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Victoria Riptides

Victoria Riptides (also known as the RipTides and Riptide) were a professional soccer team based out of Victoria, British Columbia. The team played for two seasons; the 1984 season of the Pacific Coast Soccer League, and 1985 season of the Western Alliance Challenge Series. Their home games were played at Royal Athletic Park.

Victoria Riptides
Full nameVictoria Riptides
Nickname(s)'Tides
FoundedMay 3, 1984
DissolvedNovember 6, 1985; 38 years ago (November 6, 1985)
StadiumRoyal Athletic Park
Capacity3,800
ChairmanDave Davies (1984)
Harry Kuiack (1985)
ManagerDavid Keith (1984)
Brian Hughes & Buzz Parsons (1985)
LeaguePCSL (1984)
WSA (1985)

History edit

David Keith was coach of the Riptides for their first season during which the Riptides secured a record of 7 wins, 2 draws, and 1 loss. The team featured several prominent players including former Vancouver Whitecap, Frank Woods; Simon Keith, who joined the 'Tides after playing in the second tier of the British league for Millwall F.C.; Brian Mousley (Portland Timbers); local stand-out Rob Wallace who signed his first professional contract with the Riptides; as well as several Canada national team pool players: Doug Adlem, Glen Johnson and Scott Weinberg (University of Victoria).

In 1985, four independent west coast soccer clubs joined together to create an informal challenge series. The challenge cup pitted the Riptides against F.C. Seattle, F.C. Portland and the San Jose Earthquakes in a home and away series. The cup also included games against the Canada national soccer team which was training for the 1986 World Cup in Vancouver, BC. The national team was not included in the standings.[1]

Brian Hughes was the head coach to start the 1985 season, but was replaced mid-season by real-estate agent Buzz Parsons who also failed to produce winning results. The 1985 Riptides had a 3-1-3 record, finishing second from the bottom in the final standings.[1] The challenge series led to a discussion among the four teams about forming a permanent league or alliance. The Riptides management at the time, disagreed with this approach and did not participate in future games in what became known as the Western Soccer Alliance. They also backed out of joining the newly forming Canadian Soccer Association.[2] The Western Soccer Alliance became the Western Soccer League in 1989 which merged with the American Soccer League in 1990 to form the American Professional Soccer League.

Year-by-year edit

Year League Record Regular Season Post Season
1984 Pacific Coast Soccer League 7-2-1 2nd runners-up
1985 Western Alliance Challenge Series 3-1-3 3rd N/A

1984 Pacific Coast Soccer League edit

League final standings edit

GP = Games Played, W = Wins, T = Ties, L = Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts= point system

2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss.

 -League Premiers (most points).  -Other playoff teams.
Team[3] GP W T L GF GA Pts
New Westminster QPR 10 8 1 1 28 12 17
Victoria Riptides 10 7 2 1 25 8 16
Nanaimo Regal 10 4 3 3 22 13 11
Richmond Olympic 10 1 4 5 13 35 6
Vancouver Pegasus 10 1 4 5 8 17 6
Richmond Club Ireland 10 0 4 6 10 27 4

Regular season results edit

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goal Scorers Ref.
June 10, 1984 New Westminster QPR H 2–3 937 George Pakos, Simon Keith [4]
June 17, 1984 Vancouver Pegasus H 3–0 907 John Hughes, Simon Keith, Brain Mousley [5]
June 24, 1984 Richmond Club Ireland A 0–1 Glenn Johnston [6]
June 30, 1984 Nanaimo Regal H 4–0 100 Ken Garraway (2), Rob Wallace, Mike Collis [7]
July 7, 1984 Richmond Olympic H 4–1 982 Simon Keith (2), Doug Adlem, Ken Garraway [8]
July 14, 1984 New Westminster QPR A 1–2 Scott Weinberg, Glenn Johnston [9]
July 22, 1984 Nanaimo Regal H 1–1 700 Scott Weinberg [10]
July 29, 1984 Vancouver Pegasus A 2–2 Glenn Johnston, Brain Mousley [11]
August 6, 1984 Richmond Club Ireland H 3–0 600 Ian Klitze (2), Glenn Johnston [12]
August 12, 1984 Richmond Olympic A 0–2 Ken Garraway, Doug Adlem [13]

Victoria Cup Final results edit

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goal Scorers Ref.
August 23, 1984 New Westminster QPR A 6–2 George Pakos, Ken Garraway [14]
August 26, 1984 New Westminster QPR H 3–0 907 George Pakos, Doug Adlem, Glenn Johnston [15]

