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Paul Roe
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<p>Paul Roe (born 21 November 1959 - 5 October 2019) was a Canadian <a href="/facts/Association_football/yttjeD0D">soccer</a> player who spent five years in the <a href="/facts/North_American_Soccer_League_(1968%E2%80%931984)/Gf3R0NPa">North American Soccer League</a> and one in the <a href="/facts/MISL_I/G5dKu4VN">Major Indoor Soccer League</a>. He also played in Canada's <a href="/facts/Canadian_National_Soccer_League/k54kKPuT">National Soccer League</a>, the <a href="/facts/American_Indoor_Soccer_Association/D3JsUmUW">American Indoor Soccer Association</a>, the <a href="/facts/American_Soccer_League_(1988%E2%80%9389)/r6Fy9xF4">American Soccer League</a> and the <a href="/facts/American_Professional_Soccer_League/nr6nPvkj">American Professional Soccer League</a>. </p><p>Roe represented <a href="/facts/Canada_U-20_men%27s_national_soccer_team/CyRsze3j">Canada</a> at the U20 level six times. He played for <a href="/facts/Toronto_Metros-Croatia/PyAK9vGT">Toronto Metros-Croatia</a> in 1978 before getting released in June 1979. After his release, Roe was quickly picked up by the <a href="/facts/Edmonton_Drillers_(1979%E2%80%9382)/M4hxsPAs">Edmonton Drillers</a> and won an NASL <a href="/facts/Indoor_soccer/agP9IgFN">indoor</a> title in <a href="/facts/1980%E2%80%9381_NASL_Indoor_season/o3SsEmsb">1980–81</a> with them. Roe spent the summer of 1981 with the <a href="/facts/Hamilton_Steelers_(1981%E2%80%9392)/AAy1LzWr">Hamilton Steelers</a>, who won the <a href="/facts/Canadian_National_Soccer_League/k54kKPuT">NSL</a> title. The following season, <a href="/facts/1981%E2%80%9382_NASL_Indoor_season/CcLKJd0F">1981–82</a>, he was an indoor runner up with the <a href="/facts/Tampa_Bay_Rowdies_(1975%E2%80%9393)/vVWnnmub">Tampa Bay Rowdies</a>. </p><p>Roe was born in <a href="/facts/Manchester/2Do01QHs">Manchester</a>, England. He was the younger brother of <a href="/facts/Canadian_men%27s_national_soccer_team/eog8wkvT">Canadian international</a> soccer player, <a href="/facts/Peter_Roe_(soccer)/aCRIElNe">Peter Roe</a>. </p>