Education
He graduated from Louisiana Jolla High School and attended San Diego State University where he played on the men’s soccer team from 1983 to 1986.
He graduated from Louisiana Jolla High School and attended San Diego State University where he played on the men’s soccer team from 1983 to 1986.
Growing up, he played for the Louisiana Jolla Nomads soccer club From 1986 through 1989, Boardman played for the San Diego Nomads of the Western Soccer League. He was a 1987 First Team All League defender with the Nomads.
In 1987, he signed with the Los Angeles Lazers of the Major Indoor Soccer League.
The Lazers released him at the end of the season and Boardman moved to the Fort Wayne Flames of the American Indoor Soccer Association for the 1988-1989 indoor season. He played from 1990 to 1992 with the Detroit Rockers of the National Soccer League.
On October 22, 1992, the Baltimore Spirit signed Boardman to a one-year contract. In June 1993, the Spirit traded Boardman to the Saint Louis Ambush for Dan O’Keefe.
On December 2, 1994, the Spirit traded him and Tarik Walker to the Harrisburg Heat in exchange for Franklin McIntosh.
He finished the season with the Heat, then retired. In February 1997, the Baltimore Spirit signed Boardman for the upcoming playoffs. He again retired at the end of the season.
From 2001 to 2004, Boardman coached the soccer team at Saint Paul"s School in Maryland.