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1989 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season

The 1989 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season was the second season of the team in the new American Soccer League. It was the club's twenty-third season in professional soccer. The team finished in second place in the Southern Division, and made it through the playoffs and into the ASL Championship. They became the 1989 Champions. They also won the 1989 National Pro Soccer Championship which pitted the ASL Champions against the Western Soccer League Champions in a unification match to determine a national champion. Following the season, the American Soccer League merged with the WSL to form the American Professional Soccer League in 1990. The team would be absorbed into the new league and continue to play there.

Fort Lauderdale Strikers
1989 season
OwnerUnited States Joe Robbie
Noel Lemon
ManagerThomas Rongen
StadiumLockhart Stadium
ASL Southern DivisionSecond place
ASL ChampionshipWinner
National ChampionshipWinner
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1990 Strikers →

Background

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Review

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Competitions

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ASL regular season

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Southern Division
Pos Team
 Pld W PKW PKL L GF GA GD Pts
1 Tampa Bay Rowdies 20 9 3 2 6 32 25 +7 35
2 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 20 10 2 1 7 33 25 +8 35
3 Washington Diplomats 20 8 3 3 6 32 26 +6 33
4 Orlando Lions 20 9 0 3 8 25 20 +5 30
5 Miami Sharks 20 1 2 2 15 20 51 −31 9
Source: [citation needed]

Results summaries

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Results by round

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Match reports

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ASL Playoffs

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Bracket

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Semifinals
Best-of-3 		ASL Championship
Best-of-3
          
1 Washington Diplomats 1 1 -
4 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 3 3 -
4 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 1 0 1
3 Boston Bolts 0 2 0
2 Tampa Bay Rowdies 0 1 -
3 Boston Bolts 2 2 -

Semifinal 1

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Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL)3–1Washington Stars (DC)
Ricardo Alonso   44:58' (Moreland)
Ricardo Alonso   62:49' (Donev)
Ricardo Alonso   69:40' (Carrera, Magallanes)
Victor Moreland   81:14'		 report Scott Snyder   30:50' (Vaudrieul)
Dave Vaudrieul   35:30'
Doug Davies   81:14'
Attendance: 4,784
Referee: Jack D'Aquin (USA)


Washington Stars (DC)1–3Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL)
Scott Snyder   41:51' (Stone, Maier) report Marcelo Carrera   20' (Moreland)
Pedro Magallanes   53:29'
Pedro Magallanes   65:00' (Moreland)
Attendance: 3,287

Semifinal 2

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Boston Bolts (MA)2–0Tampa Bay Rowdies (FL)
Steve Potter   54:14'
Stan Koziol   76:09'		 report Perry Van der Beck   29'
Attendance: 1,951
Referee: Felix Fuksman (USA)


Tampa Bay Rowdies (FL)1–2Boston Bolts (MA)
Steve Wegerle   51:45' (pen.) report Patrick Hughes   41:45'
Steve Potter   85:30' (Hughes)
Attendance: 5,101

Final

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Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL)1–0Boston Bolts (MA)
Marcelo Carrera   4:38' report   44:40' Greg Kenney
Attendance: 5,752


Boston Bolts (MA)2–0Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL)
Steve Potter   57:10' (Donigan, George)
Paul Duffy   74:03'		 report
Attendance: 5,730


Boston Bolts (MA)0–1Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL)
report Marcelo Carrera   7:46' (Eichmann, Alonso)
Attendance: 5,730

1989 National Professional Soccer Championship

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On September 9, 1989, the WSL (WSA) Champion San Diego Nomads played the ASL Champion Fort Lauderdale Strikers in order to crown a "national" champion for the first time since 1984. The game was played at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California before 8,632 fans. The match remained scoreless until the 74th minute when San Diego's Jerome Watson scored on a Thien Nguyen free kick. Just over a minute later, national team forward Eric Eichmann scored for Fort Lauderdale. Ten minutes later Troy Edwards put the Strikers ahead on a Marcelo Carrera assist in the 85th minute. Carrera got a goal of his own when he scored in the 90th minute on an assist from Victor Moreland. His efforts earned Carrera man-of-the-match honors.[1] The game was televised live by Pacific Sports Network, with JP Dellacamera providing play-by-play and Rick Davis adding color commentary.[2][3]

1989 ASL/WSL Championship
Year Winner Runners-up Score Venue Location Attendance
1989 Fort Lauderdale Strikers (1) San Diego Nomads 3-1 Spartan Stadium San Jose, California 8,632

Match report

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San Diego Nomads  1–3  Fort Lauderdale Strikers
Watson   73:13' (Nguyen)
Ortiz   86:10'		 Report Moreland   44:40'
Eichmann   74:24' (Alonso)
Edwards   84:40' (Carrera)
Carrera   89:00' (Moreland)
Attendance: 8,632
Referee: Levon Baladjanian

Statistics

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Transfers

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References

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  1. ^ Brents, Phillips (September 13, 1989). "Strikers down Nomads 3-1 for pro soccer title". The Star-News. Chula Vista, CA. p. D6. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
  2. ^ "The A-League Archive". a-leaguearchive@lycos.com.
  3. ^ Lazzarino, Chris. "Strikers Meet Nomads In Final". SunSentinel. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
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