Lee was born in Manchester, and played professionally in England, Wales and the United States.
[2][3] The Timbers folded at the end of the 1982 season and Lee signed with the Kansas City Comets of the Major Indoor Soccer League.
By this time, outdoor soccer was collapsing in the United States and the ASL ceased operations following the 1983 season.
Following his retirement as a player, Lee returned to England, where he became a manager in the Stockport County reserves.
On 29 November 1989, the Seattle Storm of the American Professional Soccer League hired Lee to replace Tommy Jenkins as head coach.
In December 1993, he bought the team from Bud Greer and entered it in the amateur Pacific Coast League.