Alejandro Enrique Moreno Riera is a retired Venezuelan football player who is currently a television commentator for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network Football Club.
Education
Moreno moved to Texas, United States from his native Venezuela as a youth and played four years of college soccer at University of North Carolina Greensboro. He finished his college career fourth on the team"s all-time scoring lists, with 65 goals and 25 assists, having been named first team NSCAA All-South all four years with the team
Career
Disambiguation: Foreign the wrestler see Alejandro Muñoz Moreno. College Moreno moved to Texas, United States from his native Venezuela as a youth and played four years of college soccer at University of North Carolina Greensboro. Professional After completing his career at Greensboro, Moreno was drafted 27th overall in the 2002 Master of Library Science 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 United States 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 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.
Moreno was traded to Columbus Crew on May 10, 2007 in exchange for Joseph Ngwenya. Moreno was selected by Philadelphia Union in the 2009 Master of Library Science Expansion Draft on 25 November 2009. On November 24, 2010, Moreno was selected by Vancouver Whitecaps Football Club in the 2010 Master of Library Science Expansion Draft, but was immediately traded to Chivas United States of America, along with Alan Gordon, in exchange for allocation money and an international roster spot.
Moreno remained with Chivas United States of America through the 2012 season.
After the conclusion of the 2012 season, Chivas United States of America declined the 2013 option on Moreno"s contract and he entered the 2012 Master of Library Science Re-Entry Draft. Moreno became a free agent after he went undrafted in both rounds of the draft.
In February 2013 he joined the Philadelphia Union as a television commentator, ending his playing career. International Moreno"s performances in Master of Library Science have seen him receive call-ups for the Venezuela national team
He made his first appearance on February 18, 2005 against Australia.
Media In 2013, Entertainment and Sports Programming Network Football Club hired Moreno as a color commentator and analyst. He frequently covers Liga MX and Mexico National Team games on Entertainment and Sports Programming Network"s English-language networks. In 2014, he served as color commentator for the Philadelphia Union of Major League Soccer.
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