Peter Duerden (born 5 June 1945) is a former professional

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who played as a defender in the

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and the Major Indoor Soccer League. He also served as an assistant coach with teams in both leagues.

Club career

Duerden was born in

Burnley Burnley () is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a 2001 population of 73,021. It is north of Manchester and east of Preston, at the confluence of the River Calder and River Bru ...

, England. In 1964, he moved to Canada where he signed with the Toronto Metros of the

. He began the 1972 season with Toronto before moving to the

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during the season. In late 1973, he played in the

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with Toronto First Portuguese. He then played a handful of games for the

New York Arrows The New York Arrows were an indoor soccer team that played in the original Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) from 1978 to 1984. They won the first four MISL championships. History Preparing for the first season In 1978, the New York Arrows beg ...

during the 1978-1979 Major Indoor Soccer League season.

International career

In 1971, Duerden played three games with the Canadian Olympic soccer team. That year he also played eight games for the Canadian Pan American Games soccer team.

Coaching career

In 1978, Duerden was an assistant coach with the

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of the

. In 1978, he became an assistant coach-player with the

who borrowed much of their roster from the Lancers. He returned to Rochester in the same capacity as an assistant coach for the 1979 season. On 13 July 1979, he was dismissed from his post by the head coach Dragan Popović. In 1980, the

Denver Avalanche The Denver Avalanche were an American soccer team based out of Denver, Colorado that played in the Major Indoor Soccer League from 1980 to 1982. Their home arena was McNichols Sports Arena. History In February 1980, the Major Indoor Soccer ...

of MISL hired Duerden as an assistant coach.

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NASL/MISL stats
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