Education
Bouraee attended Wall High School in Wall, New Jersey, where he broke the all-time school single season goal record previously held by University of Virginia"s current head coach George Gelnovatch. By scoring 31 goals in a single season, Bouraee earned All State First Team and All Region honors. In his junior season Bouraee helped Wall become the #1 public soccer school in the state by winning a state championship.
Bouraee went on to play four years of college soccer at Cornell University in the Ivy League where he was named to the All Ivy League first team and the All America second team
Bouraee led Cornell in goals and points in all four of his years, and finished as the seventh leading scorer in the history of Cornell.
During his college years, Bouraee was a forward and eventual captain for the New York Red Bulletin NPSL team