Antony Moore resumed his duties as the program's top assistant coach in 2018 after serving as the interim head coach for the entirety of the 2017 season. He enters his ninth year with the program in 2021.
Saint Francis is 76-39-15 (.642) in Moore's seven seasons, making three NEC Tournament championship appearances and earning 27 all-conference selections. The 2020-21 season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
During the offseason, Francis de Vries ('17) was named to the NEC's men's soccer Mount Rushmore, claiming his spot as one of the top four student-athletes in the history of NEC men's soccer. Lucas Rosa was named to the 2021 MLS Superdraft Eligible Players list and CoSida Academic All-District. Kaelon Fox ('18) signed with FC Tucson of USL League One as he enters his fifth year of his professional career.
In 2019, Saint Francis hosted the NEC Championships for the first time since 2014. Five players from that squad received all-conference honors, including midfielder Lucas Rosa who won the NEC Player of the Year award. Rosa was also named All-Region First Team, Scholar All-Region First Team, All-America Third Team by College Soccer News, Scholar All-America First Team and NEC Men's Soccer Scholar-Athlete. The team received the United Soccer Coaches Team Academic Award after earning it's highest-ever GPA (3.487) in the spring 2020 semester.
The Red Flash put up record-breaking numbers offensively with Moore at the helm in 2017, winning double-digit games for the fifth-straight season. Saint Francis scored 37 goals in 18 games, its most since the 1994 season. Forward Mario Mastrangelo led the NEC with 13 goals, good for 8th most in all of NCAA Division I. He was a First Team All-NEC selection.
Moore helped develop three-time All-American center back and MLS SuperDraftee Francis de Vries.
In his third season, Moore joined first-year head coach Paulo Neto and helped the Flash earn 11 victories on the season and their third-straight appearance in the NEC Tournament.Â
Moore helped coach Pablo Medina to the SFU all-time assists record with 26 in his time in Loretto and helped guide Francis de Vries to NEC and ECAC Defender of the Year honors and his second-straight All-America season in 2015.Â
In 2014, Moore helped lead the Red Flash to its most successful season in program history where they earned the No. 1 overall seed after winning the Northeast Conference regular season title. SFU went 13-6-1 and sported a 6-1 NEC record en route to hosting the NEC Tournament. Saint Francis had four players named to the All-NEC First Team.
Moore, a 2012 Fairleigh Dickinson graduate with a bachelor of arts in Communications, played four years of collegiate soccer, first at St. Gregory’s in Oklahoma and later at Fairleigh Dickinson. He helped lead FDU to a conference championship and NCAA Sweet 16 berth in 2012
Moore was named to the National Team of the Week (Nov 18, 2012) after scoring the game winner vs. St. Johns and earning two assists vs. St. Louis, both in the NCAA Tournament.
Born in Douglas, Isle of Man, Moore is the son of Helen Jones, Graham Moore and the brother of James Moore. In 2014, Moore was called up to represent his national team Ellan Vannin in the ConIFA World Football Cup in Oestersund, Sweden.
