He was the 1990 MISL Rookie of the Year and was a member of the St. Louis Kutis team which won the 1986 National Challenge Cup.
Although he saw time in several pre-season games, he decided to drop out of college for a year due to the birth of a son.
In 1987, the Cleveland Force selected Brown in the first round (eighth overall) of the Major Indoor Soccer League College Draft.
When the Force offered him a developmental contract, Brown declined and worked for a year in an art gallery in Los Angeles.
[2] When the Storm folded in 1992, the National Professional Soccer League awarded a franchise to the St. Louis Ambush.