Playing for USSDA side Crossfire Premier SC, Bartlow scored seven goals in 27 games.[2][3]
College and amateur career
As a freshman in 2018, Bartlow started 18 games for the University of Washington. He scored his first goal for Washington on November 9, 2018, in Washington's 2–0 win over Oregon State.[2] He was named to the All-Pac-12 third team following the season.[4]
During the 2019 season, Bartlow played in 20 matches for the Huskies and scored 5 goals, including two goals in Washington's NCAA Tournament 3rd round win over Marshall, helping the Huskies win the PAC-12 regular season title and reach the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament.[2][5] Bartlow was named Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year and was named to the All-Pac-12 first team.[6] He also made the United Soccer Coaches All-American second team.[7][2]
Bartlow signed a Generation Adidas contract on January 19, 2021.[9] He was selected 6th overall by the Houston Dynamo in the 2021 MLS SuperDraft.[10] Bartlow made no appearances during his rookie season after he suffered a concussion in preseason that kept him sidelined through August and the mid-season arrival of DP centerback Teenage Hadebe placed Bartlow low on the depth chart.[11]
He made his professional debut playing for the team's MLS Next Pro side on March 26, 2022, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 win over Whitecaps FC 2.[12] Bartlow made his debut for the first team on April 2, starting in a 3–1 win over Inter Miami.[13] He made 15 MLS appearances, 9 of them starts, during the season as the Dynamo finished 13th in the Western Conference, missing out on the playoffs.[13][14] Bartlow also made 2 appearances in the U.S. Open Cup.[15]