Victoria Riptides

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Victoria Riptides
Full nameVictoria Riptides
Nickname(s)'Tides
FoundedMay 3, 1984
DissolvedNovember 6, 1985;37 years ago (November 6, 1985)
Stadium Royal Athletic Park
Capacity3,800
ChairmanDave Davies (1984)
Harry Kuiack (1985)
ManagerDavid Keith (1984)
Brian Hughes & Buzz Parsons (1985)
League PCSL (1984)
WSA (1985)

Victoria Riptides (also known as the RipTides and Riptide) were a professional soccer team based out of Victoria, British Columbia. The team played for two seasons; the 1984 season of the Pacific Coast Soccer League, and 1985 season of the Western Alliance Challenge Series. Their home games were played at Royal Athletic Park.

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History

David Keith was coach of the Riptides for their first season during which the Riptides secured a record of 7 wins, 2 draws, and 1 loss. The team featured several prominent players including former Vancouver Whitecap, Frank Woods; Simon Keith, who joined the 'Tides after playing in the second tier of the British league for Millwall F.C.; Brian Mousley (Portland Timbers); local stand-out Rob Wallace who signed his first professional contract with the Riptides; as well as several Canadian National Team pool players: Doug Adlem, Glen Johnson and Scott Weinberg (University of Victoria).

In 1985, four independent west coast soccer clubs joined together to create an informal challenge series. The challenge cup pitted the Riptides against F.C. Seattle, F.C. Portland and the San Jose Earthquakes in a home and away series. The cup also included games against the Canadian national soccer team which was training for the 1986 World Cup in Vancouver, BC. The national team was not included in the standings.

Brian Hughes was the head coach to start the 1985 season, but was replaced mid-season by real-estate agent Buzz Parsons who also failed to produce winning results. The 1985 Riptides had a 3-1-3 record, finishing second from the bottom in the final standings. [1] The challenge series led to a discussion among the four teams about forming a permanent league or alliance. The Riptides management at the time, disagreed with this approach and did not participate in future games in what became known as the Western Soccer Alliance. They also backed out of joining the newly forming Canadian Soccer Association. [2] The Western Soccer Alliance became the Western Soccer League in 1989 which merged with the American Soccer League in 1990 to form the American Professional Soccer League.

Year-by-year

YearLeagueRecordRegular SeasonPost Season
1984 Pacific Coast Soccer League 7-2-12ndrunners-up
1985 Western Alliance Challenge Series 3-1-33rdN/A

1984 Pacific Coast Soccer League

League final standings

GP = Games Played, W = Wins, T = Ties, L = Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts= point system

2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss.

 -League Premiers (most points).  -Other playoff teams.
Team [3] GPWTLGFGAPts
New Westminster QPR10811281217
Victoria Riptides1072125816
Nanaimo Regal10433221311
Richmond Olympic1014513356
Vancouver Pegasus101458176
Richmond Club Ireland1004610274

Regular season results

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoal ScorersRef.
June 10, 1984New Westminster QPRH2–3937George Pakos, Simon Keith [4]
June 17, 1984Vancouver PegasusH3–0907John Hughes, Simon Keith, Brain Mousley [5]
June 24, 1984Richmond Club IrelandA0–1Glenn Johnston [6]
June 30, 1984Nanaimo RegalH4–0100Ken Garraway (2), Rob Wallace, Mike Collis [7]
July 7, 1984Richmond OlympicH4–1982Simon Keith (2), Doug Adlem, Ken Garraway [8]
July 14, 1984New Westminster QPRA1–2Scott Weinberg, Glenn Johnston [9]
July 22, 1984Nanaimo RegalH1–1700Scott Weinberg [10]
July 29, 1984Vancouver PegasusA2–2Glenn Johnston, Brain Mousley [11]
August 6, 1984Richmond Club IrelandH3–0600Ian Klitze (2), Glenn Johnston [12]
August 12, 1984Richmond OlympicA0–2Ken Garraway, Doug Adlem [13]

Victoria Cup Final results

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoal ScorersRef.
August 23, 1984New Westminster QPRA6–2George Pakos, Ken Garraway [14]
August 26, 1984New Westminster QPRH3–0907George Pakos, Doug Adlem, Glenn Johnston [15]

Exhibition results

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoal ScorersRef.
July 17, 1984 Canada Men's National Team H0–41,105none [16]

Team management

1985 Western Alliance Challenge Series

Series final standings

PosTeamPldWTLGFGAGDPts
1 San Jose Earthquakes 7412109+113
2 F.C. Seattle 73131611+510
3Victoria Riptide73131213−110
4 F.C. Portland 7124815−75
Source: [18]

