In 1993, Suarez entered UNC Chapel Hill, where he played on the Tar Heels men's soccer team from 1993 to 1996.
[2] However, the Dallas Burn of first division Major League Soccer also chose Suarez in the first round (sixth overall) of the 1997 College Draft.
That fall, he moved indoors with the Cleveland Crunch of the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL).
In August 2002, the Milwaukee Wave selected Suarez the first round (ninth overall) in the MISL dispersal draft, but he chose to concentrate on his outdoor career.
In 2010, Suarez was named boys varsity soccer coach at Pinewood Preparatory School in Summerville, South Carolina.