Youth and collegiate Frye was a
Parade magazine High School All-American soccer player the 1992 New Mexico High School Soccer Player of the Year. He played
college soccer at the
University of California, Los Angeles from 1992 to 1995. A
forward in high school, UCLA coach
Sigi Schmid moved Frye to the backline his first season at UCLA. In 1995, in his senior season, Frye was named his team's defensive MVP.
Professional Frye was selected in the first round (fourth overall) of the
1996 MLS College Draft by
Tampa Bay Mutiny. He spent three seasons in Tampa Bay before being released in 1998. On February 7, 1999, the
San Jose Clash chose Frye in the first round (third overall) of the
1999 MLS Supplemental Draft. He played only three games with the Clash, who waived him at the end of the season. He began the 2000 preseason with the
San Diego Flash of the
USL A-League. However, on March 16, 2000, the
Los Angeles Galaxy picked him in the Waiver Draft. He only played six games with the Galaxy that season as they loaned him to
MLS Project 40 for one game, then back to the Flash. He also played one game with the
Orange County Zodiac in 2000. In 2001, he saw time in twenty-two games, many as a forward, as the Galaxy was hit with several injuries to its front line. Frye and his teammates also won the
2001 U.S. Open Cup. He played another twenty games in 2002, but was released at the end of the season and retired from playing professionally. In 2005, he played in a
Chivas USA reserve game. In 2009 Frye came out of retirement to play a season with the
Southern California Seahorses in the
USL Premier Development League. ==Personal life==