Background
Henderson grew up playing soccer in Baton Rouge, where his talent was quickly noticed by many professional scouts.
Henderson grew up playing soccer in Baton Rouge, where his talent was quickly noticed by many professional scouts.
He attended his first three years of high school at Bishop Joseph V. Sullivan High School, now called Saint Michael the Archangel High School, in southeast Baton Rouge.
Building on that season"s success, Saint Michael now has one of the premiere soccer programs in the state of Louisiana, which produces many professional soccer players. The team will celebrate the 20th-year anniversary of the state title next season. After leading his team to the state title, Henderson began looking for ways to secure a professional career.
He then attended Duke University, playing three seasons (1995–1997) with the Duke’s soccer team
In 1995, Duke went to the National Collegiate Athletic Association Men"s Division I Soccer Championship where it fell to the Wisconsin Badgers. In 1998, Henderson moved to Scotland where he had unsuccessful trials with several team
After spending some time with the Hearts reserve team, he returned to United States. He joined the Chicago Fire, but after the Fire released him, he finished the season with the New Orleans Storm of the USISL A-League.
The Storm folded at the end of the season and Henderson moved to the Lehigh Valley Steam for the 1999 A-League season.
In February 2000 the Los Angeles Galaxy drafted Henderson in the fourth round (47th overall) of the 2000 Master of Library Science SuperDraft. The Galaxy released Henderson during the pre-season and Henderson signed with the Atlanta Silverbacks for the 2000 A-League season. On January 22, 2001, the Richmond Kickers signed Henderson.
On January 21, 2003, Henderson moved to the Charleston Battery.