Background
Jean-Bapiste was born in Brooklyn, New York and is of Haitian descent he went to Brentwood High School in Long Island after moving from Brooklyn.
Jean-Bapiste was born in Brooklyn, New York and is of Haitian descent he went to Brentwood High School in Long Island after moving from Brooklyn.
Jean-Baptiste attended Brentwood High School on Long Island, New New York He was honored with the 2009 Long Island player of the year presented by Newsday. He played college soccer with the Connecticut Huskies from 2010-2011.
During his second year at UCONN Jean-Baptiste was named the 2011 Big East Conference Defensive Player of the Year.
During the 2010 season he also played for the New York Red Bulls U-23 team
Youth and college Professional Jean-Baptiste was selected 8th overall by Portland Timbers in the first round of the 2012 Master of Library Science SuperDraft. In his first professional match for the Portland Timbers, Jean-Baptiste scored a header from a free-kick, assisted by Jack Jewsbury. Later in the season he was sent on loan to Los Angeles Blues and made 8 appearances for the club
During his second year Jean-Baptiste became a starter for Portland and appeared in 26 matches.
Jean-Baptiste scored the game-winning goal on July 13, 2013 against the Los Angeles Galaxy, on a header from a corner kick by Diego Valeri. On December 12, 2013, Jean-Baptiste was traded to Chivas United States of America in exchange for Jorge Villafaña.
In his one year with Chivas he appeared in 10 league matches, missing two months of the season due to injury. On January 27, 2015 the New York Red Bulls announced that they had signed Jean-Baptiste.
Jean-Baptiste was loaned to affiliate side New York Red Bulls II during the 2015 season and made his debut for the side on April 4, 2015, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 4–1 victory over Toronto Football Club II, the first victory in club history.
Jean-Baptiste was released by New York Red Bulls on June 26, 2015. International Jean-Baptiste represented the United States in 2010 at the Under 18 level He formally switched allegiance to the Haitian federation, and in June 2015 Jean-Baptiste was called up by the Haiti National team for the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup, and was on the bench for all 4 games.