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Biography current as of September 2025
A Bay Area product born in Berkeley, California, Crow was a member of the Ballistic United Soccer Club and graduate of Amador Valley High School. After high school, he attended San Diego State University where he played on the men's soccer team from 1979 to 1982, where he was named All-American as a sophomore.
In 1983, Crow signed with the San Diego Sockers of the North American Soccer League (NASL). He played the final two seasons of the NASL in 1983 and 1984 being named a first team NASL All Star in 1984. He was part of the Sockers team that won the 1983–84 NASL indoor title.
When the NASL folded at the end of the 1984 NASL season, the Sockers jumped to the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL). The Sockers established themselves as the class of the league, winning the 1985 and 1986 titles, before losing in the 1987 semifinals. The Sockers resumed their championship, taking MISL titles from 1988 to 1992. During those years, Crow won the Defender of the Year award in 1985, 1988, 1989, 1991, and 1992.
MISL folded after the 1991–1992 season and the Sockers moved to the Continental Indoor Soccer League (CISL) for four seasons until folding in 1996. Crow continued to play until retiring as a player in 1996.
Internationally, Crow earned his first of thirteen caps with the U.S. national team in a scoreless tie with Italy on May 30, 1984. Crow entered the U.S. national team program at the 1984 Summer Olympics. While the tournament had traditionally been an amateur-only tournament, in 1984 the International Olympic Committee allowed professionals and U.S. coach Alketas Panagoulias selected Crow to the U.S. roster. Crow played all three games as the U.S. went 1-1-1 in group play.
In 1987, Crow played for the U.S. at the 1987 Pan American Games. The U.S. went 1-1-1 in group play and failed to qualify for the second round. He was selected for the U.S. team at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Crow played two World Cup qualifiers in 1988, earning his last cap in a 5–1 win over Jamaica on August 13, 1988.
Overall, Crow played eight seasons in the MISL, all of them during the period when there was no first-division outdoor soccer league in the United States. He was chosen to the All-MISL first team in 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989 and 1991, and won six MISL championships, all of them with the San Diego Sockers, in 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991 and 1992. Outdoors, Crow played two seasons in the North American Soccer League, both for San Diego. His 13 full internationals for the United States included five World Cup qualifiers in 1984, 1985 and 1988, and he was a member of the United States teams at the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games. During his NASL career, he played 52 regular-season games and two playoff games.
Crow later served as Executive and Technical Director for Ballistic United Soccer Club, his boyhood club, Director of Player Development and Competitions for Cal North, and held leadership roles in various other youth and professional soccer organizations, including U.S. Soccer.
Prior to being inducted to the Cal North Hall of Fame on September 20, 2025, Crow had been honored in the Tri-Valley Hall of Fame, Ballistic United Hall of Fame, Amador Valley High Hall of Fame, San Diego State Hall of Fame, and the Indoor Soccer Hall of Fame.
