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
  1990 Strikers
1990 Lions
1992 Strikers 

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.

Contents

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


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

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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.