In 1982, Bartro graduated from
Federal Way High School. That year, the
Seattle Sounders selected Bartro in the third round (thirty-third overall) of the
North American Soccer League draft. He spent his first season with the Sounders reserves, then made his first team debut in 1983. The Sounders folded after the 1983 season and Bartro moved to the
Golden Bay Earthquakes in time to play for them during the NASL indoor season. Although he scored ten goals in seventeen games during the indoor season, Bartro saw time in only two regular seasons, outdoor games in 1984. He left the Earthquakes that fall to sign with the
Tacoma Stars of the
Major Indoor Soccer League. During the 1985-1986 MISL season, Tacoma sent Bartro to the
San Diego Sockers. The Sockers released Bartro at the end of the season, and he returned to Seattle to play for
FC Seattle in the
Western Soccer Alliance. He was 1986 Second Team All League. In December 1986, Bartro rejoined the Sockers as a free agent, playing for their reserve team until he earned a spot on their roster. In the fall of 1987, Bartro moved to the
Memphis Storm of the
American Indoor Soccer Association. In 1988, Barto signed with F.C. Seattle, now known as the F.C. Seattle Storm. However, he may have played little or not at all. In 1990, he played for the
Portland Timbers in the
American Professional Soccer League. That year he also joined the
Milwaukee Wave of the AISA. In 1992, the AISA became the National Professional Soccer League and in October the Wave traded Bartro,
Bill Andracki and
Mark Kerlin to the
Cleveland Crunch in exchange for
David Vaudreuil. He finished his professional career in 1995 and 1996 with the
Seattle SeaDogs of the
Continental Indoor Soccer League. == Coaching ==