What Does Alex from "Love Is Blind" Do for Work? Clearing Up the Former Soccer Player&x27;s Unique Career Timeline (Exclusive) Emily BlackwoodWed, February 25, 2026 at 5:13 PM UTC 0 Alex Henderson in episode 1008 of Love is Blind.Credit: Courtesy of Netflix Alex Henderson's unconventional career path came up repeatedly in conversations with his fiancée, Ashley Carpenter, on Love Is Blind season 10 He was the No.
What Does Alex from "Love Is Blind" Do for Work? Clearing Up the Former Soccer Player's Unique Career Timeline (Exclusive)
Emily BlackwoodWed, February 25, 2026 at 5:13 PM UTC
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Alex Henderson in episode 1008 of Love is Blind.Credit: Courtesy of Netflix -
Alex Henderson's unconventional career path came up repeatedly in conversations with his fiancée, Ashley Carpenter, on Love Is Blind season 10
He was the No. 1 overall goalie pick in the Major League Soccer draft before multiple surgeries ended his career
After leaving his job as a financial advisor in 2020, Henderson spent three years traveling and worked various jobs in Australia
Is love truly blind? That's no longer the central question on Netflix's hit dating series. Instead, Love Is Blind fans are demanding answers to an entirely different mystery: What does Alex do for work?
Season 10 of the show, which invites real-life singles to fall in love and get engaged sight unseen, introduced viewers to a group of Ohio bachelors and bachelorettes searching for their person. Among them was Alex Henderson, a former Division 1 goalkeeper whose promising soccer career was cut short after undergoing four knee surgeries.
But it's how he's made a living since saying goodbye to his athletic dreams that's raised questions among viewers — and his fiancée, Ashley Carpenter's, dad.
"I'm not saying he is a bad person," Paul Carpenter said of Alex in a confessional on the series. "But I don't think honesty is his strength."
Below, Alex clarified the timeline of his career to PEOPLE.
So, what does Alex from Love Is Blind do for work? Here's everything to know about the reality star's job history and how he's made a living since his soccer career ended.
Alex was the first goalie selected in the 2017 Major League Soccer draft
Ashley Carpenter and Alex Henderson in episode 1006 of Love Is Blind.Credit: Courtesy of Netflix
On Love Is Blind, Alex made it clear that soccer was his life for many years. He told Tudum in February 2026 that he fell in love with the sport when he was 4 years old, eventually earning a scholarship and all-American honors while playing as the goalie for the Wake Forest University soccer team in North Carolina.
Minnesota United picked up Alex in 2017 as the first goalie selected in the Major League Soccer draft. However, an article from the franchise's website lists him as Alec Ferrell.
The reality star revealed in a January 2026 episode of his podcast Play Life Beautifully that he changed his last name to Henderson in 2020, taking his biological father's surname. Ferrell was the last name of his former stepfather, who legally adopted Alex as a child.
Though one of Minnesota United's coaches described him as "the best goalkeeper of all of the goalkeepers," four knee surgeries ended Alex's professional soccer career.
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He worked in financial sales until 2020
Alex Henderson in episode 1003 of Love Is Blind.Credit: Courtesy of Netflix
During a tense conversation with Ashley's family on the series, Alex revealed that, though he studied communications in college, he later pivoted to a career in financial advising.
The Love Is Blind star told PEOPLE in February 2026 that he worked at Merrill Lynch in Denver and later moved to Chicago, where he worked in a sales role covering mutual funds for financial advisors at BMO Global Asset Management.
Alex explained that a corporate acquisition and the COVID-19 pandemic ended his financial career.
The former soccer player said in the show that he took the severance package his company offered him and spent the next couple of years living in places like Florida, California, Arizona and New Zealand, where he said he has dual citizenship.
Alex took time off to travel and worked odd jobs in Australia for a year
Alex Henderson and Ashley Carpenter with her family in episode 1007 of Love is Blind.Credit: Courtesy of Netflix
During his time as a nomad, Alex lived in Australia for a year, working various jobs across the country.
On Love Is Blind, he told Ashley's family that he spent four or five months as a commercial fisherman in the Northern Territory, ran a gym in Bondi Beach outside of Sydney and worked at a casino in Melbourne.
He is a day trader
Ashley Carpenter and Alex Henderson with his mother in episode 1009 of Love is Blind.Credit: Courtesy of Netflix
In July 2023, Alex returned to the U.S. and started working as a youth soccer coach in Cleveland. He told PEOPLE that he's also worked in sales for Hibu, a digital marketing company, and was employed at Block, a fintech company, in Scottsdale, Ariz.
On Love Is Blind, Alex shared with Ashley's dad that he day trades the Australian dollar over the U.S. dollar on the side, and the gig "takes care of itself." Though he said he would consider returning to financial advisory if needed, the reality star told PEOPLE his securities licenses in that field have expired.
When reflecting on the tense conversation with Ashley's dad, Alex described the moment to Tudum as "wild" and felt as if it was "potentially premeditated" against him.
"You're coming at me pretty heavily in that moment to answer your question directly," Alex continued. "I'm trying to balance, 'Am I going to marry this girl? Is this going to be my long-term father-in-law? How do I handle this situation?' Because if we're going to have a relationship, this is difficult."
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Published: 2026-02-25T17:28:13Z on Source: RED MAG
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