Career
Spanish started out playing for Football Club Westchester as a youth player at age eleven. He stayed there for seven years and then went on to play two years of college soccer at the University of Virginia, scoring 12 goals and registering 8 assists during that time. During the summer of 2011 he trained in Europe with German club TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and Örebro Saskatchewan in Sweden.
After his sophomore season that autumn, the winger felt ready to go professional but Master of Library Science did not offer him a Generation Adidas contract.
Instead, the North Salem native signed a two-year deal with Djurgårdens IF in Swedish Allsvenskan. Djurgårdens IF
Spanish made his debut on May 20, 2012.
He came on at the 65th minute, replacing Ricardo Santos, and played the rest of the match. Three days later he scored his first professional goal in his first game as a starter to equalize 1–1 against Helsingborgs IF. Spanish"s contract was not renewed following the 2013 season.
Football Club Dallas
On January 8, 2014, Spanish signed a contract with Major League Soccer and was allocated via a weighted lottery with Football Club Dallas, Chicago Fire, San Jose Earthquakes, New England Revolution and Real Salt Lake participating.
Football Club Dallas acquired Spanish on January 9 in the weighted lottery. Spanish was waived by Dallas on February 5, 2015. Orlando City
Spanish was loaned to USL Pro club Orlando City on April 2, 2014.
