youthclubs years youthyears clubs caps birth_place goals height position birth_date article_title name
james madison dukes 1976-1977 1984 1985 1979-1981 1979-1981 1981 -- 1982 1982 1983 1983 1976-1977 james indoor -rrb- '' portland timbers '' -lrb- indoor -rrb- '' madison portland timbers fort lauderdale strikers '' -lrb- indoor -rrb- '' dukes fort lauderdale strikers minnesota strikers south florida sun atlanta chiefs atlanta chiefs '' -lrb- 8 85 30 18 8 1 6 21 0 annandale , virginia , united states 0 4 1 3 0 0 1 0 5 10 midfielder 21 january 1958 carl strong
 carl strong
carl strong

carl strong -lrb- born january 21 , 1958 in annandale , virginia -rrb- is a former u.s. soccer midfielder who spent seven seasons in the north american soccer league .
strong grew up in virginia where attended annandale high school .
after graduating from annandale in 1976 , he entered james madison university .
he was the 1978 virginia intercollegiate player of the year .
strong began his professional career in 1978 with the expansion colorado caribous of the north american soccer league -lrb- nasl -rrb- .
the caribous moved to atlanta where the team was renamed the atlanta chiefs between the 1978 and 1979 season .
strong became a regular with the chiefs , seeing time in twenty-five games in 1979 , twenty-eight in 1980 and thirty-two in 1981 .
the chiefs folded at the end of the season and on september 22 , 1981 , the portland timbers purchased his contract from the chiefs .
in 1982 , strong saw limited action for the timbers .
on october 26 , 1982 , the fort lauderdale strikers selected strong in the dispersal draft after the timbers folded .
he first appeared as a member of the strikers in the winter of 1983 during the nasl 's indoor grand prix .
at about that same time he was also an invitee to the team america try-outs , but did not make the squad .
he saw time in only six outdoor games with the strikers .
however , the strikers moved to minnesota before the 1984 season and strong played in twenty-one games that year .
the nasl folded at the end of the 1984 season and strong moved to the south florida sun of the united soccer league .
however , he broke his leg during the pre-season .
the league collapsed after six games and strong never saw playing time with the sun .
strong now coaches the pequannock township high school varsity boys ' soccer team in new jersey .
he is also a physical education teacher at the high school .
strong 's son , ben , played soccer for west morris mendham high school and is currently playing at university of louisville .
