He attended the Robert Morris University, playing on the men's soccer team from 1993 to 1996.
In 1997, Bell played for the Washington Warthogs of the Continental Indoor Soccer League.
On February 1, 1998, the Mutiny selected him in the second round (nineteenth overall) of the 1998 MLS Supplemental Draft.
In November 2003, Bell and his broadcasting partner, Chris Shovlin, won the March of Dimes Achievement in Radio Award for Best Play-by-Play.
In 2007, he was named as the host for the thirty-minute feature show, USL Breakaway on Fox Soccer.