[2] Scott played for Dunfermline Athletic, Heart of Midlothian[2] and East Fife as a youth player,[3] before signing for Livingston.
[5] A member of Livingston's under 19 squad,[6] Scott made his first team debut on 10 March 2012, playing from the start in a 3–1 victory over Greenock Morton in the Scottish First Division.
In his first full season, Scott started 2 games but appeared in all 20 matches the team played, including 2 in the NCAA D1 National Tournament.
[8] In his second season Scott started 1 game at University of Massachusetts Lowell and played 90 minutes, scoring the game-winning goal in a 2–0 victory.
He appeared in 15 games that season including the 2nd round NCAA tournament match that UMBC hosted against the University of Connecticut, where the Retrievers would fall on PKs.