Career
United in Major League Soccer. Nickell played college for Drake University Soccer from 2001 to 2004. In his four seasons there he accumulated 31 goals and 22 assists.
In 2003, his junior year, he set the Drake single-season record for goals with 13.
He was selected in the first round 12th overall in the 2005 Master of Library Science Supplemental Draft by the District of Columbia United. Following the 2006 season, he was waived by the team