Jump to content

1991 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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 →

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.

Thomas Rongen was a player-coach for the Strikers.[1] When asked why he was playing, team president Noel Lemon replied, "Because we want to win."[1]

Background

[edit]

Review

[edit]

Competitions

[edit]

APSL regular season

[edit]

American Conference

[edit]
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

[edit]
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

[edit]

Results by round

[edit]

Match reports

[edit]

APSL Playoffs

[edit]

Semifinal 1

[edit]
Albany Capitals (NY)2–1 (OT)Maryland Bays (MD)
Dave Smyth 2'
Lee Tschantret gold-colored soccer ball 101'
77' Kevin Sloan


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


The Albany Capitals advanced to the final.


Semifinal 2

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

The San Francisco Bay Blackhawks advanced to the final.

Statistics

[edit]

Transfers

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b Rusnak, Jeff (August 3, 1991). "Strikers shipshape; Rongen trying to be". South Florida Sun Sentinel. p. 39. Retrieved November 24, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.