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Cleveland Stokers Soccer

Cleveland Stokers

The Cleveland Stokers were Cleveland’s first professional soccer team of real significance. The club began play in 1967 in the United Soccer Association, a league which grew up out of the enthusiasm of the 1966 World Cup.  The USA imported entire teams from Europe and South America to represent member cities.  The Stokers were actually Stoke City F.C. from England. 

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