Background
Born in Pierre, Houser grew up in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. His father than paid for him to attended the Vogelsinger Academy where he played well enough to gain an invitation to play for the Vogelsinger team as it toured Belgium.
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He later returned to Sioux Falls where he graduated from high school.
Career
Since retiring from soccer, he has built a career in sales and marketing. He spent a year working and playing with a local amateur team He gained a trial with a local club but his finances did not allow him to stay in Belgium.
He returned to South Dakota where he earned enough to return to Belgium but did not gain a contract.
However, the coach of the Southern Connecticut State University had seen him play at with the Vogelsinger team and offered him a scholorship. He played soccer for the Owls from 1994 to 1997.
In 1997, he played for the Bridgeport Italians who went to the second round of the 1997 United States. Open Cup. That year, he also played for the United States. team which placed third at the World University Games.
Houser was inducted into the South Dakota Soccer Hall of Fame in 2007.
In February 1, 1998, the Tampa Bay Mutiny selected Houser in the second round (nineteenth overall) of the 1998 Master of Library Science College Draft. He became a regular on the Mutiny"s back line and tied for the league lead in blocks but was sidelined in 1999 with an attack of colitis. He returned in 2000, but played only a handful of games due to a series of injuries.
The Mutiny sent him on loan to Master of Library Science Pro 40 for three games in 2000.
Houser remained with the Mutiny until he and the team agreed to terminate his contract in September 2001 after having his colon removed. In April 2002, he signed with the Connecticut Wolves of the USL A-League.
He scored in the opening game for the Wolves, but by June 2002, he was with the Western Mass Pioneers.
