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1990 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season

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Fort Lauderdale Strikers
1990 season
OwnerUnited States Joe Robbie
Noel Lemon
ManagerThomas Rongen
APSLSouth Division of the East (ASL) Conference: First place
East (ASL) Conference:Finalist
← 1989
1991 →

The 1990 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season was the first season of the team in the new American Professional Soccer League. It was the club's twenty-fifth season in professional soccer. In the previous year, the club fielded the team in the American Soccer League which then merged with the Western Soccer Alliance to form the new APSL. In the inaugural year of the new league, the team finished in first in the South Division of the East (American Soccer League) Conference. They went to the playoffs and made it to the finals of the East (American Soccer League) Conference being that year's Runners-up.

Background

Review

Competitions

APSL regular season

East (American Soccer League) Conference

Points:

  • Win: 3
  • Shoot out win: 2
  • Shoot out loss: 1
North Division
Place Team GP W SW SL L GF GA Points
1 Maryland Bays 20 14 1 0 5 42 29 44
2 Albany Capitals 20 13 1 1 5 35 22 42
3 Penn-Jersey Spirit 20 12 1 1 6 34 23 39
4 Boston Bolts 20 8 1 2 9 27 27 28
5 Washington Stars 20 7 0 0 13 24 28 22
6 New Jersey Eagles 20 5 1 0 14 21 38 17
South Division
Place Team GP W SW SL L GF GA Points
1 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 20 14 1 1 4 38 22 45
2 Tampa Bay Rowdies 20 9 1 0 10 32 39 29
3 Orlando Lions 20 8 0 0 12 25 30 24
4 Miami Freedom 20 7 1 1 11 27 29 24
5 Washington Diplomats 20 4 1 2 13 22 40 16

West (Western Soccer League) Conference

Points:

  • Win: 6
  • Shoot out win: 4
  • Shoot out loss: 2
  • 1 bonus point per goal scored in regulation, maximum of 3 per game
North Division
Place Team GP W SW SL L GF GA Points
1 San Francisco Bay Blackhawks 20 9 4 1 6 39 30 104
2 Salt Lake Sting 20 11 1 1 7 39 34 104
3 Colorado Foxes 20 10 4 3 3 22 12 100
4 Portland Timbers 20 8 2 3 7 42 36 99
5 Seattle Storm 20 9 1 3 7 42 35 93
South Division
Place Team GP W SW SL L GF GA Points
1 California Emperors 20 8 2 3 7 35 32 89
2 Real Santa Barbara 20 9 1 3 7 33 35 87
3 Los Angeles Heat 20 8 3 1 8 39 39 85
4 San Diego Nomads 20 5 3 3 9 22 28 67
5 New Mexico Chilies 20 5 2 1 12 25 45 61
6 Arizona Condors 20 5 0 1 14 29 51 59

Results summaries

Results by round

Match reports

APSL Playoffs

Eastern Conference

Semifinal 1
Albany Capitals (NY)2-3Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL)
Chris Szanto 6'
Paul Mariner 45'
17' Ricardo Alonso
73' Jimmy McGeough, Jr.
78' Pedro Magallanes
Attendance: 500
Referee: (USA)


Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL)2-0Albany Capitals (NY)
Ricardo Alonso 37'
Alvin James 85'
Royal Palm Polo Club, Boca Raton, Florida
Attendance: 2,483
Referee: (USA)


Semifinal 2
Tampa Bay Rowdies (FL)1-2 (aet)Maryland Bays (MD)
Mark Wright 81' Jean Harbor
University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
Attendance: 2,411
Referee: (USA)


Tampa Bay Rowdies (FL)1-4Maryland Bays (MD)
Jeff Jones 8' 5' Jean Harbor
19' Philip Gyau
46' Jean Harbor
73' John Abe
Cedar Lane Park, Maryland
Referee: (USA)


Final

Maryland Bays (MD)3-2Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL)
John Abe 13'
Jean Harbor 71'
Joe Barger 87'
50' Pedro Magallanes
52' Marcelo Carrera
Cedar Lane Park
Attendance: 3,116
Referee: (USA)


Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL)0-2Maryland Bays (MD)
1' Philip Gyau
16' Scott Cook
Royal Palm Polo Club, Boca Raton, Florida
Attendance: 2,527
Referee: (USA)

Western Conference

First Round Series 1
Los Angeles Heat (CA)0-1Real Santa Barbara (CA)
(Report) 68' Jim Hutchinson
Referee: Thomas Bobapilla, (USA)



Real Santa Barbara (CA)0-1Los Angeles Heat (CA)
Referee: (USA)
First Round Series 2
Colorado Foxes (CO)2-0Salt Lake Sting (UT)
John Klein 76'
Mike Mikes 83'
Jefferson County Stadium, Colorado
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: (USA)


Salt Lake Sting (UT)1-4Colorado Foxes (CO)
Barney Boyce 55' (PK) 44' Mike Mikes
67' Robin Fraser
72' Efren Rodarte
89' Efren Rodarte
Derks Field, Salt Lake City, Utah
Attendance: 3,210
Referee: (USA)

The Colorado Foxes advance, 6-1 on aggregate.

Semifinals



Final
Los Angeles Heat (CA)2-0San Francisco Bay Blackhawks (CA)
Veterans Stadium, Long Beach, California
Referee: (USA)



San Francisco Bay Blackhawks (CA)1-0Los Angeles Heat (CA)
Dominic Kinnear 22' (Report) Red card 20' Mike Getchell
Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Kun Ho Yoo (USA)

Final


Bracket

Match reports

Statistics

Transfers

See also

References