1978 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season
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| 1978 season | |||
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| Owner |  Elizabeth Robbie | ||
| General manager | Beau Rodgers | ||
| Manager |  Ron Newman | ||
| Stadium | Lockhart Stadium | ||
| NASL | American Conference: Finalist | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: David Irving (16 goals) All: David Irving (23 goals) | ||
| Average home league attendance | 10,479 | ||
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The 1978 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season was the second season of the Fort Lauderdale Striker's team, and the club's twelfth season in professional soccer. This year the team were a finalist in the North American Soccer League American Conference.
Background[edit]
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Review[edit]
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Competitions[edit]
Friendlies[edit]
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
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| January 7, 1978 | Washington Diplomats | D.C. Armory | 9–2 | 2,384 (indoor) | Fearnley, Proctor |
| January 8, 1978 | Washington Diplomats | D.C. Armory | 8–5 | 2,163 (indoor) | Vaniger (2), Hamlyn, Aguirre, Nanchoff |
| February 6, 1978 | Stockport County F.C.
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Edgeley Park | 2–4 | Irving, Whittle, Gemeri, Hughes | |
| February 8, 1978 | Blackpool F.C.
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Bloomfield Road | 3–2 | ||
| February 10, 1978 | Workington A.F.C.
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Borough Park | 0–0 | 6,127 | |
| February 13, 1978 | Portsmouth F.C.
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Fratton Park | 2–2 | Irving (2) | |
| February 15, 1978 | Port Vale F.C.
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Vale Park | 4–2 | 1,877 | |
| February 18, 1978 | Swindon Town F.C.
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County Ground | 6–3 | 1,173 | Irving (2), Fowles |
| February 26, 1978 | FIU Sunblazers | FIU Soccer Stadium | 4–2 | Irving, Bodonczy | |
| March 4, 1978 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Dade North Stadium | 2–0 | 3,248 | Irving, Fowles |
| March 8, 1978 | Detroit Express | Bryant Stadium | 2–3 | 350 | Irving (2), Bodonczy |
| March 18, 1978 | Minnesota Kicks | Lockhart Stadium | 1–2 | 2,333 | Vaniger |
| March 23, 1978 | Washington Diplomats | Leonard High School | 1–0 | 2,800 | Irving |
| March 25, 1978 | Philadelphia Fury | City Stadium | 0–1 (SO) | shootout tiebreaker | |
| May 10, 1978 | Blackpool F.C.
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Lockhart Stadium | 2–1 | 5,173 | Gary Jones (2) |
| May 15, 1978 | Blackpool F.C.
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Atlanta | 0–2 | 9,658 (in Atlanta) |
NASL regular season[edit]
Results summaries[edit]
Results by round[edit]
Match reports[edit]
NASL Playoffs[edit]
Conference Quarterfinals[edit]
| August 9 | New England Tea Men | 1–3 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | Schaefer Stadium • 18,672 |
Conference semifinals[edit]
In 1978, if a playoff series was tied after two games, a 30 minute, golden goal, mini-game was played. If neither team scored in the mini-game, they would move on to a shoot-out to determine a series winner. *Teams were re-seeded for the Conference Semifinals based on regular season point totals. This affected only one of the four series; Tampa Bay versus San Diego.[1]
| Higher seed | Lower seed | Game 1 | Game 2 | Mini-game | (lower seed hosts Game 1) | |
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| Detroit Express | - | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 3–4 (SO, 2–3) | 1–0 | 0–1 | August 13 • Lockhart Stadium • 11,517 August 16 • Pontiac Silverdome • 32,219 |
Conference Championships[edit]
| Higher seed | Lower seed | Game 1 | Game 2 | Mini-game | Attendance | |
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| Tampa Bay Rowdies | - | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 (SO, 2–1) | August 20 • Lockhart Stadium • 16,286 August 23 • Tampa Stadium • 37,249 |
Bracket[edit]
| Conference Quarterfinals | Conference Semifinals | Conference Championships | Soccer Bowl '78 | ||||||||||||||||
| A1 | Detroit Express | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| A8 | Philadelphia Fury | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| A1 | Detroit Express | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| A7 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| A2 | New England Tea Men | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| A7 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| A7 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| A4 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| A3 | San Diego Sockers | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| A6 | California Surf | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| A3 | San Diego Sockers | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| A4 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| A4 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| A5 | Chicago Sting | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| A4 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| N1 | Cosmos | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| N1 | Cosmos | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| N8 | Seattle Sounders | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| N1 | Cosmos | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| N3 | Minnesota Kicks | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| N3 | Minnesota Kicks | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| N6 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| N1 | Cosmos | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| N4 | Portland Timbers | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| N2 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| N7 | Toronto Metros-Croatia | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| N2 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| N4 | Portland Timbers | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| N4 | Portland Timbers | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| N5 | Washington Diplomats | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Match reports[edit]
Statistics[edit]
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Transfers[edit]
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Rosenblatt, Richard (August 16, 1978). "Complicated Playoffs May Kick Out Best NASL Team". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. p. 1-C. Retrieved July 3, 2013.