College Farber won the Idaho State Soccer Player of the Year award in 2000 before playing
college soccer at
North Idaho College, where he remains the school's career record-holder for points. He transferred to
Oregon State University for his final two collegiate seasons. Farber was named to the All-Pac-10 second team and Pac-10 All-Academic team as a senior in 2004.
Professional Farber's career started in
indoor soccer, having played with the
Stockton Cougars and its predecessor, the
California Cougars, in the
Major Indoor Soccer League and the
Professional Arena Soccer League since 2005. He is the franchise record holder for goals (110), points (175), and games played (105) for the Cougars franchise. He also had 55 assists. He earned MVP of the PASL in 2008. After playing several games in the
MLS Reserve Division with the reserve teams of both
San Jose Earthquakes and
Houston Dynamo between 2004 and 2006, Farber was offer a contract from Houston Dynamo. His rights were not released from his indoor team. Farber's outdoor career then went in 2007 to the Minnesota Thunder
Minnesota Thunder of the
USL First Division. Farber played 28 matches for Thunder, finished the season as the team's leading scorer with seven goals and leader in assists with four, and was named to the USL First Division All-League second team. He led the team in minutes played as well. Farber signed with the
Portland Timbers in January 2009. His first year with the Timbers he scored 14 points with 5 goals and 4 assists, and adding 1 goal and 3 assists in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup helping the Timbers to the Quarter Finals. Farber scored the first goal of the campaign for the Portland Timbers in his first appearance in 2008. On March 7, 2011, Farber signed with
Carolina RailHawks of the
North American Soccer League. He then moved to the
San Diego Sockers of the
Professional Arena Soccer League. Injuries limited him to only four games in his first season with the Sockers. However, during the
2011–12 season, he scored twenty-seven goals in sixteen games. He is a key member of the Sockers during their
2012–13 and
2013–14 seasons as well. The PASL named Farber its Player of the Week on January 7, 2014. Farber retired from the San Diego Sockers after the opening game of the 2023-2024 Season in a dominant win vs. the Tacoma Stars. ==Honors==