The 2015 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season was the team's fifth season in the North American Soccer League (NASL).
| 2015 season | |||
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| Owner |  Paulo Cesso Rafael Bertani Ricardo Geromel Ronaldo | ||
| Head coach |  Günter Kronsteiner | ||
| Stadium | Lockhart Stadium Fort Lauderdale, Florida | ||
| NASL | Spring: Eighth Fall: Fourth | ||
| Soccer Bowl | Semi-finalist | ||
| U.S. Open Cup | Third round | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Stefano Pinho (5) All: Stefano Pinho (8) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 11,691 (Club Record) (Apr. 4 vs. New York) | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 3,283 (July 18 vs. Atlanta) | ||
| Average home league attendance | League: 5,653 All: 5,800 | ||
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Players and staff edit
Roster edit
As of June 30, 2015[update][1]
| No. | Position | Player | Nation |
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| 3 | DF | Karsten Smith |  United States
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| 5 | MF | Marlon Freitas (on loan from Fluminense) | Brazil
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| 6 | MF | PC | Brazil
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| 7 | DF | Frankie Sanfilippo | United States
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| 8 | MF | Evans Frimpong |  Ghana
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| 11 | MF | Dani Sánchez |  Spain
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| 12 | DF | Iván Guerrero |  Honduras
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| 14 | DF | Jordan Graye | United States
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| 16 | DF | Josh Travagli |  Italy
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| 17 | MF | Shawn Chin | United States
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| 19 | FW | José Angulo |  Colombia
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| 20 | MF | Christian Blandon | United States
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| 21 | MF | Walter Ramírez | Honduras
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| 22 | GK | Lionel Brown | United States
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| 23 | MF | Manny Gonzalez | United States
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| 24 | GK | David Meves | United States
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| 25 | DF | Daniel Navarro | United States
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| 27 | DF | Fabian Kling |  Germany
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| 29 | FW | Stefano Pinho (on loan from Fluminense) | Brazil
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| 38 | GK | Joe Nasco | United States
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| 42 | MF | James Marcelin |  Haiti
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| 90 | FW | Bruno Nunes | Brazil
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Staff edit
Ricardo Geromel – Managing Partner- Amaury Nunes – General Manager
Günter Kronsteiner – Head Coach
Raoul Voss – Assistant Coach
Iván Guerrero – Player/Assistant Coach- Gustavo Alencar – Assistant Coach
Competitions edit
Win Tie Loss
Friendlies edit
| February 18, 2015 Scrimmage | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 2–7 |  BK Häcken | Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
| Stadium: Lockhart Stadium |
| February 28, 2015 Preseason | Jacksonville Armada FC | 1–0 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | Jacksonville, Florida |
| 7:30 p.m. EDT | Scaglia  16'Nicklaw  44' |
Report | Stadium: Community First Park Attendance: 5,232 |
| March 1, 2015 Preseason | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 2–0 | Palm Beach Atlantic Sailfish | Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
| 4:00 p.m. EDT | Gonzalez 7' Marcelin 16' |
Report | Stadium: Lockhart Stadium |
| March 6, 2015 Preseason | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 0–1 | Floridians FC | Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
| 3:30 p.m. EDT | Report | 4' |
Stadium: Lockhart Stadium | |
| Note: 70 minute scrimmage. Trialist squad. | ||||
| March 6, 2015 Preseason | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 3–0 | FIU Panthers | Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
| 5:30 p.m. EDT | Hassan 5', 25' (pen.) Sánchez 62' |
Report | 20' 85' |
Stadium: Lockhart Stadium |
| March 14, 2015 Preseason | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 2–0 | Florida Gulf Coast Eagles | Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
| 1:00 p.m. EDT | Stefano 7' Hassan 50' |
Report | Stadium: Lockhart Stadium |
| March 21, 2015 Preseason | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 5–0 | Jacksonville Armada FC | Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
