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The 1989 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season was the second season of the team in the new American Soccer League. It was the club's twenty-third season in professional soccer. The team finished in second place in the Southern Division, and made it through the playoffs and into the ASL Championship. They became the 1989 Champions. They also won the 1989 National Pro Soccer Championship which pitted the ASL Champions against the Western Soccer League Champions in a unification match to determine a national champion. Following the season, the American Soccer League merged with the WSL to form the American Professional Soccer League in 1990. The team would be absorbed into the new league and continue to play there.
| 1989 season | |||
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| Owner |  Joe Robbie Noel Lemon | ||
| Manager | Thomas Rongen | ||
| Stadium | Lockhart Stadium | ||
| ASL Southern Division | Second place | ||
| ASL Championship | Winner | ||
| National Championship | Winner | ||
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Background edit
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Review edit
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Competitions edit
ASL regular season 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 |
Results summaries edit
Results by round edit
Match reports edit
ASL Playoffs edit
Bracket edit
| Semifinals Best-of-3 | 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) | 3–1 | Washington 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' |
| Washington Stars (DC) | 1–3 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL) |
|---|---|---|
| Scott Snyder 41:51' (Stone, Maier) |
report | Marcelo Carrera 20' (Moreland) Pedro Magallanes 53:29'Pedro Magallanes 65:00' (Moreland) |
Semifinal 2 edit
| Boston Bolts (MA) | 2–0 | Tampa Bay Rowdies (FL) |
|---|---|---|
| Steve Potter 54:14' Stan Koziol 76:09' |
report | Perry Van der Beck 29' |
| Tampa Bay Rowdies (FL) | 1–2 | Boston Bolts (MA) |
|---|---|---|
| Steve Wegerle 51:45' (pen.) |
report | Patrick Hughes 41:45' Steve Potter 85:30' (Hughes) |
Final edit
| Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL) | 1–0 | Boston Bolts (MA) |
|---|---|---|
| Marcelo Carrera 4:38' |
report | 44:40' Greg Kenney |
| Boston Bolts (MA) | 2–0 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL) |
|---|---|---|
| Steve Potter 57:10' (Donigan, George) Paul Duffy 74:03' |
report |
| Boston Bolts (MA) | 0–1 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL) |
|---|---|---|
| report | Marcelo Carrera 7:46' (Eichmann, Alonso) |
1989 National Professional Soccer Championship edit
On September 9, 1989, the WSL (WSA) Champion San Diego Nomads played the ASL Champion Fort Lauderdale Strikers in order to crown a "national" champion for the first time since 1984. The game was played at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California before 8,632 fans. The match remained scoreless until the 74th minute when San Diego's Jerome Watson scored on a Thien Nguyen free kick. Just over a minute later, national team forward Eric Eichmann scored for Fort Lauderdale. Ten minutes later Troy Edwards put the Strikers ahead on a Marcelo Carrera assist in the 85th minute. Carrera got a goal of his own when he scored in the 90th minute on an assist from Victor Moreland. His efforts earned Carrera man-of-the-match honors.[1] The game was televised live by Pacific Sports Network, with JP Dellacamera providing play-by-play and Rick Davis adding color commentary.[2][3]
| 1989 ASL/WSL Championship | ||||||
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| Year | Winner | Runners-up | Score | Venue | Location | Attendance |
| 1989 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers (1) | San Diego Nomads | 3-1 | Spartan Stadium | San Jose, California | 8,632 |
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) |
Statistics edit
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Transfers edit
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References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ "The A-League Archive". a-leaguearchive@lycos.com.
- ^ Lazzarino, Chris. "Strikers Meet Nomads In Final". SunSentinel. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved October 26, 2013.