Carl Strong

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Carl Strong
Full name	Carl Strong
Date of birth	January 21, 1958 (1958-01-21) (age 50)
Place of birth	Annandale, Virginia, United States
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1978 1979-1981 1982 1983 1984	Colorado Caribous Atlanta Chiefs Portland Timbers Fort Lauderdale Strikers Minnesota Strikers	08 (0) 85 (4) 00 (0) 06 (0) 21 (1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Carl Strong (born January 21, 1958 in Annandale, Virginia) is a former U.S. soccer midfielder. Strong spent seven seasons in the North American Soccer League.

Strong began his professional career in 1978 with the expansion Colorado Caribous of the North American Soccer League (NASL). 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.^[1] Strong did not play any games for the Timbers in 1982. In 1983, he was with the Fort Lauderdale Strikers where he saw time in only six games. 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.