In 1989, Crawford joined the Permian Basin Shooting Stars of the Southwest Indoor Soccer League.
[1] During the 1990–91 season, he scored thirty-five goals in sixteen games, giving him first place on the points list.
This brought Crawford to the attention of the Denver Thunder of the National Professional Soccer League.
[3] In 1993, Crawford spent the summer season with the Arizona Sandsharks of the Continental Indoor Soccer League.
In 1995, while playing for the Buffalo Blizzard, Crawford was hired as the women's soccer coach at Hilbert College.