[1] Strong began his professional career in 1978 with the expansion Colorado Caribous of the North American Soccer League (NASL).
On October 26, 1982, the Fort Lauderdale Strikers selected Strong in the dispersal draft after the Timbers folded.
The NASL folded at the end of the 1984 season and Strong moved to the South Florida Sun of the United Soccer League.
[6] Strong coached the Pequannock Township High School varsity boys' soccer team in New Jersey for 19 years.
Strong's son, Ben, played college soccer at Virginia Tech and the University of Louisville.