| 7:30 p.m. EDT | Stefano 17', 43' Frimpong 46'Ramírez 71'Angulo 89' |
Report | Stadium: Lockhart Stadium |
| March 28, 2015 Preseason | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 0–0 | Floridians FC | Pembroke Pines, Florida |
| 7:00 p.m. EDT | Report | Stadium: Broward College South Campus |
| April 12, 2015 Preseason | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 2–1 | Miami United F.C. | Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
| a.m. EDT | |
Hurtado 88' |
Stadium: Lockhart Stadium |
| June 20, 2015 Midseason Friendly | Ponte Preta | 4–0 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | Campinas, Brazil |
| 5:30 p.m. EDT | Cajá 23' Leandrinho 58'Vitor Xavier 63'Adrianinho 87' |
Stadium: Estádio Moisés Lucarelli |
| July 1, 2015 Challenge Cup | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 0–3 |  Boca Juniors | Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
| 8:00 p.m. EDT | Sanfilippo 30' Ramírez 45+2'Stefano 60' |
Report | Calleri 3' Rolín 6', 55'Pérez 62'Pavón 77' |
Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 6,827 |
| August 2015 Midseason Friendly | Nova Southeastern Sharks | v | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
| TBD p.m. EDT | Stadium: NSU Soccer Complex |
NASL Spring season edit
Standings edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | New York Cosmos (S) | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 9 | +9 | 20 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 19 | |
| 3 | Carolina RailHawks | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 14 | |
| 4 | Minnesota United | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 13 | +2 | 14 | |
| 5 | Indy Eleven | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 13 | |
| 6 | Jacksonville Armada | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 18 | −3 | 12 | |
| 7 | San Antonio Scorpions | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 12 | |
| 8 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 11 | |
| 9 | Ottawa Fury | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 11 | |
| 10 | FC Edmonton | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 22 | −6 | 9 | |
| 11 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 8 |
Source: NASL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) head-to-head record; 5) away goal differential; 6) away goals scored
(S) Spring season champion
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) head-to-head record; 5) away goal differential; 6) away goals scored
(S) Spring season champion
Results summary edit
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 |
Last updated: June 22, 2015.
Source: Match reports
Results by round edit
Updated to match(es) played on June 22, 2015. Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Match reports edit
| April 4, 2015 Match 1 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 0–1 | New York Cosmos | Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
| 7:30 p.m. EDT | PC 42' Stefano 45' |
Report | Ayoze 52' Fernandes 58' |
Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 11,691 (Club Record) |
| April 11, 2015 Match 2 Coastal Cup | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 2–1 | Jacksonville Armada FC | Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
| 7:30 p.m. EDT | Sanfilippo 7' Moura 45' (pen.)Freitas 64'PC 65'Stefano 90' 90+1' |
Report | Trejo 45+1'  90+1'Hoyos 49'Scaglia 90+3' |
Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 4,883 |
| April 19, 2015 Match 3 | FC Edmonton | 3–2 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | Edmonton, Alberta |
| 4:00 p.m. EDT | Jones 7', 86' Moses 42'Nyassi 75'Ameobi 80'Laing 90' |
Report | Sánchez 20' Moura 49', 62' |
Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 2,351 |
| April 25, 2015 Match 4 | Ottawa Fury FC | 1–3 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | Ottawa, Ontario |
| 3:00 p.m. EDT | Alves 78' Haworth 78' |
Report | Angulo 41', 90' Freitas 64'PC 69' |
Stadium: TD Place Stadium Attendance: 3,023 |
| May 2, 2015 Match 5 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 0–0 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
| 7:30 p.m. EDT | Report | Mensing 85' |
Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 5,295 |
| May 16, 2015 Match 6 Coastal Cup | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 1–0 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | St. Petersburg, Florida |
| 7:30 p.m. EDT | Hernández 55' |
Report | Hassan 85' |
Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 6,851 |
| May 23, 2015 Match 7 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 0–1 | Carolina RailHawks | Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
| 7:30 p.m. EDT | PC 59' Adeleye 67' |
Report | Shipalane 44' Anderson 54'Fitzgerald 62'Novo 70' |
Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 4,801 Referee: Marcos de Oliveira |
