Background
Suarez grew up in South Carolina, attending Bishop England High School in Charleston where he was a Parade Magazine high school All American.
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Suarez grew up in South Carolina, attending Bishop England High School in Charleston where he was a Parade Magazine high school All American.
Suarez and his team mates finished 3-0 in group play, but fell in the second round to Qatar in penalty kicks after the two teams played to a 1-1 tie. He finished his four years at University of North Carolina with 47 career goals.
Suarez played for the United States Under-17 national team and also for the national futsal squad. In 1991, he was selected for the United States. U-17 national team which qualified for the 1991 Fédération internationale de football association U-17 World Championship. In 1993, Suarez entered University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, where he played on the Tar Heels men’s soccer team from 1993 to 1996.
In 1997, Long Island Rough Riders of the second division USISL selected Suarez in the first round (third overall) of the USISL Territorial Draft.
However, the Dallas Burn of first division Major League Soccer also chose Suarez in the first round (sixth overall) of the 1997 College Draft. Suarez signed with the Burn, spending three seasons with them.
While with the Burn, Suarez went on loan several times to teams in the USISL. The Burn released following the 1999 season. In 2000, he joined his hometown club Charleston Battery of the USL A-League for one season.
That fall, he moved indoors with the Cleveland Crunch of the National Soccer League (NPSL).
In 2001, the NPSL was renamed the Major Indoor Soccer League. He would play two season with the Crunch until it folded and became the Force in 2002. In August 2002, the Milwaukee Wave selected Suarez the first round (ninth overall) in the MISL dispersal draft, but he chose to concentrate on his outdoor career.
In 2001, Suarez left the Battery and joined the Connecticut Wolves for one season.
He then moved to the Rochester Raging Rhinos for the 2002 and 2003 seasons and the Syracuse Salty Dogs in 2004. He retired from playing professionally following the 2004 season.
Suarez earned seven caps with the United States national futsal team between 1999 and 2000 as the team prepared for the Fédération internationale de football association World Cup. However, the United States. failed to qualify.
Following his retirement Suarez entered the field of youth coaching in his hometown of Charleston, founding Suarez Soccer School, a series of clinics focused on technical training for beginner-level players.
In 2010, Suarez was named boys varsity soccer coach at Pinewood Preparatory School in Summerville, South Carolina. Suarez also serves as lead coach of the Charleston Battery"s youth camps.