Exhibition results edit

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goal Scorers Ref.
July 17, 1984 Canada Men's National Team H 0–4 1,105 none [16]

Team management edit

  •   Joe Stott - president[17]
  •   Dave Davies - general manager[4]
  •   David Keith - head coach[4]

1985 Western Alliance Challenge Series edit

Series final standings edit

Pos Team Pld W T L GF GA GD Pts
1 San Jose Earthquakes 7 4 1 2 10 9 +1 13
2 F.C. Seattle 7 3 1 3 16 11 +5 10
3 Victoria Riptide 7 3 1 3 12 13 −1 10
4 F.C. Portland 7 1 2 4 8 15 −7 5
Source: [18]

Results by round edit

June 15, 1985 WACS 1 Victoria Riptide 3–2 FC Portland Victoria, British Columbia
14:00 John Noble   45+', 83'
Ken Andrews   78'		 Report Tim Newton   33'
Brent Goulet   65'		 Stadium: Royal Athletic Park
Attendance: 200
July 6, 1985 WACS 2 Victoria Riptide 0–1 San Jose Earthquakes Victoria, British Columbia
14:00 Report John Catliff   76' (o.g.) Stadium: Royal Athletic Park
Attendance: 600
July 13, 1985 WACS 3 Victoria Riptide 4–2 FC Seattle Victoria, British Columbia
14:00 George Pakos   33',  
Nick Gilbert   38'
Ken Garraway   49'		 Report Bruce Raney  
Brian Schmetzer   85'		 Stadium: Royal Athletic Park
Attendance: 450
July 20, 1985 WACS 4 Victoria Riptide 2–1 FC Portland Victoria, British Columbia
14:00 Ken Garraway   16'
Greg Kern   67' (pen.)		 Report Brent Goulet   37' Stadium: Royal Athletic Park
Attendance: 400
July 28, 1985 WACS 5 Victoria Riptide 2–2 Canada Victoria, British Columbia
14:00 Ian Baird   65'
Carey Cleaver   75'		 Report John Catliff   3'
Greg Ion   83'		 Stadium: Royal Athletic Park
Attendance: 600
August 9, 1985 WACS 6 FC Seattle 3–0 Victoria Riptide Seattle, Washington
19:30 Bruce Raney   9'
Robbie Zipp   18'
Brian Schmetzer   34'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 1,628
August 17, 1985 WACS 7 San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 Victoria Riptide San Jose, California
19:30 Fred Hamel   13' (Dangerfield)
Carlos Morales   76'
Chris Dangerfield   85'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Lou Garraway   21' (McGuire, Hood) Stadium: Spartan Stadium
Attendance: 3,489

Exhibition match results edit

May 26, 1985 friendly Upper Island Selects 1–2 Victoria Riptide Nanaimo, British Columbia
Tony Leach   44' Report Ken Andrews   35'
Tony Ensons   85' (pen.)		 Stadium: Caledonian Park
May 29, 1985 friendly Victoria Riptide 2–1 Upper Island Selects Victoria, British Columbia
Nick Gilbert   21'
Tony Ensons   86' (pen.)		 Report Doug Muirhead   46' Stadium: Royal Athletic Park
Attendance: 150
June 2, 1985 friendly Victoria Riptide 3–2 Mean Green (Dallas, TX) Victoria, British Columbia
17:00 Jamie Lowery   20'
Ken Andrews   30'
Greg Kern  		 Report Manny Servantes  
David Easterly   75'		 Stadium: Royal Athletic Park
Attendance: 300
June 21, 1985 friendly Victoria Riptide 1–3 Edmonton Brick Men Victoria, British Columbia
19:30 David McGill   24' (o.g.) Report Carlos Marquez   4', 54', 67' Stadium: Royal Athletic Park
Attendance: 400
July 21, 1985 friendly Edmonton Brick Men 5–0 Victoria Riptide Edmonton, Alberta
16:00 Peter Stepaniak  
Ross Ongaro  
Carlos Marquez  
Norm Odinga  
Victoria   90' (o.g.)		 Report A
Report B		 Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 967
August 24, 1985 friendly Victoria Riptide 1–2 PCL All-Stars Victoria, British Columbia
Lou Garraway   12' Report John Connor   8'
Rick Douglas   45' (pen.)		 Stadium: Royal Athletic Park
Attendance: 400
Referee: Graham Cope

