Background
Bauer grew up in Saint Charles, Missouri and attended Christian Brothers College High School where he was a second team All State soccer player as a senior.
Bauer grew up in Saint Charles, Missouri and attended Christian Brothers College High School where he was a second team All State soccer player as a senior.
Bauer grew up in Saint Charles, Missouri and attended Christian Brothers College High School where he was a second team All State soccer player as a senior. He played one year of college soccer at Boston University, where he appeared for three games, before transferring to the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville as a sophomore. At Edwardsville he started all 22 games in 2006 picking up Great Lakes Valley Conference first team honors along with Great Lakes All-Region first team honors and NSCAA/adidas National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II All-Great Lakes Region second team honors.
College Professional Bauer signed his first professional contract in 2010 when he was signed by Air Corps Saint Louis of the USSF Division 2 Professional League. He made his professional debut on April 10, 2010 in Saint Louis"s first ever game, against Carolina RailHawks.
