Professional Cup

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Professional Cup
1992 Professional Cup
Tournament details
Host countryUnited States
Canada
DatesJuly 22, 1992 –
September 19, 1992
Teams8
Final positions
Champions Colorado Foxes (1st title)
Runners-up Tampa Bay Rowdies
Tournament statistics
Matches played11
Goals scored37 (3.36 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of the United States.svg Jean Harbor (5 goals)
← 1990

The Professional Cup was an international soccer tournament that took place in 1992 and involved eight, professional clubs from three different leagues in North America; the American Professional Soccer League, the Canadian Soccer League, and the National Professional Soccer League. [1] Although it was billed as "inaugural" this would be the only year that the tournament was played.

Contents

Overview

The tournament was originally scheduled to be played as a standard two-legged, aggregate format in every round, but after all three of the non-APSL teams were eliminated in the first round it was decided that the remaining rounds would be single match ties. [2] [3] The winning team was to receive approximately $26,800 and the runners-up, about $13,200. [4]

Nine matches, including the Final, were played in the United States, and two matches were played in Canada. The participating teams were APSL sides: Colorado Foxes, Fort Lauderdale Strikers, Miami Freedom, San Francisco Bay Blackhawks, and Tampa Bay Rowdies; CSL sides: Montreal Supra and Vancouver 86ers, as well as the NPSL's Chicago Power. [5] Although up to that point Chicago had been known only as an indoor team, in the summer of 1992 they formed an outdoor squad as well. [6] [7] [8]

Colorado won the Professional Cup Final, 4–1, over Tampa Bay. The Foxes, who had already won the 1992 APSL regular season, would also go on to win the APSL title seven days later, thus completing a minor treble. [9]

Match results

Bracket

First round Semifinals Final
          
APSL Colorado Foxes 32
CSL Vancouver 86ers 2 1
APSL Colorado Foxes 1
APSL San Francisco Bay Blackhawks 0
APSL San Francisco Bay Blackhawks 23
NPSL Chicago Power 0 2
APSL Colorado Foxes 4
APSL Tampa Bay Rowdies 1
APSL Tampa Bay Rowdies 52
CSL Montreal Supra 1 0
APSL Tampa Bay Rowdies 1
APSL Fort Lauderdale Strikers 0
APSL Fort Lauderdale Strikers 23
APSL Miami Freedom 1 1

First round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2Game 1Game 2Dates • Location • Attendance
Tampa Bay Rowdies Flag of the United States.svg 7–1 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Montreal Supra 5–12–0August 1 • Tampa Stadium • 600 [10]
August 12 • Stade Claude-Robillard • 924 [11]
Fort Lauderdale Strikers Flag of the United States.svg 5–2 Flag of the United States.svg Miami Freedom 2–13–1August 8 • Colts Stadium • 1,152 [12]
August 12 • Orange Bowl • 85 [13]
San Francisco Bay Blackhawks Flag of the United States.svg 5–2 Flag of the United States.svg Chicago Power 2–03–2July 22 • Buck Shaw Stadium • 2,050 [14]
August 19 [15] [16] [17] • Norris Stadium • (???)
Colorado Foxes Flag of the United States.svg 5–3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Vancouver 86ers 3–22–1August 3 • Englewood Stadium • 368 [18]
August 11 • Swangard Stadium • 3,083 [19]

Semifinals

September 4 Tampa Bay Rowdies Flag of the United States.svg 1–0 Flag of the United States.svg Fort Lauderdale Strikers Tampa, Florida
Charles Yellow card.svg 5'
Sloan Soccerball shade.svg82' (Gyau)		 Report Pittman Yellow card.svg 67'Stadium: Tampa Stadium
Attendance: 356
Referee: Zim Boules

Professional Cup Final

Colorado Foxes Flag of the United States.svg 4–1 Flag of the United States.svg Tampa Bay Rowdies
Hooker Soccerball shade.svg13'
Haynes Soccerball shade.svg16'
Diané Soccerball shade.svg40' (Santel)
Eck Soccerball shade.svg90' (Roentved)		 report 1
report 2
report 3 		Harbor Soccerball shade.svg78' (Rowe)
Englewood Stadium, Englewood, Colorado
Attendance: 3,507

1992 Professional Cup Champions: Colorado Foxes

Match Stats [21] ColoradoTampa Bay
Goals scored41
Total shots176
Shots on target82
Saves14

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