1991 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season

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.

Fort Lauderdale Strikers
1991 season
OwnerUnited States Joe Robbie
Noel Lemon
ManagerThomas Rongen
StadiumLockhart Stadium
APSL American ConferenceFirst place
APSL playoffsSemifinalist
← 1990 Strikers
1990 Lions
1992 Strikers →

Background

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Review

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Competitions

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APSL 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

Results summaries

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Results by round

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Match reports

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APSL Playoffs

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Semifinal 1

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


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


Maryland Bays (MD)0–0Albany Capitals (NY)
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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.

Statistics

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Transfers

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References

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