1991 American Professional Soccer League

These are the results of the 1991 American Professional Soccer League season.

American Professional Soccer League -1991 Season-
Season1991
ChampionsSan Francisco Bay Blackhawks
(1st title)
PremiersMaryland Bays
(1st title)
1992 CONCACAF Champions' CupSan Francisco Bay Blackhawks
Top goalscorerJean Harbor
(17 goals)
1990
1992

Regular season

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American Conference

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Place Team GP W L WN WE WS LN LE LS GF GA GD Points
1 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 21 15 6 11 0 4 3 1 2 39 21 +18 117
2 Albany Capitals 21 10 11 9 1 0 7 1 3 27 29 −2 92
3 Tampa Bay Rowdies 21 8 13 7 1 0 13 0 0 26 27 −1 69
4 Penn-Jersey Spirit 21 6 15 4 0 2 13 0 2 25 50 −25 61
5 Miami Freedom 21 6 15 5 0 1 14 1 0 19 53 −34 52

Western Conference

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Place Team GP W L WN WE WS LN LE LS GF GA GD Points
1 Maryland Bays 21 19 2 17 1 1 2 0 0 54 23 +31 158
2 San Francisco Bay Blackhawks 21 17 4 12 1 4 2 1 1 33 16 +17 126
3 Colorado Foxes 21 13 8 11 1 1 7 0 1 36 27 +9 111
4 Salt Lake Sting 20 3 17 3 0 0 14 1 2 12 22 −10 33

Playoffs

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Bracket

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Semifinals
Best-of-3
1991 APSL Championship
Best-of-3
          
1 Maryland Bays 2 1 0(4)
4 Albany Capitals 1 2 0(5)
4 Albany Capitals 3 0 0(3)
3 San Francisco Bay Blackhawks 1 2 0(4)
2 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 0 0 -
3 San Francisco Bay Blackhawks 1 1 -

Semifinal 1

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Albany Capitals (NY)2–1 (OT)Maryland Bays (MD)
Dave Smyth   2'
Lee Tschantret   101'
Report   77' Kevin Sloan


Maryland Bays (MD)2–1Albany Capitals (NY)
Philip Gyau   20' (Jackson)
Kevin Sloan   69',  
Report   89' Chris Szanto
Cedar Lane Park, Maryland
Attendance: 2,741


Maryland Bays (MD)0–0Albany Capitals (NY)
Report
Penalties
Jean Harbor  
Brian Haynes  
Omid Namazi  
John Abe  
Scott Cook  
4–5   John Garvey
  Scott Cannon
  Zoran Savic
  Mike Masters
  Lee Tschantret
Cedar Lane Park, Maryland
Attendance: 2,741
Referee: (USA)

The Albany Capitals advanced to the final.


Semifinal 2

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San Francisco Bay Blackhawks (CA)1–0 (OT)Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL)
Eric Wynalda   89:59'
Dominic Kinnear   96:33' (Qin, Salazar)
Report Adrian Gaiten   79:31'
Attendance: 6,041
Referee: Brian Hall
Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL)0–1 (OT)San Francisco Bay Blackhawks (CA)
John Clare   24:25' Report Lawrence Lozzano   83:00'
Eric Wynalda   95:56' (Isaacs)
Attendance: 2,476
Referee: Raul Dominguez

The San Francisco Bay Blackhawks advanced to the final.


Final

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Albany Capitals (NY)3–1San Francisco Bay Blackhawks (CA)
Mark Dougherty   4:36' (o.g.)
Ramiro Borja   34:13' (Savic, Mariner)
Mike Masters   63:57' (Cannon)
Paul Mariner   72'
Lee Tschantret  
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Derek Van Rheenen   36:13' (Wynalda)
Bleecker Stadium, Albany, New York
Attendance: 4,061



The San Francisco Bay Blackhawks win the APSL Championship.

Points leaders

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Rank Scorer Club Goals Assists Points
1 Jean Harbor Maryland Bays 17 11 45
2 Kevin Sloan Maryland Bays 14 4 32
3 Zico Doe Colorado Foxes 12 2 26
4 Derek Sanderson Fort Lauderdale Strikers 10 3 23
Bryan Haynes Maryland Bays 9 5 23
6 Andrew McKay Fort Lauderdale Strikers 6 8 20
7 Paul Dougherty Fort Lauderdale Strikers 7 5 19
Mike Masters Albany Capitals 7 5 19
9 Townsend Qin San Francisco Bay Blackhawks 6 6 18
10 Ramiro Borja Albany Capitals 7 3 17
11 Scott Benedetti Colorado Foxes 5 6 16
12 Chance Fry San Francisco Bay Blackhawks 6 2 14
13 Dzung Tran San Francisco Bay Blackhawks 5 3 13
Chad Ashton Colorado Foxes 3 7 13
15 Philip Gyau Maryland Bays 3 6 12
16 Ken Snow Miami Freedom 5 1 11

Honors

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