[1] Smith chose to neither sign with an American team nor attend college, but moved to Germany where he pursued a professional soccer career.
In 1990, Smith played for the Los Angeles Heat of the American Professional Soccer League (APSL).
[2] That fall, he signed as a free agent with the Wichita Wings of the Major Indoor Soccer League where he played for two seasons.
During the summer of 1991, Smith returned to the outdoor game, playing for the Salt Lake Sting and the Tampa Bay Rowdies of the APSL.
[3] With the collapse of the MISL and the Wichita Wings in 1992, Smith moved to the Dayton Dynamo of the National Professional Soccer League.