1990 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season

Fort Lauderdale Strikers

1990 season
Owner	Joe Robbie Noel Lemon
Manager	Thomas Rongen
APSL	South Division of the East (ASL) Conference: First place East (ASL) Conference:Finalist
Home colors Away colors

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 place 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. At the end of the year, the team would merge with the league's Orlando Lions, creating a new unified team and club.

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

APSL Playoffs

Eastern Conference

Semifinal 1

August 10, 1990
7:30 PM EST

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

Bleecker Stadium, Albany, New York

Attendance: 500

Referee: (USA)

August 12, 1990
5:00 PM EST

Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL)	2-0	Albany Capitals (NY)
Ricardo Alonso 37' Alvin James 85'

Royal Palm Polo Club, Boca Raton, Florida

Attendance: 2,483

Referee: (USA)

Semifinal 2

August 10, 1990
8:00 PM EST

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)

August 12, 1990
7:00 PM EST

Tampa Bay Rowdies (FL)	1-4	Maryland Bays (MD)
Jeff Jones 8'		5' Jean Harbor 19' Philip Gyau 46' Jean Harbor 73' John Abe

Cedar Lane Park, Maryland

Referee: (USA)

Final

August 18, 1990
8:00 PM EST

Maryland Bays (MD)	3-2	Fort 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)

August 25, 1990
5:00 PM EST

Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL)	0-2	Maryland Bays (MD)
		1' Philip Gyau 16' Scott Cook

Royal Palm Polo Club, Boca Raton, Florida

Attendance: 2,527

Referee: (USA)