1991 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season

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Fort Lauderdale Strikers
1991 season
Owner Flag of the United States.svg Joe Robbie
Noel Lemon
Manager Thomas Rongen
Stadium Lockhart Stadium
APSL American Conference First place
APSL playoffs Semifinalist
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The 1991 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season was the second season of the team in the American Professional Soccer League. It was the club's twenty-fifth season in professional soccer. The team finished in first place in the American Conference, went to the playoffs, and made it to the semifinals.

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Thomas Rongen was a player-coach for the Strikers. [1] When asked why he was playing, team president Noel Lemon replied, "Because we want to win." [1]

Background

Review

Competitions

APSL regular season

American Conference

PlaceTeamGPWLWNWEWSLNLELSGFGAGDPoints
1 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 2115611043123921+18117
2 Albany Capitals 2110119107132729−292
3 Tampa Bay Rowdies 2181371013002627−169
4 Penn-Jersey Spirit 2161540213022550−2561
5 Miami Freedom 2161550114101953−3452

Western Conference

PlaceTeamGPWLWNWEWSLNLELSGFGAGDPoints
1 Maryland Bays 2119217112005423+31158
2 San Francisco Bay Blackhawks 2117412142113316+17126
3 Colorado Foxes 2113811117013627+9111
4 Salt Lake Sting 2031730014121222−1033

Results summaries

Results by round

Match reports

APSL Playoffs

Semifinal 1

Albany Capitals (NY)2–1 (OT) Maryland Bays (MD)
Dave Smyth Soccerball shade.svg2'
Lee Tschantret Soccerball shade gold.svg101'		Soccerball shade.svg77' Kevin Sloan
Attendance: 1,809


Maryland Bays (MD)2–1 Albany Capitals (NY)
Philip Gyau Soccerball shade.svg20'
Kevin Sloan Soccerball shade.svg69'
Kevin Sloan Yellow card.svg		Soccerball shade.svg89' Chris Szanto
Cedar Lane Park, Maryland
Attendance: 2,741


The Albany Capitals advanced to the final.

Semifinal 2

San Francisco Bay Blackhawks (CA)1–0 (OT) Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL)
Eric Wynalda Yellow card.svg 89:59'
Dominic Kinnear Soccerball shade gold.svg96:33' (Qin, Salazar)		 report Adrian Gaiten Yellow card.svg 79:31'
Attendance: 6,041
Referee: Brian Hall
Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL)0–1 (OT) San Francisco Bay Blackhawks (CA)
John Clare Yellow card.svg 24:25' report Lawrence Lozzano Yellow card.svg 83:00'
Eric Wynalda Soccerball shade gold.svg95:56' (Isaacs)
Attendance: 2,476
Referee: Raul Dominguez

The San Francisco Bay Blackhawks advanced to the final.

Statistics

Transfers

References

  1. 1 2 Rusnak, Jeff (August 3, 1991). "Strikers shipshape; Rongen trying to be". South Florida Sun Sentinel . p. 39. Retrieved November 24, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
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