1980 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season

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Fort Lauderdale Strikers
1980 season
Owner Flag of the United States.svg Elizabeth Robbie
General manager Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bob Lemieux [1] (fired Oct. 14)
Flag of the United States.svg Tim Robbie
Manager Flag of the Netherlands.svg Cor van der Hart
Stadium Lockhart Stadium
NASL Division:Second Place
NASL Championship: Finalist
Top goalscorerLeague:
Flag of Peru.svg Teófilo Cubillas
Flag of Germany.svg Gerd Müller
(14 goals)
All:
Flag of Peru.svg Teófilo Cubillas
(18 goals)
Average home league attendance14,360
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The 1980 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season was the fourth season of the Fort Lauderdale Striker's team, and the club's fourteenth season in professional soccer. This year the team made it to the finals of North American Soccer League by reaching the Soccer Bowl. They were this year's Runners-up.

Contents

Background

Review

Competitions

Friendlies

Fort Lauderdale finished their preseason exhibition schedule with one victory over an NCAA Division II squad, and two draws versus Peruvian First Division teams, three losses against NASL clubs and one loss to an NCAA Division II team. [2] [3] In April after the NASL season had begun, the Strikers easily handled the Miami Hurricanes and the junior side, Calry Bohemian FC, of Sligo, Ireland. [4] [5] They later fell to visiting Sunderland A.F.C. in a midseason friendly in May.

Results summaries

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
March 2, 1980 FIU Sunblazers FIU South Campus 2–3???, ???
March 9, 1980 Miami Dade North Falcons Dade North Stadium 8–0Müller (3), Bonvallet (3), Cubillas, Cacciatore
March 12, 1980 Detroit Express Leonard High School 0–1
March 16, 1980 Detroit Express Bryant Stadium 1–2(SO)Nico Bodonczy
March 19, 1980 Minnesota Kicks Coral Springs High School 0–1
March 21, 1980 Atlanta Chiefs Lockhart Stadium ––MATCH CANCELED
March 22, 1980 Flag of Peru.svg Alianza Lima Estadio Alianza 1–135,000 David Irving
March 24, 1980 Flag of Peru.svg Club Universitario Estadio Alianza 1–135,000 Gerd Müller
April 14, 1980 Miami Hurricanes Mark Light Stadium 6–1David Irving
April 16, 1980 Flag of Ireland.svg Calry Bohemian FC Strikers practice facility8–0David Irving (3), Nico Bodonczy (2), Mike Ortiz-Velez (2)
May 14, 1980 Flag of England.svg Sunderland A.F.C. Lockhart Stadium 1–24,649 [6] Ray Hudson (pk)

NASL regular season

Results summaries

Results by round

Match reports

NASL Playoffs

Playoffs

In 1979 and 1980, if a playoff series was tied at one victory each, a full 30 minute mini-game was played. If neither team held an advantage after the 30 minutes, the teams would then move on to a shoot-out to determine a series winner. [7]

First round

Lower seedHigher seedGame 1Game 2Mini-game
California Surf -Fort Lauderdale Strikers1–22–00–1 (SO, 2–3)August 28 • Anaheim Stadium • 2,929
August 31 • Lockhart Stadium • 15,282

Conference Semifinals

Lower seedHigher seedGame 1Game 2Mini-game
Edmonton Drillers -Fort Lauderdale Strikers0–13–2 (SO, 2–1)0 - 3September 3 • Commonwealth Stadium • 18,029
September 6 • Lockhart Stadium • 17,380

Conference Championship

Lower seedHigher seedGame 1Game 2Mini-game
San Diego Sockers -Fort Lauderdale Strikers1–24–20–3September 11 • San Diego Stadium • 27,635
September 13 • Lockhart Stadium • 18,420

Soccer Bowl '80

New York Cosmos 3–0Fort Lauderdale Strikers
Romero (Chinaglia, Bogićević) Soccerball shade.svg47:55'
Chinaglia (Davis, Rijsbergen) Soccerball shade.svg70:06'
Chinaglia (Cabañas) Soccerball shade.svg87:07'
Attendance: 50,768 [10]
Referee: Paul Avis [11]

Bracket

Conference QuarterfinalsConference SemifinalsConference Championships Soccer Bowl '80
                  
1 Chicago Sting 1 31(0)
16 San Diego Sockers 22 1(3)
San Diego Sockers 60 1(2)
Tampa Bay Rowdies 3 61(0)
8 Tampa Bay Rowdies 14-
9 New England Tea Men 0 0 -
San Diego Sockers 1 40
Fort Lauderdale Strikers22 3
5 Edmonton Drillers 20 1
12 Houston Hurricane 1 10
Edmonton Drillers 0 2(2)0
Fort Lauderdale Strikers12(1)3
4 Fort Lauderdale Strikers20 0(3)
13 California Surf 1 20(2)
Fort Lauderdale Strikers 0
New York Cosmos 3
6 New York Cosmos 38-
11 Tulsa Roughnecks 1 1 -
New York Cosmos 30 3
Dallas Tornado 2 30
3 Dallas Tornado 12-
14 Minnesota Kicks 0 0 -
New York Cosmos 23-
Los Angeles Aztecs 1 1 -
7 Los Angeles Aztecs 0 1(5)2
10 Washington Diplomats 11(4)0
Los Angeles Aztecs 30 1(2)
Seattle Sounders 0 41(0)
2 Seattle Sounders 23-
15 Vancouver Whitecaps 1 1 -

Match reports

Statistics

Transfers

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References

  1. ↑ Suarez, Leo (October 15, 1980). "Robbie relieving Lemieux, Strikers winning manager". Miami News. p. 3B. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Strikers to begin 6 game exhibition season against Florida International". Fort Lauderdale News. February 17, 1980. p. 6C. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  3. ↑ "Strikers tie last exhibition". Fort Lauderdale News. March 25, 1980. p. 6E. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  4. ↑ Smith, Mike (April 15, 1980). "The U-M athletic team nobody knows". Miami News. p. 1C. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  5. ↑ Wieczorek, Dave (April 17, 1980). "Dutchman Pot prefers Strikers guard duty". Fort Lauderdale News. p. 3D. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  6. ↑ "15 May 1980, Page 72 - The Palm Beach Post at". Newspapers.com. 1980-05-15. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
  7. ↑ "The Hour - Google News Archive Search".
  8. ↑ "St. Petersburg Times - Google News Archive Search".
  9. ↑ "Cosmos regain soccer title". Christian Science Monitor. 23 September 1980.
  10. ↑ "The Evening News - Google News Archive Search".
  11. ↑ "Past Winners | North American Soccer League". Archived from the original on 2013-11-05. Retrieved 2013-10-21.