1990 American Professional Soccer League

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American Professional Soccer League -1990 Season-
Season1990
Champions Maryland Bays
(1st title)
Premiers Fort Lauderdale Strikers*
(1st title)
Top goalscorer Chance Fry
(17 goals)
1991 →

Overview of the 1990 American Professional Soccer League season. Although the Western Soccer League and the American Soccer League merged to form the American Professional Soccer League in 1990, the two leagues remained essentially independent leagues, linked by name alone. During this season, they ran separate regular season schedules with two different points systems. They each had their own playoff formats, had separate league MVPs and had their own All-League teams. The first game between the two leagues came in September when the Maryland Bays of the American Soccer League defeated the San Francisco Bay Blackhawks of the Western Soccer League for the American Professional Soccer League championship.

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History

On September 9, 1989, the champions of the west coast-based Western Soccer Alliance and the east coast-based American Soccer League played each other for the national championship. [1] This was the first meeting between teams from the two leagues but was part of a larger effort to merge the two leagues. [2] This effort resulted in the creation of the American Professional Soccer League on February 22, 1990. [3] The merger remained one of name only as the two leagues played separate schedules and named separate MVPs and All-League teams. However, it allowed the teams to market themselves as members of a national league. [4] During the playoffs, except for the West semifinals and the APSL finals, teams played a home and away series. However, they needed to win two games, so in the case of a tie after two games, the teams played a thirty-minute mini-game. If the game remained tied, the two teams would enter a shoot out. A shoot out pitted a field player against the opposing team's goalkeeper. The field player had five seconds to take a shot on goal beginning 35 yards from the goal.

League standings

East (American Soccer League) Conference

Points:

Northern Division

PosTeamPldWPKWPKLLGFGAGDPts
1 Maryland Bays 20141054229+1344
2 Albany Capitals 20131153522+1342
3 Penn-Jersey Spirit 20121163423+1139
4 Boston Bolts 2081292727028
5 Washington Stars 20700132428−421
6 New Jersey Eagles 20510142138−1717
Source: [ citation needed ]

Southern Division

PosTeamPldWPKWPKLLGFGAGDPts
1 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 20141143822+1645
2 Tampa Bay Rowdies 20910103239−729
3 Orlando Lions 20800122530−524
4 Miami Freedom 20711112729−224
5 Washington Diplomats 20412132240−1816
Source: [ citation needed ]

West (Western Soccer League) Conference

Points:

North Division

PosTeamPldWPKWPKLLGFGAGDBPPts
1 San Francisco Bay Blackhawks 2094163930+932104
2 Salt Lake Sting 20111173934+532104
3 Colorado Foxes 20104332212+1018100
4 Portland Timbers 2082374236+63799
5 Seattle Storm 2091374235+72993
Source: [ citation needed ]

South Division

PosTeamPldWPKWPKLLGFGAGDBPPts
1 California Emperors 2082373532+32789
2 Real Santa Barbara 2091373335−22387
3 Los Angeles Heat 208318393902385
4 San Diego Nomads 2053392228−61967
5 New Mexico Chilies 20521122545−202161
6 Arizona Condors 20501142951−222759
Source: [ citation needed ]

East Conference playoffs

East bracket

Semifinals
Best-of-3		1990 East Finals
Best-of-3
          
S1 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 32-
N2 Albany Capitals 2 0 -
S1 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 2 0 -
N1 Maryland Bays 32-
N1 Maryland Bays 24-
S2 Tampa Bay Rowdies 1 1 -

Semifinal 1

Albany Capitals (NY)2–3 Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL)
Chris Szanto Soccerball shade.svg6:10' (Chinapoo, Masters)
Paul Mariner Soccerball shade.svg45:00' (Masters, Smyth)		 Report Ricardo Alonso Soccerball shade.svg117:15' (Carrera, Donev)
Jimmy McGeough, Jr. Soccerball shade.svg73:05' (James, Carrera)
Pedro Magallanes Soccerball shade.svg77:45' (James, Alonso)
Bleecker Stadium, Albany, New York
Attendance: 750
Referee: (USA)
Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL)2–0 Albany Capitals (NY)
Ricardo Alonso Soccerball shade.svg37:41' (Magallanes, McGeough)
Alvin James Soccerball shade.svg85:00'
Arnie Mausser Yellow card.svg 89'		 Report Bobby Cumming Yellow card.svg 22'
Steve Stokoe Yellow card.svg 42'
Royal Palm Polo Club, Boca Raton, Florida
Attendance: 2,483
Referee: (USA)

The Fort Lauderdale Strikers advance to the East Finals.

