Ståle "Sui" Søbye (born 30 June 1971) is a retired Norwegian

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who was a two time first team All American. He spent one season in the

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and one in the USL A-League. Søbye played for

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in the Norwegian Premier League in 1990,Norwegian Premier League stats for Ståle Søbye
/ref> having joined the club from IL Driv. He then attended the

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where he played on the men's soccer team from 1991 to 1994. He led the team as its creative midfielder, earning 1993 and 1994 first team All American honors.1993 All Americans
/ref> In February 2008, the University of San Francisco inducted Søbye into the school's Athletic Hall of Fame. In 1995, he signed with the

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of the

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. That season, Søbye and striker Lenin Steenkamp took the Ruckus the championship series where it fell to the Seattle Sounders. He returned to Moss FK in Norway for the 1996 season, played the 1997 season in the Norwegian First Division (second tier) before returning to the US in 1999 with the USL A-League San Francisco Bay Seals.1999 A-League results
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1971 births Living people Norwegian men's footballers Moss FK players Eliteserien players American Professional Soccer League players Atlanta Silverbacks FC players San Francisco Seals (soccer) players San Francisco Dons men's soccer players USL First Division players Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States All-American college men's soccer players Men's association football midfielders {{Norway-footy-bio-stub