Vainshtein played for and was team captain of the Canadian football squad that competed at the 2009 Maccabiah Games in Israel, and won a bronze medal, and also played for Team Canada in the 2013 Maccabiah Games, winning a second bronze medal.
[1] He attended Alderson-Broaddus College in West Virginia, playing for its soccer team the Battlers, and graduating in 2007.
In his junior year, Vainshtein was named by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America to the 2005 NSCAA/Adidas NCAA Division II All-Appalachian Region second team.
[2][3] He was also named 2005 First Team All-West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC).
In 2009, Vainshtein played for and was team captain of the Canadian football squad that competed at the 2009 Maccabiah Games in Israel, and won a bronze medal.