Career
College and Amateur He was named First-Team All-MVC in 2006 and Second-Team All-MVC in 2005. He was named MVC Offensive Player of the Week four times in his collegiate career. In 2004, Kraus played with the Memphis Express in the USL Premier Development League in 2004, and played again in the PDL with Des Moines Menace in 2005.
He played youth soccer for Memphis Futbol Club for 9 years under Coach Richard Bute.
Professional Kraus was drafted 48th by the Kansas City Wizards in the 2007 Master of Library Science Supplemental Draft. He made his Master of Library Science debut against Colorado Rapids on March 28, 2009, coming on as a 67th-minute substitute, and scored his first Master of Library Science goal one minute later.
Kraus was released by Kansas City on March 23, 2010. (With the waiving of Kraus, the Kansas City Wizards roster was at the 24-player limit required by Master of Library Science) Des Moines Menace Personal.