeto, Venezuela
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Chivas USA
Number	15
Youth career
1993–1998	Dallas Texans
1998–2001	UNC Greensboro Spartans
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2002–2004	Los Angeles Galaxy	61	(12)
2005	San Jose Earthquakes	31	(8)
2006–2007	Houston Dynamo	34	(3)
2007–2009	Columbus Crew	74	(20)
2010	Philadelphia Union	26	(2)
2011–	Chivas USA	24	(5)
National team‡
2004–	Venezuela	40	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 November 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 November 2011

Alejandro Moreno (born July 8, 1979 in Barquisimeto) is a Venezuelan footballer. He played for the Dallas Texans Soccer Club before attending UNC Greensboro. He currently plays for Chivas USA in Major League Soccer.

Career

College

Moreno moved to Texas, United States from his native Venezuela as a youth and played four years of college soccer at UNC Greensboro. He finished his career there fourth on the team's all-time scoring lists, with 65 goals and 25 assists, and having been named first team NSCAA All-South all four years with the team.

Professional

After completing his career at Greensboro, Moreno was drafted 27th overall in the 2002 MLS SuperDraft by the Los Angeles Galaxy. He played sparingly in his rookie season, but developed into an excellent sparkplug coming off the bench in his second season, when he registered six goals and two assists in just 1,117 minutes.

Although Moreno exhibited a good deal of promise in 2003, he was not able to earn a consistent starting role with the Galaxy because of a logjam at the forward position, which included Guatemalan star Carlos Ruiz and former US international Jovan Kirovski, as well as recent acquisition Joseph Ngwenya. In 2004, Moreno again registered six goals and two assists, this time in 1,297 minutes. He was traded to the San Jose Earthquakes in the off-season in a four-player deal. In his lone season with the Quakes, Moreno scored eight goals and four assists. Along with the rest of his Earthquakes teammates, he moved to Houston for the 2006 season. He was traded to the Columbus Crew on May 10, 2007 for Joseph Ngwenya.

Alejandro Moreno scored the first goal in the 2008 MLS Cup for Columbus, who eventually won the game 3-1 against New York Red Bulls.

Moreno was selected by Philadelphia Union in the 2009 MLS Expansion Draft on 25 November 2009.

On November 24, 2010, Moreno was selected by Vancouver Whitecaps FC in the 2010 MLS Expansion Draft, but was immediately traded to Chivas USA, along with Alan Gordon.

International

Moreno's performances in MLS have seen him receive call-ups for the Venezuelan national team; he made his first appearance on February 18, 2005 against Australia. Due to his high quality of form during the 2008 Major League Soccer season, Moreno was again called up to the Venezuelan team for some 2010 World Cup Qualifiers, scoring against Ecuador on October 15, 2008, in a 3-1 win.

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	August 20, 2008	José Antonio Anzoátegui, Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela	Syria	4–0	4-1	Friendly
2.	October 15, 2008	José Antonio Anzoátegui, Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela	Ecuador	2–1	3-1	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
3.	March 25, 2011	Catherine Hall Stadium, Montego Bay, Jamaica	Jamaica	0–2	0–2	Friendly

Honors

Columbus Crew

• Major League Soccer MLS Cup (1): 2008
• Major League Soccer Supporter's Shield (2): 2008, 2009

Houston Dynamo

• Major League Soccer MLS Cup (1): 2006

Los Angeles Galaxy

• Major League Soccer MLS Cup (1): 2002

See also

• List of current MLS players

External links

• MLS player profile
• Alejandro Moreno at National-Football-Teams.com