1989 American Soccer League

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American Soccer League
1989 season
Season1989
Champions Fort Lauderdale Strikers
(1st title)
Premiers Washington Stars
(1st title)
Top goalscorer Ricardo Alonso, Mirko Castillo
(10 goals)
← 1988

The 1989 American Soccer League was the second season of the third American Soccer League.

Contents

League standings

Northern Division

PosTeamPldWPKWPKLLGFGAGDPts
1 Washington Stars 2077241914+537
2 Boston Bolts 2085342719+837
3 Albany Capitals 20101452919+1036
4 Maryland Bays 2045562832−427
5 New Jersey Eagles 20514102135−1421
Source: [ citation needed ]

Southern Division

PosTeamPldWPKWPKLLGFGAGDPts
1 Tampa Bay Rowdies 2093263225+735
2 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 20102173325+835
3 Washington Diplomats 2083363226+633
4 Orlando Lions 2090382520+530
5 Miami Sharks 20122152051−319
Source: [ citation needed ]

Playoffs

Bracket

Semifinals
Best-of-3		1989 ASL Championship
Best-of-3
          
1 Washington Diplomats 1 1 -
4 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 33-
4 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 10 1
3 Boston Bolts 0 20
2 Tampa Bay Rowdies 0 1 -
3 Boston Bolts 22-

Semifinal 1

Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL)3–1 Washington Stars (DC)
Ricardo Alonso Soccerball shade.svg44:58' (Moreland)
Ricardo Alonso Soccerball shade.svg62:49' (Donev)
Ricardo Alonso Soccerball shade.svg69:40' (Carrera, Magallanes)
Victor Moreland Yellow card.svg 81:14'		 Report Scott Snyder Soccerball shade.svg30:50' (Vaudrieul)
Dave Vaudrieul Yellow card.svg 35:30'
Doug Davies Yellow card.svg 81:14'
Lockhart Stadium, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Attendance: 4,784
Referee: Jack D'Aquin (USA)


Washington Stars (DC)1–3 Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL)
Scott Snyder Soccerball shade.svg41:51' (Stone, Maier) Report Marcelo Carrera Soccerball shade.svg20' (Moreland)
Pedro Magallanes Soccerball shade.svg53:29'
Pedro Magallanes Soccerball shade.svg65:00' (Moreland)
W.T. Woodson High School, Fairfax, Virginia
Attendance: 3,287

Fort Lauderdale advances two games to none.

Semifinal 2

Boston Bolts (MA)2–0 Tampa Bay Rowdies (FL)
Steve Potter Soccerball shade.svg54:14'
Stan Koziol Soccerball shade.svg76:09'		 Report Perry Van der Beck Yellow card.svg 29'
Nickerson Field, Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance: 1,951
Referee: Felix Fuksman (USA)


Tampa Bay Rowdies (FL)1–2 Boston Bolts (MA)
Steve Wegerle Soccerball shade.svg51:45' (pen.) Report Patrick Hughes Soccerball shade.svg41:45'
Steve Potter Soccerball shade.svg85:30' (Hughes)
Tampa Stadium, Tampa, Florida
Attendance: 5,101

Boston advances two games to none.

ASL Championship Final

Higher seedSeriesLower seedGame 1Game 2Mini-gameAttendance
Boston Bolts 1–2 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 0–12–01–0August 19 • Lockhart Stadium • 5,752
August 26 • Nickerson Field • 5,730

Game 1

Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL)1–0 Boston Bolts (MA)
Marcelo Carrera Soccerball shade.svg4:38' Report Greg Kenney Yellow card.svg 44:40'
Attendance: 5,752

Game 2

Boston Bolts (MA)2–0 Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL)
Steve Potter Soccerball shade.svg57:10' (Donigan, George)
Paul Duffy Soccerball shade.svg74:03'		 Report
Attendance: 5,730