1985 Roster edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK   CAN Grant Darley[19]
— GK   CAN Sven Habermann[20]
— GK    Gary Smith[21]
— GK    Tobin Walker[22]
— DF   CAN Randy Samuel[20]
— DF   CAN Iain Baird[21]
— DF   CAN Greg Kern[23]
— DF   CAN Carey Cleaver[22]
— DF   CAN Dan Sudeyko[24]
— DF   WAL John Hughes[25]
— DF    Ken Andrews[23]
— DF    John Noble[25]
— DF    Gordie Horth[20]
— MF   CAN Jamie Lowery[23]
— MF   CAN John Catliff[20]
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF   CAN George Pakos[26]
— MF    John McGuire[27]
— FW   CAN Doug Muirhead[26]
— FW   CAN Nick Gilbert[25]
— FW   CAN Ken Garraway[26]
— FW   CAN Lou Garraway[27]
— FW    Lance Hollett[22]
—   CAN Buzz Parsons[28]
—   CAN Keith Bridge[24]
—   CAN Steve Moss[23]
—    Tony Ensons[28]
—    Demetre Gilbert[28]
—    Mike McStravich[28]
—    Dan Hood[27]

Team management edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "1985 Stats". A-League Archive.
  2. ^ "Riptides won't play '86 soccer season". Vancouver Sun. November 7, 1985. p. C8. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  3. ^ "Final Standings". Times-Colonist. August 21, 1984. p. B4. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
  4. ^ a b c Low, Max (June 11, 1984). "Defensive undertow trips 'Tides". Times-Colonist. p. B1. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
  5. ^ Low, Max (June 18, 1984). "Tide turns on Pegasus". Times-Colonist. p. B1. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
  6. ^ "Riptides strike early". Times-Colonist. June 25, 1984. p. B1. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
  7. ^ "Garraway comes off bench to help Riptides triumph". Times-Colonist. July 1, 1984. p. B1. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
  8. ^ Low, Max (July 8, 1984). "Hard-working striker leads Riptide victory". Times-Colonist. p. B1. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
  9. ^ "Riptides trip league rivals". Times-Colonist. July 16, 1984. p. B1. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
  10. ^ Low, Max (July 23, 1984). "Regals avenge hiding". Times-Colonist. p. B1. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
  11. ^ "Mousley fit to be 'Tide". Times-Colonist. July 31, 1984. p. B1. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
  12. ^ Low, Max (August 7, 1984). "Super sub carries Riptides". Times-Colonist. p. B3. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
  13. ^ "Riptides put heat on rivals". Times-Colonist. August 13, 1984. p. B3. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
  14. ^ "Riptides in deep hole". Times-Colonist. August 24, 1984. p. B4. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
  15. ^ Low, Max (August 27, 1984). "Riptides superb in finale". Times-Colonist. p. B1. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
  16. ^ Low, Max (July 18, 1984). "'Nationals' too tough for 'Tides". Times-Colonist. p. B2. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
  17. ^ Low, Max (May 4, 1984). "Soccer here this summer". Times-Colonist. p. B2. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
  18. ^ "Western Alliance Challenge Series 1985 Season". A-League Archive. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
  19. ^ a b c Low, Max (August 25, 1985). "Riptides end season on losing note..." Times-Colonist. p. B5. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  20. ^ a b c d Low, Max (July 7, 1985). "Defensive miscue leads to tough loss". Times-Colonist. p. B3. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  21. ^ a b Low, Max (June 16, 1985). "Brand new club extends Riptides". Times-Colonist. p. B3. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  22. ^ a b c Lang, Stew (July 29, 1985). "Riptides, Nationals battle to 2-2 saw-off". Nanaimo Daily News. p. B3. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  23. ^ a b c d Rhode, Michael (June 3, 1985). "Tides rolls over U.S. soccer visitors". Times-Colonist. p. B1. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  24. ^ a b c d e "Riptides open tonight". Times-Colonist. May 29, 1985. p. B3. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  25. ^ a b c Rhode, Michael (July 21, 1985). "Tides keeps the heat on Portland". Times-Colonist. p. B2. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  26. ^ a b c "Ex-Driller beat 'Tides". Times-Colonist. June 22, 1985. p. A6. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  27. ^ a b c "Late goal sinks Riptides". Times-Colonist. August 18, 1985. p. B1. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  28. ^ a b c d Rhode, Michael (May 27, 1985). "Riptides shade selects". Nanaimo Daily News. p. 9. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  29. ^ Low, Max (July 14, 1985). "Pakos, Garraway steal the show..." Times-Colonist. p. B5. Retrieved February 12, 2021.

External links edit

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