Caleb Suri

{{Short description|American soccer player-coach}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name= Caleb Suri

| fullname =

| image =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|5|30}}

| birth_place = Chino, California, United States

| height =

| position = Forward / Defender

|youthyears1 = 1983

|youthclubs1 = Don Antonio Lugo High School

| years1 = 1984

| years2 = 1984–1986

| years3 = 1985

| years4 = 1986

| years5 = 1986–1987

| years6 = 1987–1988

| years7 = 1988–1989

| years8 = 1990–1991

| years9 = 1991–1994

| years10 = 1994

| years11 = 1995

| years12 = 1995–1996

| years13 = 1996

| clubs1 = San Diego Sockers

| clubs2 = San Diego Sockers (indoor)

| clubs3 = → Tulsa Roughnecks (loan)

| clubs4 = San Diego Nomads

| clubs5 = Louisville Thunder (indoor)

| clubs6 = Milwaukee Wave (indoor)

| clubs7 = Dayton Dynamo (indoor)

| clubs8 = Atlanta Attack (indoor)

| clubs9 = Atlanta Magic (indoor)

| clubs10 = Atlanta Magic

| clubs11 = Chattanooga Express

| clubs12 = Atlanta Magic (indoor)

| clubs13 = Atlanta Ruckus

| caps1 = 6

| caps2 = 6

| caps3 =

| caps4 =

| caps5 = 68

| caps6 = 16

| caps7 = 35

| caps8 = 40

| goals1 = 0

| goals2 = 0

| goals3 =

| goals4 =

| goals5 = 4

| goals6 = 3

| goals7 = 5

| goals8 = 5

| manageryears1 = 1995–1996

| managerclubs1 = Atlanta Magic

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Caleb Suri is a retired American soccer player who played professionally in the North American Soccer League, Major Indoor Soccer League, American Indoor Soccer Association and USISL.

In 1984, Suri, older brother of Mo Suri, graduated from Don Antonio Lugo High School. In May 1984, the San Diego Sockers of the North American Soccer League signed Suri to an apprentice contract.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1320&dat=19840519&id=UaQRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1ukDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4715,1379000 May 19, 1984 Transactions] He played six games during the outdoor season. He went on to play two seasons with the Sockers in the Major Indoor Soccer League. In 1985, he played on loan with the Tulsa Roughnecks who were playing an independent exhibition schedule."Agent says Americans' owner is only bluffing with threat to fold" Evening Tribune (San Diego) Tuesday, July 2, 1985 In 1986, he played for the San Diego Nomads of the Western Soccer Alliance.[http://a-leaguearchive.tripod.com/1986/stats86.htm#SD 1986 San Diego Nomads] In the fall of 1986, Suri signed as a free agent with the Louisville Thunder of the American Indoor Soccer Association. When the Thunder folded, the Milwaukee Wave selected him in the dispersal draft.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19871105&id=S0EgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0H4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=7035,5328227 Has Wave's Time Finally Come?] He played sixteen games for the Wave during the 1987–1988 AISA season.[http://milwaukeewave.com.ismmedia.com/ISM3/std-content/repos/Top/Statistics/Wave_Media_Guide.pdf Milwaukee Wave records] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101116232954/http://milwaukeewave.com.ismmedia.com/ISM3/std-content/repos/Top/Statistics/Wave_Media_Guide.pdf |date=2010-11-16 }} On October 27, 1988, Suri signed with the Dayton Dynamo."DEALS" USA TODAY Thursday, October 27, 1988 The Dynamo released him at the end of the season and he joined the Atlanta Attack on January 10, 1990."DEALS" USA TODAY Wednesday, January 10, 1990 In 1991, Suri signed with the expansion Atlanta Magic of the USISL. In 1994, the Magic began playing outdoors in addition to its indoor seasons."SOCCER – Magic opens outdoor season" The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution Saturday, April 2, 1994 In 1995, he played for the Chattanooga Express. He returned to the Magic in the fall of 1995 as a player-coach."PRO SOCCER – Magic lacks cash for title defense" The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution Tuesday, February 13, 1996 In 1996, he played for the Atlanta Ruckus in the A-League. He retired at the end of the season.

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