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Victoria Riptides
Full nameVictoria Riptides
Nickname(s)'Tides
Founded1984
DissolvedNovember 6, 1988; 36 years ago (November 6, 1988)
GroundRoyal Athletic Park
Capacity3,800
ChairmanHarry Kuiack
ManagerDavid Keith (1984)
Brian Hughes & Buzz Parsons (1985)
LeaguePCSL (1984)
WSA (1985)

Victoria Riptides (also known as the RipTides and Riptide) were a professional soccer team based out of Victoria, British Columbia. The team played for two successful seasons, the 1984 season of the Pacific Coast Soccer League and 1985 season of the Western Alliance Challenge Series.

History

David Keith was coach of the 1984 Riptides. The team had a perfect record (7-0-0), defeating the Vancouver Whitecaps, Nanaimo FC, New Westminster Queen Park Rangers and Richmond United.

In 1985, four independent west coast soccer clubs joined together to create an informal challenge series. The challenge cup pitted the Riptides against F.C. Seattle, F.C. Portland and the San Jose Earthquakes in a home and away series. The cup also included games against the Canadian national soccer team which was training for the 1986 World Cup in Vancouver, BC. The national team was not included in the standings.[1]

The 1985 Riptides had a 3-1-3 record, finishing second to the Earthquakes in the final standings.[1] The success of the challenge series led to a discussion among the four teams about forming a permanent league or alliance. The Riptides management at the time, disagreed with this approach and did not participate in future games in what became known as the Western Soccer Alliance. They also backed out of joining the newly forming Canadian Soccer Association.[2] The Western Soccer Alliance became the Western Soccer League in 1989 which merged with the American Soccer League in 1990 to form the American Professional Soccer League.

Year-by-year

Year League Record Regular Season Post Season
1984 Pacific Coast Soccer League 7-0-0 1st N/A
1985 Western Alliance Challenge Series 3-1-3 2nd N/A

1985 Western Alliance Challenge Series

Series final standings

Pos Team Pld W T L GF GA GD Pts
1 San Jose Earthquakes 7 4 1 2 10 9 +1 13
2 F.C. Seattle 7 3 1 3 16 11 +5 10
3 Victoria Riptide 7 3 1 3 13 13 0 10
4 F.C. Portland 7 1 2 4 8 16 −8 5
Source: [3]

Series match reports

June 15, 1985 WACS 1 Victoria Riptide 3–2 FC Portland Victoria, British Columbia
14:00 John Noble 45+', 83'
Ken Andrews 78'		 Report Tim Newton 33'
Brent Goulet 65'		 Stadium: Royal Athletic Park
Attendance: 200
July 6, 1985 WACS 2 Victoria Riptide 0–1 San Jose Earthquakes Victoria, British Columbia
14:00 Report John Catliff 76' (o.g.) Stadium: Royal Athletic Park
Attendance: 600
July 13, 1985 WACS 3 Victoria Riptide 4–2 FC Seattle Victoria, British Columbia
14:00 George Pakos 33',
Nick Gilbert 38'
Ken Garraway 49'		 Report Bruce Raney
Brian Schmetzer 85'		 Stadium: Royal Athletic Park
Attendance: 450
July 20, 1985 WACS 4 Victoria Riptide 3–1 FC Portland Victoria, British Columbia
14:00 Ken Garraway 16'
Greg Kern 67' (pen.)		 Report Brent Goulet 37' Stadium: Royal Athletic Park
Attendance: 400
July 28, 1985 WACS 5 Victoria Riptide 2–2 Canada Victoria, British Columbia
14:00 Ian Baird 65'
Carey Cleaver 75'		 Report John Catliff 3'
Greg Ion 83'		 Stadium: Royal Athletic Park
Attendance: 600
August 9, 1985 WACS 6 FC Seattle 3–0 Victoria Riptide Seattle, Washington
19:30 Bruce Raney 9'
Robbie Zipp 18'
Brian Schmetzer 34'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 1,628
August 17, 1985 WACS 7 San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 Victoria Riptide San Jose, California
19:30 Fred Hamel 13' (Dangerfield)
Carlos Morales Red card 76'
Chris Dangerfield 85'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Lou Garraway 21' (McGuire, Hood) Stadium: Spartan Stadium
Attendance: 3,489

