Shawn Boney, a native of Trinidad football was a member of the Trinidad and Tobago U-20 national team at the 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship. He has spent his professional career in the United States.

Boney began his collegiate career at Mercer County Community College. During his two seasons, he was a 1993 and 1994 NJCAA All American. He then transferred to Southern Connecticut State University where he won the 1995 NCAA Men's Division II Soccer Championship. Boney was a 1996 First Team NCAA Division II All-American soccer player.

On December 20, 1996, the Cleveland Crunch of the National Professional Soccer League made Boney a second round draft pick. In February 1997, the Los Angeles Galaxy selected Boney in the second round (nineenth overall) of the 1997 MLS College Draft. The Galaxy released him during the preseason and he signed with the Connecticut Wolves of the USISL A-League. He played the 1997 USISL season with the Wolves, then signed with the Cleveland Crunch in October 1997. 

At the completion of the 1997-1998 indoor season with the Crunch, Boney returned to the Wolves for the 1998 outdoor season. He rejoined the Crunch in the fall of 1998 and remained with Cleveland through the 1999-2000 season.

On August 8, 2000, the Toronto ThunderHawks selected Boney in the NPSL Expansion Draft. The ThunderHawks then sold him to the Detroit Rockers. Boney began the season with Detroit, but was traded to the Philadelphia KiXX in exchange for Domenic Mobilio on February 20, 2001.

At the end of the season, the NPSL collapsed and the KiXX moved to the second Major Indoor Soccer League. Boney stayed with the KiXX for six seasons, winning the 2002 and 2007 championships with them.

In 2007, the Orlando Sharks selected Boney in the MISL expansion draft.

On October 30, 2008, the New Jersey Ironmen of the Xtreme Soccer League signed Boney. The Ironmen released him at the end of the season and he did not play until the KiXX signed him mid-way through the 2009-2010 season.