Mini-game

Boston Bolts (MA)0–1 Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL)
Report Marcelo Carrera Soccerball shade.svg7:46' (Eichmann, Alonso)
Attendance: 5,730

Points leaders

RankScorerClubGoalsAssistsPoints
1 Ricardo Alonso Fort Lauderdale Strikers 10727
2 Mirko Castillo Miami Sharks 10121
3Martin Hill Tampa Bay Rowdies 7620
Leonel Suazo Washington Diplomats 7620
5 Jean Harbor Washington Diplomats 7519
6Marcello Bauza Washington Diplomats 9018
7 Marcelo Carrera Fort Lauderdale Strikers 41018
Steve Wegerle Tampa Bay Rowdies 41018
9Rod Castro Orlando Lions 8117
10Scott Snyder Washington Stars 7317
11 Steve Kinsey Fort Lauderdale Strikers 6517
12 Elvis Comrie Albany Capitals 7216
13 Jorge Acosta New Jersey Eagles 7115
14 Sadri Gjonbalaj New Jersey Eagles 6315
Paul Rutenis Maryland Bays 6315
15 Dan Donigan Boston Bolts 4715
16 Pedro Magallanes Fort Lauderdale Strikers 5414
17Franklin McIntosh Orlando Lions 4614
18 Chico Borja Albany Capitals 11214
19Patrick Hughes Boston Bolts 4513
20Paul Duffy Boston Bolts 4413

1989 ASL All-Star game

The ASL All-Star game was hosted by the Washington Diplomats at RFK Stadium. Players that were unable to play due to injury, as well as any Dips selected to the squad were replaced, since the All-Stars' opponent was the Dips.

All-Star selections

All-Stars [1]   Position  Alternates
Winston DuBose, Tampa Bay G Neil Cowley, Washington • Greg Kenney, Boston
Mike Windischmann, Albany D Dehinde Akiniotan, Boston
Steve Trittschuh, Tampa BayD-
Ronald Simmons, Albany D -
Ricardo Alonso, Fort LauderdaleD-
Tab Ramos, Miami M Steve Wegerle, Tampa Bay
John Harkes, AlbanyM Paul Riley, New Jersey
Michael Brady, WashingtonM Osvaldo Ardiles, Fort Lauderdale
Jean Harbor, Washington F Steve Kinsey, Fort Lauderdale
Phillip Gyau, MarylandF-
Rod Castro, OrlandoF-
Lincoln Phillips, MarylandCoach-

Match summary

Washington Diplomats 1–2ASL All-Stars
Suazo Soccerball shade.svg69:46' (Melendez, Perez) Report Gyau Soccerball shade.svg24:41' (Riley, Kinsey)
Rod Castro Soccerball shade.svg27:22' (Alonso)
RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
Attendance: 4,375

Post-season honors

All A-League Team

1989 National Professional Soccer Championship

In anticipation of a proposed merger (which took place the following year) the ASL champions faced off against the Western Soccer League champions in the 1989 National Pro Soccer Championship on September 9 in San Jose, California's Spartan Stadium. This would be the first time since 1984 that an undisputed national champion of professional soccer was crowned in the United States. [3]

Match report

San Diego Nomads Flag of California.svg 1–3 Flag of Florida.svg Fort Lauderdale Strikers
Watson Soccerball shade.svg73:13' (Nguyen)
Ortiz Yellow card.svg 86:10'		 Report Moreland Yellow card.svg 44:40'
Eichmann Soccerball shade.svg74:24' (Alonso)
Edwards Soccerball shade.svg84:40' (Carrera)
Carrera Soccerball shade.svg89:00' (Moreland)
Spartan Stadium, San Jose, California
Attendance: 8,632
Referee: Levon Baladjanian

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References

  1. ↑ "1989 ASL All-Stars". Sun Sentinel. June 17, 1989. p. 7C. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Ardiles named MVP in All-Star victory". Sun Sentinel. June 30, 1989. p. 5C. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
  3. ↑ 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.
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