[1] Swords attended James Madison University, playing on the men's soccer team from 1992 to 1996.
The Heat traded him to the Baltimore Blast following the 2000–2001 season and the Wildcats withdrew from the league in the fall of 2001.
[2] On February 1, 2003, he joined the Baltimore Blast for the second half of the Major Indoor Soccer League season.
In 2004, Swords finished his career with a single season with the Harrisburg City Islanders of the USL Second Division.
From 2004 to 2007, he coached the Loyola Blakefield High School boys' team, winning the 2005 Maryland state champs.