Exhibition match reports

May 26, 1985 friendly Upper Island Selects 1–2 Victoria Riptide Nanaimo, British Columbia
Tony Leach 44' Report Ken Andrews 35'
Tony Ensons 85' (pen.)		 Stadium: Caledonian Park
May 29, 1985 friendly Victoria Riptide 2–1 Upper Island Selects Victoria, British Columbia
Nick Gilbert 21'
Tony Ensons 86' (pen.)		 Report Doug Muirhead 46' Stadium: Royal Athletic Park
Attendance: 150
June 2, 1985 friendly Victoria Riptide 3–2 Mean Green (Dallas, TX) Victoria, British Columbia
17:00 Jamie Lowery 20'
Ken Andrews 30'
Greg Kern 		Report Manny Servantes
David Easterly 75'		 Stadium: Royal Athletic Park
Attendance: 300
June 21, 1985 friendly Victoria Riptide 1–3 Edmonton Brickmen Victoria, British Columbia
19:30 David McGill 24' (o.g.) Report Carlos Marquez 4', 54', 67' Stadium: Royal Athletic Park
Attendance: 400
July 21, 1985 friendly Edmonton Brickmen 5–0 Victoria Riptide Edmonton, Alberta
16:00 Peter Stepaniak
Ross Ongaro
Carlos Marquez
Norm Odinga
Victoria 90' (o.g.)		 Report A
Report B		 Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 967
August 24, 1985 friendly Victoria Riptide 1–2 PCL All-Stars Victoria, British Columbia
Lou Garraway 12' Report John Connor 8'
Rick Douglas 45' (pen.)		 Stadium: Royal Athletic Park
Attendance: 400
Referee: Graham Cope

1985 roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Canada CAN Grant Darley[4]
— GK Canada CAN Sven Habermann[5]
— GK   Gary Smith[6]
— GK   Tobin Walker[7]
— DF Canada CAN Randy Samuel[5]
— DF Canada CAN Iain Baird[6]
— DF Canada CAN Greg Kern[8]
— DF Canada CAN Carey Cleaver[7]
— DF Canada CAN Dan Sudeyko[9]
— DF Scotland SCO John Hughes[10]
— DF   Ken Andrews[8]
— DF   John Noble[10]
— DF   Gordie Horth[5]
— MF Canada CAN Jamie Lowery[8]
— MF Canada CAN John Catliff[5]
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Canada CAN George Pakos[11]
— MF   John McGuire[12]
— FW Canada CAN Doug Muirhead[11]
— FW Canada CAN Nick Gilbert[10]
— FW Canada CAN Ken Garraway[11]
— FW Canada CAN Lou Garraway[12]
— FW   Lance Hollett[7]
— Canada CAN Buzz Parsons[13]
— Canada CAN Keith Bridge[9]
— Canada CAN Steve Moss[8]
—   Tony Ensons[13]
—   Demetre Gilbert[13]
—   Mike McStravich[13]
—   Dan Hood[12]

Front office and technical staff

References

  1. ^ "1985 Stats". A-League Archive.
  2. ^ "Riptides won't play '86 soccer season". Vancouver Sun. November 7, 1985. p. C8. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  3. ^ "Western Alliance Challenge Series 1985 Season". A-League Archive. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
  4. ^ a b c Low, Max (August 25, 1985). "Riptides end season on losing note..." Times-Colonist (Victoria, BC). p. B5. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d Low, Max (July 7, 1985). "Defensive miscue leads to tough loss". Times-Colonist (Victoria, BC). p. B3. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  6. ^ a b Low, Max (June 16, 1985). "Brand new club extends Riptides". Times-Colonist (Victoria, BC). p. B3. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  7. ^ a b c Lang, Stew (July 29, 1985). "Riptides, Nationals battle to 2-2 saw-off". Nanaimo Daily News. p. B3. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  8. ^ a b c d Rhode, Michael (June 3, 1985). "Tides rolls over U.S. soccer visitors". Times-Colonist (Victoria, BC). p. B1. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  9. ^ a b c d e "Riptides open tonight". Times-Colonist (Victoria, BC). May 29, 1985. p. B3. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  10. ^ a b c Rhode, Michael (July 21, 1985). "Tides keeps the heat on Portland". Times-Colonist (Victoria, BC). p. B2. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  11. ^ a b c "Ex-Driller beat 'Tides". Times-Colonist (Victoria, BC). June 22, 1985. p. A6. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  12. ^ a b c "Late goal sinks Riptides". Times-Colonist (Victoria, BC). August 18, 1985. p. B1. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  13. ^ a b c d Rhode, Michael (May 27, 1985). "Riptides shade selects". Nanaimo Daily News. p. 9. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  14. ^ Low, Max (July 14, 1985). "Pakos, Garraway steal the show..." Times-Colonist (Victoria, BC). p. B5. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
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