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1990 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season

The 1990 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season was the first season of the team in the new American Professional Soccer League. It was the club's twenty-fourth season in professional soccer. In the previous year, the club fielded the team in the American Soccer League which then merged with the Western Soccer Alliance to form the new APSL. In the inaugural year of the new league, the team finished in first place in the South Division of the East (American Soccer League) Conference. They went to the playoffs and made it to the finals of the East (American Soccer League) Conference being that year's Runners-up. At the end of the year, the team would merge with the league's Orlando Lions, creating a new unified team and club.

Fort Lauderdale Strikers
1990 season
OwnerUnited States Joe Robbie
Noel Lemon
ManagerThomas Rongen
StadiumLockhart Stadium
APSL East, South Div.First place
APSL playoffsSemi-finalist
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1990 Lions
1991 Strikers →

Background edit

Review edit

Competitions edit

APSL regular season edit

East (American Soccer League) Conference edit

Points:

  • Win: 3
  • Shoot out win: 2
  • Shoot out loss: 1
North Division edit
Place Team GP W SW SL L GF GA Points
1 Maryland Bays 20 14 1 0 5 42 29 44
2 Albany Capitals 20 13 1 1 5 35 22 42
3 Penn-Jersey Spirit 20 12 1 1 6 34 23 39
4 Boston Bolts 20 8 1 2 9 27 27 28
5 Washington Stars 20 7 0 0 13 24 28 22
6 New Jersey Eagles 20 5 1 0 14 21 38 17
South Division edit
Place Team GP W SW SL L GF GA Points
1 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 20 14 1 1 4 38 22 45
2 Tampa Bay Rowdies 20 9 1 0 10 32 39 29
3 Orlando Lions 20 8 0 0 12 25 30 24
4 Miami Freedom 20 7 1 1 11 27 29 24
5 Washington Diplomats 20 4 1 2 13 22 40 16

West (Western Soccer League) Conference edit

Points:

  • Win: 6
  • Shoot out win: 4
  • Shoot out loss: 2
  • 1 bonus point per goal scored in regulation, maximum of 3 per game
North Division edit
Place Team GP W SW SL L GF GA Points
1 San Francisco Bay Blackhawks 20 9 4 1 6 39 30 104
2 Salt Lake Sting 20 11 1 1 7 39 34 104
3 Colorado Foxes 20 10 4 3 3 22 12 100
4 Portland Timbers 20 8 2 3 7 42 36 99
5 Seattle Storm 20 9 1 3 7 42 35 93
South Division edit
Place Team GP W SW SL L GF GA Points
1 California Emperors 20 8 2 3 7 35 32 89
2 Real Santa Barbara 20 9 1 3 7 33 35 87
3 Los Angeles Heat 20 8 3 1 8 39 39 85
4 San Diego Nomads 20 5 3 3 9 22 28 67
5 New Mexico Chilies 20 5 2 1 12 25 45 61
6 Arizona Condors 20 5 0 1 14 29 51 59

Results summaries edit

Results by round edit

Match reports edit

APSL Eastern Conference Playoffs edit

Semifinal 1 edit

Albany Capitals (NY)2–3Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL)
Chris Szanto   6:10' (Chinapoo, Masters)
Paul Mariner   45:00' (Masters, Smyth)		 report Ricardo Alonso   117:15' (Carrera, Donev)
Jimmy McGeough, Jr.   73:05' (James, Carrera)
Pedro Magallanes   77:45' (James, Alonso)
Attendance: 750
Referee: (USA)
Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL)2–0Albany Capitals (NY)
Ricardo Alonso   37:41' (Magallanes, McGeough)
Alvin James   85:00'
Arnie Mausser   89'		 report Bobby Cumming   22'
Steve Stokoe   42'
Royal Palm Polo Club, Boca Raton, Florida
Attendance: 2,483
Referee: (USA)

Semifinal 2 edit

Tampa Bay Rowdies (FL)1–2 (a.e.t.)Maryland Bays (MD)
Perry Van der Beck   21:21'
Mark Wright   80:54' (Hooper, Byrne)		 report Kurt Dasbach   34:01' (Ryerson, Nattans)
Jean Harbor   96:27'  (Abe)
Attendance: 2,411
Referee: (USA)
Tampa Bay Rowdies (FL)1–4Maryland Bays (MD)
Jeff Jones   7:35' (Hill) [1] Jean Harbor   4:30' (Abe)
Philip Gyau   18:45' (Harbor, Sloan)
Jean Harbor   45:38' (Abe, Barger)
John Abe   72:36' (Nattans)
Cedar Lane Park, Maryland
Attendance: 2,953
Referee: (USA)

Final edit

Maryland Bays (MD)3–2Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL)
John Abe   13:57' (Barger, Namazi)
Jean Harbor   71:29' (Gee)
Joe Barger   87:28' (Ryerson)
Darryl Gee  		 report 1
report 2		 Pedro Magallanes   49:57' (Donev)
Marcelo Carrera   52:00'
Troy Edwards  
Cedar Lane Park
Attendance: 3,116
Referee: (USA)
Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL)0–2Maryland Bays (MD)
Victor Moreland   49:14'
Ricardo Alonso   65:50'		 report Philip Gyau   1:32' (Ryerson)
Rob Ryerson   13:38'
Scott Cook   16:08',   30:10'
Omid Namazi   22:45'
Jean Harbor   43:15'
Royal Palm Polo Club, Boca Raton, Florida
Attendance: 2,527
Referee: (USA)

Bracket edit

Match reports edit

Statistics edit

Transfers edit

References edit

  1. ^ Jackson, James H. (August 13, 1990). "Bays rout Rowdies, win series". Baltimore Sun. p. 2C. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
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