In 1997, the Bay Seals played in the USISL D-3 Pro League and made an improbable run to the U.S. Open Cup semifinals in 1997.

On October 21, 2010, Brown announced he would retire following the Fire's season finale two days later at Chivas USA[4] which the team went on to win 4–1.

Brown retired as the club's last remaining "Fire Original", and the all-time leader in competitive appearances (372), starts (364) and minutes (32,538).

[7] After emerging from soccer obscurity, Brown amassed 15 caps with the United States national team, his first coming on November 6, 1998, against Australia.

[citation needed] On January 18, 2010, Brown was hired as an assistant head coach for Real Salt Lake.

On December 11, 2013, Brown was named assistant coach of the Chicago Fire, where he won an MLS Cup as a player in 1998.

After almost a year he moved to expansion club New York City FC on December 1, 2014, rejoining Jason Kreis, who he had worked under at Real Salt Lake.

[10] On July 10, 2018, the New York Red Bulls announced that Brown would be joining newly appointed head coach Chris Armas' staff as an assistant.