| May 30, 2015 Match 8 | San Antonio Scorpions | 1–1 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | San Antonio, Texas |
| 8:30 p.m. EDT | Nane 21' DeRoux 62' 86' |
NASL Report FTL Report |
Stefano 43' |
Stadium: Toyota Field Attendance: 6,396 Referee: Tyler J. Ploeger |
| June 6, 2015 Match 9 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 1–2 | Indy Eleven | Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
| 7:30 p.m. EDT | Stefano 23' Sánchez 36'Marcelin 46'Moura 82'Angulo 82' |
NASL Report FTL Report |
Pineda 44', 90+4' |
Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 5,803 Referee: Daniel Fitzgerald |
| June 13, 2015 Match 10 | Minnesota United FC | 2–3 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | Blaine, Minnesota |
| EDT | Ibarra 18' (pen.) Mendes 26'Pitchkolan 38' |
NASL Report FTL Report |
Stefano 3', 81', 67' Angulo 79', 84' |
Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 9,342 Referee: Nima Saghafi |
NASL Fall season edit
Standings edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottawa Fury (F) | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 37 | 15 | +22 | 45 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Minnesota United | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 39 | 26 | +13 | 39 | |
| 3 | New York Cosmos | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 21 | +10 | 36 | |
| 4 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 37 | 27 | +10 | 30 | |
| 5 | FC Edmonton | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 24 | +1 | 26 | |
| 6 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 27 | −3 | 25 | |
| 7 | Carolina RailHawks | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 29 | 39 | −10 | 21 | |
| 8 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 28 | −10 | 20 | |
| 9 | Indy Eleven | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 36 | −13 | 20 | |
| 10 | San Antonio Scorpions | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 37 | −7 | 19 | |
| 11 | Jacksonville Armada | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 31 | −13 | 19 |
Source: NASL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) head-to-head record; 5) away goal differential; 6) away goals scored
(F) Fall season champion
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) head-to-head record; 5) away goal differential; 6) away goals scored
(F) Fall season champion
Results summary edit
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 37 | 27 | +10 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 15 | +8 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | +2 |
Last updated: October 31, 2015.
Source: Match reports
Results by round edit
Updated to match(es) played on November 1, 2015. Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Match reports edit
| July 8, 2015 Match 1 | Carolina RailHawks | 1–1 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | Cary, North Carolina |
| 7:30 p.m. EDT | Hlavaty 53' |
FTL Report NASL Report |
Stefano 77' |
Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 3,055 Referee: Younes Marrakchi |
| July 11, 2015 Match 2 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 1–1 | FC Edmonton | Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
| 7:30 p.m. EDT | Ramírez 16', 68' (pen.) |
FTL Report NASL Report |
Nonni 32' Ford 86' (o.g.)Raudales 90+5' |
Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 3,816 Referee: Daniel Fitzgerald |
| July 18, 2015 Match 3 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 2–2 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
| 7:30 p.m. EDT | PC 52' Freitas 55', 55'Ramírez 90' (pen.) |
FTL Report NASL Report |
Chavez 64' Ferreira-Mendes 76' |
Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 3,283 Referee: Bernhard Hosu |
| July 25, 2015 Match 4 Coastal Cup | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 1–3 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | St. Petersburg, Florida |
| 7:30 p.m. EDT | Nuñez 50' Maicon Santos 90+1'Agbossoumonde 90+3' |
Summary | PC 16' Smith 25'Marcelin 29'Bruno Nunes 79'Stefano Pinho 90+3' |
Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 4,494 Referee: Matthew Kreitzer |
| August 2, 2015 Match 5 | New York Cosmos | 2–0 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | Hempstead, New York |
| 5:00 p.m. EDT | Freeman 27', 39' Fernandes 43' |
Report | Kling 74' |
Stadium: Shuart Stadium Attendance: 4,503 Referee: Robert Sibiga |
| August 5, 2015 Match 6 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 2–1 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | Atlanta |
| 7:30 p.m. EDT | Ferreira-Mendes 41', 66' Hughes 85' |
Report | Ramírez 49' Pinho 84' Marcelin 90' |
Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park Attendance: 3,071 Referee: Baboucarr Jallow |
| August 8, 2015 Match 7 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 3–3 | New York Cosmos | Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
