1989 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season

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Fort Lauderdale Strikers
1989 season
Owner(s) Flag of the United States.svg Joe Robbie
Noel Lemon
Manager Thomas Rongen
Stadium Lockhart Stadium
ASL Southern Division Second place
ASL Championship Winner
National Championship Winner
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The 1989 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season was the second season of the team in the new American Soccer League. It was the club's twenty-third season in professional soccer. The team finished in second place in the Southern Division, and made it through the playoffs and into the ASL Championship. They became the 1989 Champions. They also won the 1989 National Pro Soccer Championship which pitted the ASL Champions against the Western Soccer League Champions in a unification match to determine a national champion. Following the season, the American Soccer League merged with the WSL to form the American Professional Soccer League in 1990. The team would be absorbed into the new league and continue to play there.

Contents

Competitions

ASL regular season

Southern Division
PosTeam
PldWPKWPKLLGFGAGDPts
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 ]

Results summaries

Results by round

Match reports

ASL Playoffs

Bracket

Semifinals
Best-of-3		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'
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)
Attendance: 3,287

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'
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)
Attendance: 5,101

Final

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


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


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

1989 National Professional Soccer Championship

On September 9, 1989, the WSL (WSA) Champion San Diego Nomads played the ASL Champion Fort Lauderdale Strikers in order to crown a "national" champion for the first time since 1984. The game was played at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California before 8,632 fans. The match remained scoreless until the 74th minute when San Diego's Jerome Watson scored on a Thien Nguyen free kick. Just over a minute later, national team forward Eric Eichmann scored for Fort Lauderdale. Ten minutes later Troy Edwards put the Strikers ahead on a Marcelo Carrera assist in the 85th minute. Carrera got a goal of his own when he scored in the 90th minute on an assist from Victor Moreland. His efforts earned Carrera man-of-the-match honors. [1] The game was televised live by Pacific Sports Network, with JP Dellacamera providing play-by-play and Rick Davis adding color commentary. [2] [3]

1989 ASL/WSL Championship
YearWinnerRunners-upScoreVenueLocationAttendance
1989 Fort Lauderdale Strikers (1) San Diego Nomads 3-1 Spartan Stadium San Jose, California 8,632

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

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ "The A-League Archive". a-leaguearchive@lycos.com.
  3. ↑ Lazzarino, Chris. "Strikers Meet Nomads In Final". SunSentinel. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
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