Semifinal 2

Tampa Bay Rowdies (FL)1–2 (a.e.t.) Maryland Bays (MD)
Perry Van der Beck Yellow card.svg 21:21'
Mark Wright Soccerball shade.svg80:54' (Hooper, Byrne)		 Report Kurt Dasbach Soccerball shade.svg34:01' (Ryerson, Nattans)
Jean Harbor Soccerball shade gold.svg 96:27' (Abe)
USF Soccer Stadium, Tampa, Florida
Attendance: 2,411
Referee: (USA)
Tampa Bay Rowdies (FL)1–4 Maryland Bays (MD)
Jeff Jones Soccerball shade.svg7:35' (Hill) Report Jean Harbor Soccerball shade.svg4:30' (Abe)
Philip Gyau Soccerball shade.svg18:45' (Harbor, Sloan)
Jean Harbor Soccerball shade.svg45:38' (Abe, Barger)
John Abe Soccerball shade.svg72:36' (Nattans)
Cedar Lane Park, Maryland
Attendance: 2,953
Referee: (USA)

The Maryland Bays advance to the East Finals.

Conference Finals

Maryland Bays (MD)3–2 Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL)
John Abe Soccerball shade.svg13:57' (Barger, Namazi)
Jean Harbor Soccerball shade.svg71:29' (Gee)
Joe Barger Soccerball shade.svg87:28' (Ryerson)
Darryl Gee Red card.svg		 Report 1
Report 2 		Pedro Magallanes Soccerball shade.svg49:57' (Donev)
Marcelo Carrera Soccerball shade.svg52:00'
Troy Edwards Red card.svg
Cedar Lane Park
Attendance: 3,116
Referee: (USA)
Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL)0–2 Maryland Bays (MD)
Victor Moreland Yellow card.svg 49:14'
Ricardo Alonso Yellow card.svg 65:50'		 Report Philip Gyau Soccerball shade.svg1:32' (Ryerson)
Rob Ryerson Yellow card.svg 13:38'
Scott Cook Soccerball shade.svg16:08', Yellow card.svg 30:10'
Omid Namazi Yellow card.svg 22:45'
Jean Harbor Yellow card.svg 43:15'
Royal Palm Polo Club, Boca Raton, Florida
Attendance: 2,527
Referee: (USA)

The Maryland Bays advance to the APSL Championship.

West Conference playoffs

West bracket

First Round
Best-of-3		Division Finals
Single Match		1990 West Finals
Best-of-3
S1 California Emperors 0 - -
S2 Real Santa Barbara 11 0 S3 Los Angeles Heat 2- -
S3 Los Angeles Heat 0 21S3 Los Angeles Heat 21(2)0
N1 San Francisco Bay Blackhawks 0 1(4)1
N1 San Francisco Bay Blackhawks 2- -
N2 Salt Lake Sting 0 1 - N3 Colorado Foxes 1 - -
N3 Colorado Foxes 24-

First Round Series 1

Los Angeles Heat (CA)0–1 Real Santa Barbara (CA)
Brian Wendel Red card.svg 71:01'
Yellow card.svg
Yellow card.svg
Yellow card.svg		 Report 1
Report 2 		Jim Hutchinson Soccerball shade.svg68:44'
Yellow card.svg
Yellow card.svg
Yellow card.svg
Yellow card.svg
West High School, Torrance, California
Attendance: 1,910
Referee: Thomas Bobapilla, (USA)


Real Santa Barbara (CA)1–2 Los Angeles Heat (CA)
Femi Olukanni Soccerball shade.svg29:39'
Yellow card.svg
Yellow card.svg
Yellow card.svg		 Report 1
Report 2 		Danny Pena Soccerball shade.svg63:03' (Ervine), Yellow card.svg
Mike Getchell Soccerball shade.svg64:23' (Sacks), Yellow card.svg
Yellow card.svg
Yellow card.svg
La Playa Stadium, Santa Barbara, California
Attendance: 700
Referee: (USA)


Real Santa Barbara (CA)0–1 Los Angeles Heat (CA)
Report 1
Report 2 		Mike Getchell Soccerball shade.svg19:51'
Yellow card.svg
Yellow card.svg
La Playa Stadium, Santa Barbara, California
Attendance: 700
Referee: (USA)

The Los Angeles Heat advance to the Division Finals.

