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1989 American Soccer League

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The 1989 American Soccer League was the second season of the third American Soccer League.

American Soccer League
1989 season
Season1989
ChampionsFort Lauderdale Strikers
(1st title)
PremiersWashington Stars
(1st title)
Top goalscorerRicardo Alonso, Mirko Castillo
(10 goals)
← 1988

League standings edit

Northern Division edit

Pos Team Pld W PKW PKL L GF GA GD Pts
1 Washington Stars 20 7 7 2 4 19 14 +5 37
2 Boston Bolts 20 8 5 3 4 27 19 +8 37
3 Albany Capitals 20 10 1 4 5 29 19 +10 36
4 Maryland Bays 20 4 5 5 6 28 32 −4 27
5 New Jersey Eagles 20 5 1 4 10 21 35 −14 21
Source: [citation needed]

Southern Division edit

Pos Team Pld W PKW PKL L GF GA GD Pts
1 Tampa Bay Rowdies 20 9 3 2 6 32 25 +7 35
2 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 20 10 2 1 7 33 25 +8 35
3 Washington Diplomats 20 8 3 3 6 32 26 +6 33
4 Orlando Lions 20 9 0 3 8 25 20 +5 30
5 Miami Sharks 20 1 2 2 15 20 51 −31 9
Source: [citation needed]

Playoffs edit

Bracket edit

Semifinals
Best-of-3 		1989 ASL Championship
Best-of-3
          
1 Washington Diplomats 1 1 -
4 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 3 3 -
4 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 1 0 1
3 Boston Bolts 0 2 0
2 Tampa Bay Rowdies 0 1 -
3 Boston Bolts 2 2 -

Semifinal 1 edit

Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL)3–1Washington Stars (DC)
Ricardo Alonso   44:58' (Moreland)
Ricardo Alonso   62:49' (Donev)
Ricardo Alonso   69:40' (Carrera, Magallanes)
Victor Moreland   81:14'		 Report Scott Snyder   30:50' (Vaudrieul)
Dave Vaudrieul   35:30'
Doug Davies   81:14'
Attendance: 4,784
Referee: Jack D'Aquin (USA)


Washington Stars (DC)1–3Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL)
Scott Snyder   41:51' (Stone, Maier) Report Marcelo Carrera   20' (Moreland)
Pedro Magallanes   53:29'
Pedro Magallanes   65:00' (Moreland)
Attendance: 3,287

Fort Lauderdale advances two games to none.

Semifinal 2 edit

Boston Bolts (MA)2–0Tampa Bay Rowdies (FL)
Steve Potter   54:14'
Stan Koziol   76:09'		 Report Perry Van der Beck   29'
Attendance: 1,951
Referee: Felix Fuksman (USA)


Tampa Bay Rowdies (FL)1–2Boston Bolts (MA)
Steve Wegerle   51:45' (pen.) Report Patrick Hughes   41:45'
Steve Potter   85:30' (Hughes)
Attendance: 5,101

Boston advances two games to none.

ASL Championship Final edit

Higher seed Series Lower seed Game 1 Game 2 Mini-game Attendance
Boston Bolts 1–2 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 0–1 2–0 1–0 August 19 • Lockhart Stadium • 5,752
August 26 • Nickerson Field • 5,730

Game 1 edit

Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL)1–0Boston Bolts (MA)
Marcelo Carrera   4:38' Report Greg Kenney   44:40'
Attendance: 5,752

Game 2 edit

Boston Bolts (MA)2–0Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL)
Steve Potter   57:10' (Donigan, George)
Paul Duffy   74:03'		 Report
Attendance: 5,730

Mini-game edit

Boston Bolts (MA)0–1Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL)
Report Marcelo Carrera   7:46' (Eichmann, Alonso)
Attendance: 5,730

Points leaders edit

Rank Scorer Club Goals Assists Points
1 Ricardo Alonso Fort Lauderdale Strikers 10 7 27
2 Mirko Castillo Miami Sharks 10 1 21
3 Martin Hill Tampa Bay Rowdies 7 6 20
Leonel Suazo Washington Diplomats 7 6 20
5 Jean Harbor Washington Diplomats 7 5 19
6 Marcello Bauza Washington Diplomats 9 0 18
7 Marcelo Carrera Fort Lauderdale Strikers 4 10 18
Steve Wegerle Tampa Bay Rowdies 4 10 18
9 Rod Castro Orlando Lions 8 1 17
10 Scott Snyder Washington Stars 7 3 17
11 Steve Kinsey Fort Lauderdale Strikers 6 5 17
12 Elvis Comrie Albany Capitals 7 2 16
13 Jorge Acosta New Jersey Eagles 7 1 15
14 Sadri Gjonbalaj New Jersey Eagles 6 3 15
Paul Rutenis Maryland Bays 6 3 15
15 Dan Donigan Boston Bolts 4 7 15
16 Pedro Magallanes Fort Lauderdale Strikers 5 4 14
17 Franklin McIntosh Orlando Lions 4 6 14
18 Chico Borja Albany Capitals 1 12 14
19 Patrick Hughes Boston Bolts 4 5 13
20 Paul Duffy Boston Bolts 4 4 13

1989 ASL All-Star game edit

The ASL All-Star game was hosted by the Washington Diplomats at RFK Stadium. Players that were unable to play due to injury, as well as any Dips selected to the squad were replaced, since the All-Stars' opponent was the Dips.

All-Star selections edit

All-Stars[1]   Position   Alternates
Winston DuBose, Tampa Bay G Neil Cowley, Washington • Greg Kenney, Boston
Mike Windischmann, Albany D Dehinde Akiniotan, Boston
Steve Trittschuh, Tampa Bay D -
Ronald Simmons, Albany D -
Ricardo Alonso, Fort Lauderdale D -
Tab Ramos, Miami M Steve Wegerle, Tampa Bay
John Harkes, Albany M Paul Riley, New Jersey
Michael Brady, Washington M Osvaldo Ardiles, Fort Lauderdale
Jean Harbor, Washington F Steve Kinsey, Fort Lauderdale
Phillip Gyau, Maryland F -
Rod Castro, Orlando F -
Lincoln Phillips, Maryland Coach -

Match summary edit

Washington Diplomats1–2ASL All-Stars
Suazo   69:46' (Melendez, Perez) Report Gyau   24:41' (Riley, Kinsey)
Rod Castro   27:22' (Alonso)
Attendance: 4,375

Post-season honors edit

All A-League Team edit

1989 National Professional Soccer Championship edit

In anticipation of a proposed merger (which took place the following year) the ASL champions faced off against the Western Soccer League champions in the 1989 National Pro Soccer Championship on September 9 in San Jose, California's Spartan Stadium. This would be the first time since 1984 that an undisputed national champion of professional soccer was crowned in the United States.[3]

Match report edit

San Diego Nomads  1–3  Fort Lauderdale Strikers
Watson   73:13' (Nguyen)
Ortiz   86:10'		 Report Moreland   44:40'
Eichmann   74:24' (Alonso)
Edwards   84:40' (Carrera)
Carrera   89:00' (Moreland)
Attendance: 8,632
Referee: Levon Baladjanian

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "1989 ASL All-Stars". Sun Sentinel. June 17, 1989. p. 7C. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
  2. ^ "Ardiles named MVP in All-Star victory". Sun Sentinel. June 30, 1989. p. 5C. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
  3. ^ Brents, Phillips (September 13, 1989). "Strikers down Nomads 3-1 for pro soccer title". The Star-News. Chula Vista, CA. p. D6. Retrieved December 25, 2017.

External links edit

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