Education
Brown graduated from Cleveland High School in South Saint Louis. He attended Saint Louis Community College-Florissant Valley for two seasons before transferring to Saint Louis University.
Brown graduated from Cleveland High School in South Saint Louis. He attended Saint Louis Community College-Florissant Valley for two seasons before transferring to Saint Louis University.
Although he saw time in several pre-season games, he decided to drop out of college for a year due to the birth of a son. In 1986, he entered the University of Missouri–Saint Louis where he played a single season on the men"s soccer team In 1987, the Cleveland Force selected Brown in the first round (eighth overall) of the Major Indoor Soccer League College Draft.
When the Force offered him a developmental contract, Brown declined and worked for a year in an art gallery in Los Los Angeles
In the late summer of 1989, the Saint Louis Storm invited Brown to its pre-season mini-camp. In October 1989, the Storm signed him to a contract.
He became a regular starter after injuries depleted the roster. When the Storm folded in 1992, the National Professional Soccer League awarded a franchise to the Saint Louis Ambush.
Brown signed with the Ambush in the late summer of 1992.
In February 1996, he joined the Cincinnati Silverbacks.