2011 Player Rating and Review - Drew Moor

This offseason, the Burgundy Wave staff will give short reviews on the play of all Colorado Rapids players who received a decent amount of time on the pitch during the season along with a season grade. Starting with Goalkeepers and then moving up the field as necessary from defenders to forwards, today we'll feature Drew Moor.

Name: Drew Moor
Number: 3
Appearances: 32 (32)
Stats: 4 Goals, 1 Assist
With a Rapid yell, we want Moor, Moor, Moor!

To say that Drew Moor was the best player on the Colorado Rapids this season would be an understatement. The prize for team MVP is really only a two man race, but Moor's consistency and ability to always come through in the moments we need him the most pushes him over Jeff Larentowicz for the prize in my mind.

We've always said 'when we get a free kick, he will score, score, score' as fans but this was the year that he really showed his mettle as a goalscoring defender. His goals were rare, but always huge. The last second winner at Portland Timbers, the lone goal at home against FC Dallas and the only goals in the draws against DC United and San Jose Earthquakes were all pivotal goals when it came down to the homestretch and points were being pinched out by Colorado.

Along with the goal scoring was his incredibly consistent, clean and strong defense from both left back and center back during various injury spats this season. We've kind of come to expect his brilliance at defending at this point, but you can't mention Moor without it.

It's become rather expected at this point that Drew is going to be a guy penciled into the line-ups 10 games in advance. He is seemingly impossible to shake up, he's very rarely injured and his tackling is always so pristine that it's somewhat rare to see him earn a yellow card for himself, though he did draw more than his fair share this season. Drew wasn't able to keep his Ironman award from last year for playing every game on the year, but did set the MLS record for most consecutive league matches with 90 full minutes played before yellow card accumulation forced him to finally miss a game against the Los Angeles Galaxy. In a year full of downs for the Rapids, we at least had that record to look forward to seeing him dominate!

We're still just waiting for him to finally get onto the US Men's National Team. Come on Jurgen, is Clarence Goodson really that much better?

PLAYER RATING - 10