The 1996 Florida Strikers season was the first season of the new team in the United Systems of Independent Soccer Leagues, playing in the USISL Premier League. It was also the thirtieth season of the club in professional soccer. Previously the club had been named Fort Lauderdale Strikers and fielded a team in the USISL Professional League. This year, the team finished in third place in the Southern Division, and did not make the playoffs.
| 1996 season | |||
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| USISL Premier League | Southern Division: Third place | ||
| USISL playoffs | did not qualify | ||
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Background edit
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Review edit
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Competitions edit
USISL Premier League regular season edit
Blue denotes team has won their division.
Green denotes team has won playoff spot.
Orange denotes team gets bye into semifinals as defending champion.
Central Conference edit
Northern Division edit
| Place | Team | P | W | L | SW | GF | GA | GD | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lexington Bluegrass Bandits* | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 18 | +14 | 28 |
| 2 | Michigan Madness* | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 28 | -4 | 25 |
| 3 | Detroit Dynamite* | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 34 | 19 | +15 | 22 |
| 4 | Mid-Michigan Bucks* | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 18 | +6 | 22 |
| 5 | Kalamazoo Kingdom | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 18 | 22 | -4 | 15 |
| 6 | Grand Rapids Explosion** | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 21 | +15 | 0 |
* Detroit, Kalamazoo, Lexington, and Michigan were all penalized 3 points.
** Grand Rapids did not have a home stadium this year, and played only road games.
Southern Division edit
| Place | Team | P | W | L | SW | GF | GA | GD | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austin Lone Stars | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 41 | 17 | +24 | 30 |
| 2 | Omaha Flames | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 39 | 22 | +17 | 24 |
| 3 | Sioux City Breeze* | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 23 | +3 | 23 |
| 4 | Des Moines Menace | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 22 | 21 | +1 | 21 |
| 5 | Oklahoma City Heat | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 22 | 26 | -4 | 21 |
| 6 | Wichita Blue | 13 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 33 | -15 | 15 |
* Sioux City was penalized 6 points.
The game between Sioux City and Wichita was postponed and could not be rescheduled before end of the season. The game was cancelled because it had no effect on the playoffs.
Eastern Conference edit
Northern Division edit
| Place | Team | P | W | L | SW | GF | GA | GD | Points |
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| 1 | Roanoke River Dawgs | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 48 | 28 | +20 | 30 |
| 2 | Jackson Chargers* | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 34 | 24 | +10 | 22 |
| 3 | Nashville Metros* | 14 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 34 | 26 | +8 | 17 |
| 4 | Birmingham Grasshoppers | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 33 | -13 | 12 |
* Nashville was penalized 6 points. Jackson was penalized 3 points.
Southern Division edit
| Place | Team | P | W | L | SW | GF | GA | GD | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cocoa Expos* | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 45 | 22 | +23 | 28 |
| 2 | Orlando Lions* | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 28 | -3 | 25 |
| 3 | Florida Strikers* | 14 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 31 | 33 | -2 | 19 |
| 4 | West Florida Fury | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 29 | 36 | -7 | 15 |
| 5 | Miami Breakers | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 29 | 37 | -8 | 12 |
| 6 | South Florida Future | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 17 | 63 | -46 | 0 |
* Cocoa, Florida, and Orlando were all penalized 3 points.
Western Conference edit
Northern Division edit
| Place | Team | P | W | L | SW | GF | GA | GD | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spokane Shadow* | 14 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 17 | +17 | 34 |
| 2 | San Francisco Bay Seals | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 15 | +20 | 30 |
| 3 | Colorado Springs Stampede* | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 12 | +8 | 25 |
| 4 | Puget Sound Hammers | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 31 | 23 | +8 | 24 |
| 5 | Willamette Valley Firebirds | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 31 | -10 | 15 |
| 6 | Bellingham Orcas | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 17 | 50 | -33 | 9 |
* Colorado Springs and Spokane were both penalized 3 points.
Southern Division edit
| Place | Team | P | W | L | SW | GF | GA | GD | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central Coast Roadrunners* | 14 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 16 | +22 | 34 |
| 2 | San Diego Top Guns* | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 22 | +6 | 25 |
| 3 | Arizona Phoenix | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 32 | 31 | +1 | 21 |
| 4 | Tucson Amigos | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 24 | 29 | -5 | 21 |
| 5 | Fontana Falcons | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 31 | 32 | -1 | 15 |
| 6 | Southern California Gunners | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 19 | 28 | -9 | 9 |
* Central Coast and San Diego were both penalized 3 points
Results summaries edit
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Results by round edit
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Match reports edit
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USISL Premier League Playoffs edit
Bracket edit
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Match reports edit
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Statistics edit
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Transfers edit
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