During his time at Indiana, Purdie was named Captain of the team, earned first-team All-Big Ten honors as a senior, earned Offensive MVP honors and later Big Ten player of the week/National player of the week accolades for helping lead Indiana to the title at the Mike Berticelli Memorial Tournament.

[1] Purdie spent time playing with USL Premier Development League club Indiana Invaders between 2007 and 2009.

[5] Purdie made his debut as a 70th-minute substitute during a 1–0 win against Portland Timbers on March 24, 2012.

[6][7] Before the 2013 season he signed a three-month contract with [Swedish Football Division 3] club FK Älmeboda/Linneryd to train and gain fitness after leaving New England Revolution.

In January 2014, he had to decide whether to stay in Sweden or to take a job offer, and retired from playing.