The Dearborn Stars are an American soccer club based in

Dearborn, Michigan Dearborn is a city in Wayne County, Michigan, Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. An inner-ring Metro Detroit, suburb of Detroit, Dearborn borders Detroit to the south and west, roughly west of downtown Detroit. In the 2020 United States ...

that play in the Michigan Premier Soccer League, a

United States Adult Soccer Association The United States Adult Soccer Association (USASA) is a national organization for Amateur sports, amateur Association football, soccer in the United States. It consists of 54 state associations in four regions, as well as national, regional, and ...

-affiliated (fifth division) league. The club is best known for qualifying for the first round of the 2013 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.

History

2013 Open Cup run

Dearborn achieved prominence by qualifying for the 2013 edition of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, the oldest active soccer cup competition in the United States. Dearborn qualified for the tournament proper via the 2013 USASA Region II National Cup, which they reached by being the only club to enter the Michigan Open Cup qualifier. In the first round of the tournament proper, Dearborn defeated PDL powerhouse,

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2–0 off of goals from Nik Djokic. The Stars lost to the

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in the second round proper.

Roster

''As of May 15, 2013.''

References

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External links

Dearborn Stars

Michigan Premier Soccer League
Association football clubs established in 1982 Soccer clubs in Michigan Soccer clubs in Detroit 1982 establishments in Michigan