Ryan Pore was an American professional soccer player and is currently an assistant men"s soccer coach at his alma mater, The University of Tulsa.
Education
Pore attended Madison Comprehensive High School and holds the OHSAA record for most goals scored in a season (62) and school record in basketball for career scoring. He then went on to play college soccer at the, where in 2004 he was a finalist for the Hermann Trophy and was awarded Soccer America Player of the Year.
Career
Youth and College 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 Master of Library Science SuperDraft by Kansas City Wizards, and spent the next four years with the Master of Library Science side, playing in 58 league games and talling three goals. After the 2008 season, he was out of contract and signed with Portland Timbers of the USL First Division on March 12, 2009.
During his first year with Portland, Pore appeared in 23 league matches scoring 10 goals.
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 Major League Soccer in 2011, along with Steve Cronin, 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 Master of Library Science 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.
Ryan and Ashley have two children, Luca and Stella. In his spare time, Ryan enjoys watching Cleveland sports teams and playing golf. Coached his TSC 2000 boys team to being 2014 Oklahoma State Cup Champions and Quarter-Finalists in the 2014 USYS Southern Regional Championships.
Portland Timbers Individual.