He was the 2003 New Mexico High School Coaches Association's Class 4A boys' soccer player of the year.
[8] He played college soccer at NCAA Division III Trinity University (Biochemistry; '09) in San Antonio, Texas, where he was a first team All American in 2006 and 2007.
[5] Altman knew long-time Minnesota Thunder (USL First Division) player Kevin Friedland and the team's head coach Amos Magee from his time participating in the Maccabiah Games.
After a year out of professional soccer to go back to school in 2009, Altman signed with the NSC Minnesota Stars of the USSF Division 2 on March 4, 2010.
[24] Altman announced he would retire from professional soccer following the conclusion of the 2013 NASL Spring season, in order to attend medical school at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.