Professional Career
Following graduation, he moved to Portugal where he spent a single season with Torreense. In 1995, he moved to French club Stade Brest. He also spent time with the North Jersey Imperials of the USISL.
In February 1996, the San Jose Clash of Major League Soccer (MLS) drafted Butler in the second round (eighteenth overall) of the league’s Inaugural Player Draft. He spent the 1996 season in San Jose before being traded to the Columbus Crew for Mac Cozier on November 6, 1996. After appearing in only one game, scoring one goal, for the Crew, Butler left the team to concentrate on his national team commitments in the lead up to the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
On 11 March 1998, Butler signed a one year contract with the Cleveland Crunch of the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL). He played four games at the end of the 1997-1998 season, then retired.
Since then, Butler has worked as a coach and scout while playing amateur and semi-professionally.
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