The Dearborn Stars are an American soccer club based in

Dearborn, Michigan Dearborn is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. At the 2020 census, it had a population of 109,976. Dearborn is the seventh most-populated city in Michigan and is home to the largest Muslim population in the United States pe ...

that play in the Michigan Premier Soccer League, a

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-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 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, commonly known as the U.S. Open Cup (USOC), is a Single-elimination tournament, knockout cup competition in men's Soccer in the United States, soccer in the United States of America. It is the oldest ongoing nati ...

, 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

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. 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