1987 Western Soccer Alliance

Final league standings for the 1987 Western Soccer Alliance season.

Western Soccer Alliance
-1987 Season-
Season1987
ChampionsSan Diego Nomads
(1st title)
PremiersSan Diego Nomads
(1st title)
Top goalscorerJoe Mihaljevic
(7 goals)
1986
1988

History edit

Prior to the season, the Edmonton Brick Men left the league to join the new Canadian Soccer League. This left the Alliance with six teams, which retained its regular season single table standings, but added a post-season playoff to determine the league champion for 1987. The San Diego Nomads won both the regular season and playoff titles.

League standings edit

Place Team GP W L OW OL PW PL GF GA Points Qualification
1 San Diego Nomads (C) 10 6 4 1 0 1 1 17 9 31 Playoff final
2 F.C. Seattle 10 5 5 1 1 0 1 16 14 31 Playoff semifinal
3 San Jose Earthquakes 10 5 5 1 1 0 1 21 13 31
4 F.C. Portland 10 5 5 0 1 0 0 9 15 24
5 Los Angeles Heat 10 5 5 2 0 0 0 9 16 24
6 California Kickers 10 4 6 0 2 2 0 11 16 23

(C) Champion

Playoffs edit

Bracket edit

Wild Card Semi-final 1987 WSA Final
1 San Diego Nomads 3
2 F.C. Seattle 0 3 San Jose Earthquakes 1
3 San Jose Earthquakes 3

Wild card edit

F.C. Seattle (WA)0–3San Jose Earthquakes (CA)
  4' Dave Palic
  Jadir Henrique
  George Pastor

Final edit

San Diego Nomads (CA)3–1San Jose Earthquakes (CA)
Paul Stumpf   31'
Steve Black   53'
Mario Gonzalez   62'
Steve Black   85'
Report   31' Jadir Henrique

Points leaders edit

Rank Scorer Club Goals Assists Points
1 Joe Mihaljevic San Jose Earthquakes 7 2 16
2 Marcelo Balboa San Diego Nomads 6 0 12
3 Geoff Wall F.C. Seattle 4 4 12
4 Mike Enneking F.C. Seattle 5 0 10
5 George Pastor San Jose Earthquakes 4 2 10
6 John Hamel F.C. Seattle 3 1 7
7 John Gerrard Los Angeles Heat 3 1 7
8 Jadir Henrique San Jose Earthquakes 2 3 7
9 Steve Boardman San Diego Nomads 2 3 7
10 John Sissons San Diego Nomads 3 0 6
11 Amir Darabi California Kickers 3 0 6

Honors edit

Goalkeeper: Anton Nistl
Defenders: Steve Boardman, Barney Boyce, Daryl Green, Robbie Zipp
Midfielders: Jadir Henrique, George Pastor, Geoff Wall
Forwards: Brent Goulet, Tim Martin, Joe Mihaljevic
  • Second Team All League
Goalkeeper: Mike Lane
Defenders: Marcelo Balboa, Arturo Velazco, Eric Biefeld, Chris Wentzien
Midfielders: Steve Black, John Hamel, Richard Torres
Forwards: Scott Benedetti, John Gerard, John Sissons

References edit