| 7:30 p.m. EDT | Gabriel 23' Ramírez 48', 59', 59' |
Report | Fernandes 62' Moffat 66' Raúl 87' Guenzatti 90' Gorskie 90' |
Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 5,667 Referee: Marco De Oliveira |
| August 15, 2015 Match 8 Coastal Cup | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 2–1 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
| 7:30 p.m. EDT | Stefano 4' Gabriel 18'Thomas 30'Marcelin 43' |
Report | Maicon Santos 19' Mkandawire 41'Saragoza 71' |
Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 5,145 Referee: Alejandro Mariscal |
| August 23, 2015 Match 9 | FC Edmonton | 0–2 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | Edmonton, Alberta |
| 4:00 p.m. EDT | Summary | Stefano Pinho 58' (pen.) 86' |
Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 3,110 Referee:  Pierre Lauziere |
| August 29, 2015 Match 10 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 7–1 | Indy Eleven | Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
| 7:30 p.m. EDT | Stéfano 2' 77' 81' PC 7' 85'Thomas 10'Marlon Freitas 20' 67' |
Summary | Richards 16' Pineda 18'Franco 50' |
Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 3,819 Referee: Daniel Radford |
| September 12, 2015 Match 11 | Ottawa Fury FC | 0–0 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | Ottawa, Ontario |
| 3:00 p.m. EDT | Eustáquio 83' |
Summary | Chin 7' |
Stadium: TD Place Stadium Attendance: 6,327 Referee: Yusri Rudolf |
| September 16, 2015 Match 12 Coastal Cup | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 2–0 | Jacksonville Armada FC | Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
| 7:30 p.m. EDT | Marlon Freitas 17' Sánchez 88'Marcelin 90' |
Summary | Nicklaw 28' Rodríguez 39'Ortiz 56' |
Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 1,278 Referee: Daniel Radford |
| September 19, 2015 Match 13 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 0–2 | Ottawa Fury FC | Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
| 7:30 p.m. EDT | Gabriel 66' PC 72' |
Summary | Hassan 52' Ubiparipović 81' |
Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 3,773 Referee: Alex Chilowicz |
| September 26, 2015 Match 14 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 2–5 | Minnesota United FC | Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
| 7:30 p.m. EDT | Angulo 7' 88' Chin 52'Borrajo 70' |
Summary | Ramirez 12' Alhassan 27'Daniel Mendes 44'Ibson 61' 86' |
Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 2,903 Referee: Mathieu Bourdeau |
| October 3, 2015 Match 15 | San Antonio Scorpions | 2–4 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | San Antonio, Texas |
| 8:30 p.m. EDT | Cann 50' Tyrpak 56'Hassli 63'DeRoux 79' |
Summary | Stéfano 10' 40' 86' Marlon Freitas 15'Borrajo 37'Bruno Nunes 90' |
Stadium: Toyota Field Attendance: 7,832 Referee: Alejandro Mariscal |
| October 10, 2015 Match 16 | Minnesota United FC | 2–1 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | Blaine, Minnesota |
| 7:00 p.m. EDT | Campos 6' Daniel Mendes 27'Tiago Calvano 63'Davis 90' |
Summary | PC 78' Sanfilippo 85' |
Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 9,207 Referee: David Gantar |
| October 17, 2015 Match 17 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 4–0 | Carolina RailHawks | Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
| 7:30 p.m. EDT | Sanfilippo 23' Borrajo 30'Marlon Freitas 48'Stéfano 56' |
Summary | Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 2,998 Referee: Younes Marrakchi |
| October 21, 2015 Match 18 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 0–0 | San Antonio Scorpions | Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
| 7:30 p.m. EDT | Summary | Chávez 78' |
Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 2,632 Referee: Juan Marquez |
| October 24, 2015 Match 19 | Indy Eleven | 2–1 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | Indianapolis, Indiana |
| 7:30 p.m. EDT | Smart 19' 29' Steinberger 34'Brown 43'Nicht 90' |
Summary | Angulo 59' Thomas 90' |
Stadium: Carroll Stadium Attendance: 9,213 Referee: Mathieu Bourdeau |
| November 1, 2015 Match 20 Coastal Cup | Jacksonville Armada FC | 0–1 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | Jacksonville, Florida |
| 4:00 p.m. EDT | Summary | Borrajo 67' Marlon Freitas 87' 88'Guerrero 90' |
Stadium: Community First Park Attendance: 9,083 Referee: Nima Saghafi |
U.S. Open Cup edit
The Strikers will compete in the 2015 edition of the Open Cup.
| May 27, 2015 Third Round | Charleston Battery  | 3–2 |  Fort Lauderdale Strikers | Charleston, South Carolina |
| EDT | Garbanzo 30', 42' Kelly 55', 80'Prince 77' |
Report | Bruno 6' Meves 23'Gonzalez 33'Sánchez 40', 90+'Kling 68' 90+' |
Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium Attendance: 1,551 |
References edit
- ^ "Roster | Fort Lauderdale Strikers". Strikers.com. Archived from the original on March 10, 2014. Retrieved January 17, 2015.