Riley Moore, Community Engagement & Marketing Coordinator

Riley Moore is originally from Sedalia, Missouri where he played for Missouri ODP, Region II ODP, and KC Legends before stepping into the Sporting KC pathway. He then played collegiate soccer and futsal for Northumbria University along with Non-League Sides Newcastle Blue Star, Morpeth Town, and Birtley Town before moving to the English FA National Futsal Series side Team Sunderland where he would become the first American to score and is the joint top American Scorer. 

He started coaching during university placements in 2020 at Newcastle United Foundation and Newcastle City Juniors, along with projects for Newcastle United Academy while earning his FA Level 1 coaching certification along with a BA (Hons.) in Business with Management and MSc in International Sport Management from Northumbria University. In this time, Moore focused upon community outreach in the West-End of Newcastle as well as Whitley Bay on placement programs learning from Newcastle and Sunderland Academy Coaches. 

In 2022, Moore returned to Colorado while writing his dissertation and got involved with the Colorado Select ODP program and later ALBION Boulder County. Moore has been heavily involved with the Foothills Futsal Program and the USL 2 program as well as being named Colorado Soccer Association’s Developmental Girls Coach of the Year in 2024. 

Riley Moore has done a majority of his work with growing communal soccer and making sure that every potential player is aware of the opportunity that competitive sport brings from the West-End of Newcastle to Western Colorado. He believes that sport delivers development, engagement, and opportunity that no other recreational activity can through championing problem solving and internal competitive development through soccer.