He moved to Canada and played for the Hamilton Primos of the National Soccer League in 1967, making it to the championship finals before losing to Windsor Teutonia.

[5][6] When the team folded at the end of the season he returned to Rochester who was playing in the American Soccer League at the time.

Howard was appointed technical director of the Canadian Soccer Association from 1986 to 1992 and also served as Canada's first National Goalkeeping Coach.

He attained a unique treble in 1986 as the first person in Canadian soccer to have played, managed and coached in the national program.

This in addition to producing numerous coaching manuals and video tapes for the Canadian Soccer Association, CONCACAF and FIFA.

In addition he has been a color commentator for over 200 games on CBC, CTV, ROGERS SPORTSNET, TSN, CFMT/OMNI, and the FOX SOCCER CHANNEL.