1984 Minnesota Strikers season

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Minnesota Strikers
1984 season
Owner Flag of the United States.svg Elizabeth Robbie
Manager Flag of England.svg David Chadwick
Stadium The Metrodome
NASL Western Division: third place
Top goalscorerLeague:
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Steve Zungul
(20 goals)
All:
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Steve Zungul
(20 goals)
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The 1984 Minnesota Strikers season of the North American Soccer League was the first season of the new team, and the club's eighteenth season in professional soccer. It is also the first ever incarnation of the club's new name. Previously, they were known as the Fort Lauderdale Strikers. This was the first time the club played in the Western Division. They finished in third place and did not make the playoffs that year. After the league ended in 1984, the club folded the outdoor team and placed an indoor team in the Major Indoor Soccer League during the 1984–85 season, and continued to do so until 1988.

Contents

Background

Review

Competitions

NASL regular season

W = Wins, L = Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, BP = Bonus Points, Pts= point system

6 points for a win, 4 points for a shootout win, 0 points for a loss, 1 point for each regulation goal scored up to three per game.

Eastern DivisionWLGFGABPPtsHomeRoad
Chicago Sting 13115049441206-67-5
Toronto Blizzard 14104633351179-35-7
New York Cosmos 13114342391159-34-8
Tampa Bay Rowdies 915436135879-30-12
Western DivisionWLGFGABPPtsHomeRoad
San Diego Sockers 14105142401189-35-7
Vancouver Whitecaps 131151484311710-23-9
Minnesota Strikers 14104044351158-46-6
Tulsa Roughnecks 1014424638988-42-10
Golden Bay Earthquakes 816616249954-84-8

Scoring leaders

GP = Games Played, G = Goals (worth 2 points), A = Assists (worth 1 point), Pts = Points

PlayerTeamGPGAPts
Steve Zungul Golden Bay Earthquakes24201050
Branko Šegota Golden Bay Earthquakes24181147
Ron Futcher Tulsa Roughnecks2318844
Karl-Heinz Granitza Chicago Sting24161244
Peter Ward Vancouver Whitecaps24161042
Ade Coker San Diego Sockers2216739
David Byrne Toronto Blizzard20121337
Alan Willey Minnesota Strikers2415434
Jean Willrich San Diego Sockers2252030
Roberto Bettega Toronto Blizzard2381329

Leading Goalkeepers

Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; W = Wins; L = Losses; SO = Shutouts

PlayerTeamGPMinGAGAAWLSO
Paul Hammond Toronto Blizzard211937251.161477
Hubert Birkenmeier New York Cosmos222007341.501392
Tino Lettieri Minnesota Strikers181622281.551084
Victor Nogueira Chicago Sting181663301.62993
Winston DuBose Tulsa Roughnecks221931381.7710124
Paul Bradshaw Vancouver Whitecaps242161461.9213114
Jim Gorsek San Diego Sockers151369322.10770
Arnie Mausser Tampa Bay Rowdies232100572.449143
Bill Irwin Golden Bay Earthquakes211964542.487142

Results summaries

Results by round

Match reports

NASL Playoffs

Did not qualify

Statistics

Transfers

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