In 1978, the Fort Lauderdale Strikers selected Peterson in the second round of the North American Soccer League draft.
He played five games for the Strikers in 1978 before being sold to the Cleveland Force of the Major Indoor Soccer League in January 1979.
[1] In 1979, he played for the Los Angeles Skyhawks in the American Soccer League.
In November 1980, he returned to the Strikers, played the 1980-1981 NASL indoor season, but was released during the 1981 outdoor pre-season.
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