Background
Mekelburg grew up in Tampa, Florida, playing for Tampa"s Black Watch South Carolina (U.S.)
Mekelburg grew up in Tampa, Florida, playing for Tampa"s Black Watch South Carolina (U.S.)
In 1993, he graduated from George Doctorate. Chamberlain High School where he played on the boy"s soccer team In 1992, the Chamberlain soccer team finished runner-up to Killian in the Florida 4A high school soccer championship. Mekelburg attended the University of South Florida, playing for the men"s soccer team from 1993 to 1996.
He was a 1996 First Team All American. In December 1996, the Tampa Bay Terror selected Mekelburg in the National Soccer League draft. In February 1997, the Tampa Bay Mutiny picked him in the first round (eighth overall) of the 1997 Master of Library Science College Draft.
Mekelburg signed with the Mutiny, but injuries kept him off the field
The team waived him on June 24, 1997. In July, Dallas Sidekicks then chose Mekelburg in the Continental Indoor Soccer League Supplemental Draft after Mekelburg had trained with them for several weeks.
The Sidekicks did not sign him and Mekelburg joined the Baltimore Spirit of the National Soccer League in September 1997. In 1998, he played for the Milwaukee Rampage in the USISL A-League.
On January 28, 1999, he signed a two year contract with the Charleston Battery.
On July 24, 1999, the Battery traded Mekelburg to the Raleigh Capital Express in exchange for Edmundo Rodriguez.