1979–80 Fort Lauderdale Strikers indoor season

The 1979–80 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season was the first season of the new team in the new North American Soccer League indoor league. It was part of the club's thirteenth season in professional soccer. This year the team finished in fourth place of the Eastern Division and did not make the playoffs.

Fort Lauderdale Strikers
1979–80 season
OwnerUnited States Elizabeth Robbie
General managerCanada Bob Lemieux[1]
ManagerEngland David Chadwick (interim)
United States Wayne Pirmann (interim)
Netherlands Cor van der Hart[2]
StadiumWest Palm Beach Auditorium
NASLEastern Division: Fourth place
Top goalscorerLeague:
United States Mike Ortiz-Velez[3]
(9 goals)

All:
United States Mike Ortiz-Velez
(9 goals)
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Background edit

Review edit

Competitions edit

NASL indoor regular season edit

W = Wins, L = Losses, GB = Games Behind 1st Place, % = Winning Percentage, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Av Att = Average Home Attendance

Eastern Division W L GB % GF GA Av Att
Atlanta Chiefs 10 2 -- .833 70 46 5,069
Tampa Bay Rowdies 8 4 2 .667 75 64 5,910
Detroit Express 7 5 3 .583 70 69 3,937
Fort Lauderdale Strikers 3 9 7 .250 58 65 1,724
New England Tea Men 2 10 8 .167 52 81 3,249
Western Division W L GB % GF GA Av Att
Memphis Rogues 9 3 -- .750 65 44 8,249
Minnesota Kicks 8 4 1 .667 75 52 9,562
Tulsa Roughnecks 7 5 2 .583 63 64 4,657
California Surf 4 8 5 .333 71 83 3,181
Los Angeles Aztecs 2 10 8 .167 56 87 2,768

Results summaries edit

Results by round edit

Match reports edit

NASL indoor playoffs edit

did not qualify

Statistics edit

Transfers edit

References edit

  1. ^ Suarez, Leo (October 15, 1980). "Robbie relieving Lemieux, Strikers winning manager". Miami News. p. 3B. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
  2. ^ "30 Dec 1979, Page 72 - The Palm Beach Post at". Newspapers.com. December 30, 1979. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
  3. ^ "NASL Ft. Lauderdale Strikers Rosters".