Editing Jon Busch (section)

==Youth and college==
Busch played at [[Guilderland High School]] in [[Guilderland, New York]], near [[Albany, New York|Albany]], where he was named a high school All-American. He was ranked within the top 25 best players in the nation as a senior.

In college, Busch was a NSCAA First Team All-American in 1996, when he help lead [[University of North Carolina at Charlotte|UNC Charlotte]] to their first ever appearance in the [[NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament|College Cup]] and a school-record 19 wins. He recorded a career-high 12 shutouts that season, including two in the NCAA Tournament and a career-low 0.89 goals against average (GAA) en route to being named [[Conference USA]] Defensive Player of the Year.  Overall, he was a First Team All-Conference selection three times and was named to Soccer America's First Team Freshman All-America team in 1994. In total, Busch spent 3 seasons with UNC Charlotte.