In 1999, the Lehigh Valley Steam selected Apple in the first round (twenty-seventh) overall of the USL A-League draft.
[3] He returned to the United States and joined the Cleveland Crunch of the National Professional Soccer League for the end of the 1999–2000 season.
[4] In the fall of 2003, Apple signed with the St. Louis Steamers of the second Major Indoor Soccer League.
On March 18, 2005, the Steamers traded Apple and Nate Houser to the Baltimore Blast in exchange for Carlos Farias.
[5] The Steamers folded at the end of the season and in September 2006, the Detroit Ignition selected Apple in the dispersal draft.