Results by round

June 15, 1985WACS 1 Victoria Riptide 3–2 FC Portland Victoria, British Columbia
14:00John Noble Soccerball shade.svg45+', 83'
Ken Andrews Soccerball shade.svg78'		 Report Tim Newton Soccerball shade.svg33'
Brent Goulet Soccerball shade.svg65'		Stadium: Royal Athletic Park
Attendance: 200
July 6, 1985WACS 2 Victoria Riptide 0–1 San Jose Earthquakes Victoria, British Columbia
14:00 Report John Catliff Soccerball shade.svg76' (o.g.)Stadium: Royal Athletic Park
Attendance: 600
July 13, 1985WACS 3 Victoria Riptide 4–2 FC Seattle Victoria, British Columbia
14:00 George Pakos Soccerball shade.svg33', Soccerball shade.svg
Nick Gilbert Soccerball shade.svg38'
Ken Garraway Soccerball shade.svg49'		 Report Bruce Raney Soccerball shade.svg
Brian Schmetzer Soccerball shade.svg85'		Stadium: Royal Athletic Park
Attendance: 450
July 20, 1985WACS 4 Victoria Riptide 2–1 FC Portland Victoria, British Columbia
14:00 Ken Garraway Soccerball shade.svg16'
Greg Kern Soccerball shade.svg67' (pen.)		 Report Brent Goulet Soccerball shade.svg37'Stadium: Royal Athletic Park
Attendance: 400
July 28, 1985WACS 5 Victoria Riptide 2–2 Canada Victoria, British Columbia
14:00 Ian Baird Soccerball shade.svg65'
Carey Cleaver Soccerball shade.svg75'		 Report John Catliff Soccerball shade.svg3'
Greg Ion Soccerball shade.svg83'		Stadium: Royal Athletic Park
Attendance: 600
August 9, 1985WACS 6 FC Seattle 3–0 Victoria Riptide Seattle, Washington
19:30Bruce Raney Soccerball shade.svg9'
Robbie Zipp Soccerball shade.svg18'
Brian Schmetzer Soccerball shade.svg34'		 Report 1
Report 2 		Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 1,628
August 17, 1985WACS 7 San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 Victoria Riptide San Jose, California
19:30 Fred Hamel Soccerball shade.svg13' (Dangerfield)
Carlos Morales Red card.svg 76'
Chris Dangerfield Soccerball shade.svg85'		 Report 1
Report 2 		Lou Garraway Soccerball shade.svg21' (McGuire, Hood)Stadium: Spartan Stadium
Attendance: 3,489

Exhibition match results

May 26, 1985friendly Upper Island Selects 1–2 Victoria Riptide Nanaimo, British Columbia
Tony Leach Soccerball shade.svg44' Report Ken Andrews Soccerball shade.svg35'
Tony Ensons Soccerball shade.svg85' (pen.)		Stadium: Caledonian Park
May 29, 1985friendly Victoria Riptide 2–1 Upper Island Selects Victoria, British Columbia
Nick Gilbert Soccerball shade.svg21'
Tony Ensons Soccerball shade.svg86' (pen.)		 Report Doug Muirhead Soccerball shade.svg46'Stadium: Royal Athletic Park
Attendance: 150
June 2, 1985friendly Victoria Riptide 3–2 Mean Green (Dallas, TX) Victoria, British Columbia
17:00 Jamie Lowery Soccerball shade.svg20'
Ken Andrews Soccerball shade.svg30'
Greg Kern Soccerball shade.svg		 Report Manny Servantes Soccerball shade.svg
David Easterly Soccerball shade.svg75'		Stadium: Royal Athletic Park
Attendance: 300
June 21, 1985friendly Victoria Riptide 1–3 Edmonton Brick Men Victoria, British Columbia
19:30David McGill Soccerball shade.svg24' (o.g.) Report Carlos Marquez Soccerball shade.svg4', 54', 67'Stadium: Royal Athletic Park
Attendance: 400
July 21, 1985friendly Edmonton Brick Men 5–0 Victoria Riptide Edmonton, Alberta
16:00Peter Stepaniak Soccerball shade.svg
Ross Ongaro Soccerball shade.svg
Carlos Marquez Soccerball shade.svg
Norm Odinga Soccerball shade.svg
Victoria Soccerball shade.svg90' (o.g.)		 Report A
Report B 		Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 967
August 24, 1985friendly Victoria Riptide 1–2 PCL All-Stars Victoria, British Columbia
Lou Garraway Soccerball shade.svg12' Report John Connor Soccerball shade.svg8'
Rick Douglas Soccerball shade.svg45' (pen.)		Stadium: Royal Athletic Park
Attendance: 400
Referee: Graham Cope

1985 Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
— GK Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Grant Darley [19]
— GK Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Sven Habermann [20]
— GK Flag placeholder.svg Gary Smith [21]
— GK Flag placeholder.svg  Tobin Walker [22]
— DF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Randy Samuel [20]
— DF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Iain Baird [21]
— DF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Greg Kern [23]
— DF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Carey Cleaver [22]
— DF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Dan Sudeyko [24]
— DF Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  WAL John Hughes [25]
— DF Flag placeholder.svg  Ken Andrews [23]
— DF Flag placeholder.svg  John Noble [25]
— DF Flag placeholder.svg  Gordie Horth [20]
— MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Jamie Lowery [23]
— MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN John Catliff [20]
No.Pos.NationPlayer
— MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN George Pakos [26]
— MF Flag placeholder.svg  John McGuire [27]
— FW Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Doug Muirhead [26]
— FW Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Nick Gilbert [25]
— FW Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Ken Garraway [26]
— FW Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Lou Garraway [27]
— FW Flag placeholder.svg  Lance Hollett [22]
—Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Buzz Parsons [28]
—Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Keith Bridge [24]
—Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Steve Moss [23]
—Flag placeholder.svg  Tony Ensons [28]
—Flag placeholder.svg  Demetre Gilbert [28]
—Flag placeholder.svg  Mike McStravich [28]
—Flag placeholder.svg  Dan Hood [27]

Team management

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