In 1997, Bell played for the
Washington Warthogs of the
Continental Indoor Soccer League. He finished the season with two goals and three assists. That winter, he played as a trialist with the
Tampa Bay Mutiny. On February 1, 1998, the Mutiny selected him in the second round (nineteenth overall) of the
1998 MLS Supplemental Draft. The Mutiny released him on June 10, 1998, to free a roster spot for
Evans Wise. In February 1999, he signed with the expansion
Pittsburgh Riverhounds of the
USL A-League. He was a regular starter, but injuries led to his retirement. In 2000, he began working in sales in Akron, Ohio, but also worked as a part-time game announcer for Riverhounds’ games on Fox Sports Radio. In November 2003, Bell and his broadcasting partner, Chris Shovlin, won the March of Dimes Achievement in Radio Award for Best Play-by-Play. In 2006, Bell was named as the Voice of the
United Soccer Leagues and was the play-by-play announcer for every game featured on
Fox Soccer Channel during the season. In 2007, he was named as the host for the thirty-minute feature show, USL Breakaway on Fox Soccer. In addition to his Play-by-Play duties for the USL and the
NSCAA Game of the Week, he was also back in
Major League Soccer from 2008 to 2010 as a sideline reporter for Fox Soccer Channel. ==References==