Stetler graduated from Stroudsburg High School where he was a Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association wrestling champion.
[2] In 1975, he signed with the Tampa Bay Rowdies of the North American Soccer League.
In the fall of 1977, the Diplomats sent him on loan to the Memphis Rogues for the indoor season, but a hand injury kept him out of any games.
The Diplomats then traded him to the Rogues where he played 27 games during the outdoor season.
In the fall of 1980, he moved to the Phoenix Inferno of the Major Indoor Soccer League.