Youth and college Pore attended
Madison Comprehensive High School in
Mansfield, Ohio and holds the
Ohio High School Athletic Association 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
University of Tulsa, where in 2004 he was a finalist for the
Hermann Trophy and was awarded Soccer America Player of the Year.
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 MLS SuperDraft by
Kansas City Wizards, and spent the next four years with the MLS side, playing in 58 league games and tallying 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. During the 2010 season Pore appeared in 29 league matches for Portland and led the
USSF D2 Pro League in scoring with 15 goals and won both the golden boot and MVP. 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 MLS 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. While at the University of Tulsa, Pore was the men's soccer team associate head coach. On January 14, 2020, Pore was named as the new head coach of the
Kansas City Roos men's soccer team. ==Personal==