First Round Series 2

Colorado Foxes (CO)2–0 Salt Lake Sting (UT)
John Klein Soccerball shade.svg76'
Mike Mikes Soccerball shade.svg83'		 Report
Jefferson County Stadium, Colorado
Attendance: 4,019
Referee: (USA)


Salt Lake Sting (UT)1–4 Colorado Foxes (CO)
Barney Boyce Soccerball shade.svg55' (pen.)Soccerball shade.svg44' Mike Mikes
Soccerball shade.svg67' Robin Fraser
Soccerball shade.svg72', 89' Efren Rodarte
Derks Field, Salt Lake City, Utah
Attendance: 3,210
Referee: (USA)

The Colorado Foxes advance to the Division Finals.

Division Finals

California Emperors (CA)0–2 Los Angeles Heat (CA)
Yellow card.svg
Yellow card.svg		 Report 1
Report 2 		Soccerball shade.svg41:02' Brad Smith
Soccerball shade.svg89:00' Jim Gabarra
Yellow card.svg, Yellow card.svg, Yellow card.svg
Yellow card.svg, Yellow card.svg, Yellow card.svg
University of Redlands, Redlands, California
Attendance: 3,823
Referee: (USA)

The Los Angeles Heat advance to the Conference Finals.

San Francisco Bay Blackhawks (CA)2–1 Colorado Foxes (CO)
Troy Dayak Soccerball shade.svg13:02' (Kinnear),
Soccerball shade.svg39:38' (Wynalda)		 Report 1
Report 2 		Larry McPhail Soccerball shade.svg7:56' (Ashton)
Newark Memorial High School, Newark, California
Attendance: 2,600
Referee: (USA)

The San Francisco Bay Blackhawks advance to the Conference Finals.

Conference Finals

Los Angeles Heat (CA)2–0 San Francisco Bay Blackhawks (CA)
Jim Gabarra Soccerball shade.svg20:43'
Brad Smith Soccerball shade.svg55:24' (Bruch)		 Report 1
Report 2
Veterans Stadium, Long Beach, California
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: (USA)
San Francisco Bay Blackhawks (CA)1–0 Los Angeles Heat (CA)
Dominic Kinnear Soccerball shade.svg22:43' (Gallo) Report 1
Report 2 		Mike Getchell Red card.svg 20'
Spartan Stadium, San Jose, California
Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Kun Ho Yoo (USA)

The San Francisco Bay Blackhawks advance to the APSL Championship.

APSL Final

Maryland Bays (MD)1–1 San Francisco Bay Blackhawks (CA)
Scott Cook Soccerball shade.svg73:36' Report 1
Report 2 		Yellow card.svg 52' Eric Wynalda
Soccerball shade.svg82:38' Peter Isaacs
Penalties
Jean Harbor Soccerball shad check.svg
Omid Namazi Soccerball shad check.svg
Scott Cook Soccerball shad check.svg
? Soccerball shade cross.svg
John Abe Soccerball shad check.svg		4–3Soccerball shad check.svg Dominic Kinnear
Soccerball shad check.svg Tim Martin
Soccerball shad check.svg Townsend Qin
Soccerball shade cross.svg Marcelo Balboa
Soccerball shade cross.svg Steve Petuskey
Nickerson Field, Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance: 4,881
Referee: (USA)

The Maryland Bays win the APSL Championship.

Combined points leaders

RankScorerClubGoalsAssistsPoints
1 Chance Fry Seattle Storm 17539
2 George Pastor Salt Lake Sting 14937
3 Mike Masters Albany Capitals 14432
4 Philip Gyau Maryland Bays 12630
5 Derek Sanderson Salt Lake Sting 11628
6Jerry O'Hara California Emperors 10323
7 Shawn Medved Portland Timbers 10222
8 Jean Harbor Maryland Bays 8622
9 Jim Hutchinson Real Santa Barbara 9422
10 Scott Benedetti Seattle Storm 9321
11 Cesar Plasencia Real Santa Barbara 9321
11 Steve Pittman Fort Lauderdale Strikers 7721
11 David Byrne Tampa Bay Rowdies 51020
11 Steve Corpening San Francisco Bay Blackhawks 8420
11 Rob Paterson Portland Timbers 8420
11 Mike Sweeney Boston Bolts 8319
11 Elvis Comrie Albany Capitals 8218
11Lazlo Barna Miami Freedom 7418
11Duanne Robinson Penn-Jersey Spirit 5818

Honors

East (American Soccer League) Conference

First Team All League

Second Team All League

West (Western Soccer League) Conference

First Team All League

Second Team All League

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References

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  2. ↑ Two outdoor leagues plan title game for fall St. Petersburg Times - Thursday, April 13, 1989
  3. ↑ "February merger produces the American Professional Soccer League" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 7, 2008. Retrieved August 22, 2011.
  4. ↑ Merger forms one outdoor league The Washington Times - Friday, February 23, 1990
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