1982 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season

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Fort Lauderdale Strikers
1982 season
Owner Flag of the United States.svg Elizabeth Robbie
General manager Flag of the United States.svg Tim Robbie
Manager Flag of Germany.svg Eckhard Krautzun (fired Sept. 23)
Flag of England.svg David Chadwick
Stadium Lockhart Stadium
NASL Southern Division: first place
Semifinalist
Top goalscorerLeague:
Flag of England.svg Brian Kidd
(15 goals)
All:
Flag of England.svg Brian Kidd
(16 goals)
Average home league attendance12,345
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The 1982 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season was the sixth season of the Fort Lauderdale Striker's team, and the club's sixteenth season in professional soccer. This year the team made it to semifinals of the North American Soccer League playoffs.

Contents

Background

Review

Competitions

Sunshine International Series

The Sunshine International Series was the first international competition to use the NASL's point system to determine the standings. As such, teams were awarded six points for wins in regulation or overtime, four points for a shoot–out win, and up to three bonus points for each goal scored in regulation. All four teams faced one another with Fort Lauderdale hosting games on July 24 and 28. On the final day of the competition a double header was played at Tampa Stadium with all four teams in action, followed by a concert featuring country-pop crossover singer, Crystal Gayle. [1] São Paulo FC won the series with a perfect record. The Strikers netted four goals and won one match, finishing third. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Series standings

SIS TeamsLeagueWLGFGAPTS
São Paulo FC Série A 306224
Ipswich Town F.C. First Div. 214215
Fort Lauderdale Strikers NASL 124410
Tampa Bay Rowdies NASL 03494

Series results

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
July 24, 1982 São Paulo FC Lockhart Stadium 1–25,887Ray Hudson
July 28, 1982 Ipswich Town F.C. Lockhart Stadium 0–1 (OT)7,535
July 31, 1982 Tampa Bay Rowdies Tampa Stadium 1–321,220Robert Meschbach, Bruce Miller, Edi Kirschner

NASL regular season

Regular seasonW = Wins, L = Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, PT= point system

6 points for a win in regulation and overtime, 4 point for a shootout win, 0 points for a loss, 1 bonus point for each regulation goal scored, up to three per game. [8]

NASL Southern DivisionWLGFGAPT
Fort Lauderdale Strikers 18146474163
Tulsa Roughnecks 16166957151
Tampa Bay Rowdies 12204777112
Jacksonville Tea Men 11214171105

Results summaries

Results by round

Match reports

NASL Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Higher seedLower seedGame 1Game 2Game 3
Fort Lauderdale Strikers- Montreal Manic *2–3 (OT)1–0 (OT)4–1*August 25 • Olympic Stadium • 15,232
August 29 • Lockhart Stadium • 10,696
September 1 • Lockhart Stadium • 11,897

*Montreal Manic hosted Game 1 (instead of Game 2) due to stadium conflicts with the Expos baseball club.

Semifinals

Higher seedLower seedGame 1Game 2Game 3
Seattle Sounders -Fort Lauderdale Strikers2–03–4 (OT)1–0 (OT)September 4 • Kingdome • 17,338
September 8 • Lockhart Stadium • 15,196
September 10 • Kingdome • 28,986

Bracket

QuarterfinalsSemifinals Soccer Bowl '83
             
1 New York Cosmos 50 1
8 Tulsa Roughnecks 0 10
1 New York Cosmos 22–
4 San Diego Sockers 1 1 –
4 San Diego Sockers 50 2
5 Vancouver Whitecaps 1 11
1 New York Cosmos 1
2 Seattle Sounders 0
3 Fort Lauderdale Strikers2 14
6 Montreal Manic 30 1
3 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 0 40
2 Seattle Sounders 23 1
2 Seattle Sounders 41 4
7 Toronto Blizzard 2 22

Match reports

Statistics

Transfers

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References

  1. ↑ Okamoto, David (July 30, 1982). "Crystal Gayle Will Sing For Rowdie Crowd". Tampa Tribune. p. D1. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "Strikers, Rowdies to host international soccer series". Miami News. 28 January 1982. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "The Rowdies could have been really embarrassed". Evening Independent. 26 July 1982. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Rowdies earn respect, show pride - Google News Archive Search". Evening Independent. 29 July 1982. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "Strikers Clash With Rowdies - Google News Archive Search". Palm Beach Post. 31 July 1982. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  6. ↑ "Evening Independent - Google News Archive Search". google.com. 2 August 1982. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  7. ↑ "Strikers Whip Rowdies - Google News Archive Search". Lakeland Ledger. 1 August 1982. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
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