Woods attended Paint Branch High School where he was a 1995 All Met Honorable Mention soccer player.
[4] In March 1998, Woods was called up to the United States men's national under-23 soccer team camp for its match against Canada.
[5] The Colorado Rapids selected Woods in the first round (tenth overall) of the 2000 MLS SuperDraft, but waived him after the first game of the regular season in which he played five minutes.
In April 2001, the Rapids traded Matt Okoh and the rights to Woods to the New England Revolution in exchange for Imad Baba and Carlos Parra.
[7] On February 18, 2005, he rejoined the Charleston Battery after returning from the US Men's National Team camp at the Home Depot Center, for its World Cup Qualifier against Trinidad & Tobago during the player labor dispute, signing a two-year contract.