1980 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season
| 1980 season | |||
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| Owner |  Elizabeth Robbie | ||
| General manager |  Bob Lemieux[1] (fired Oct. 14) Tim Robbie | ||
| Manager |  Cor van der Hart | ||
| Stadium | Lockhart Stadium | ||
| NASL | Division:Second Place NASL Championship: Finalist | ||
| Top goalscorer | League:  Teófilo Cubillas  Gerd Müller (14 goals) All: Teófilo Cubillas (18 goals) | ||
| Average home league attendance | 14,360 | ||
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The 1980 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season was the fourth season of the Fort Lauderdale Striker's team, and the club's fourteenth season in professional soccer. This year the team made it to the finals of North American Soccer League by reaching the Soccer Bowl. They were this year's Runners-up.
Background[edit]
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Review[edit]
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Competitions[edit]
Friendlies[edit]
Fort Lauderdale finished their preseason exhibition schedule with one victory over an NCAA Division II squad, and two draws versus Peruvian First Division teams, three losses against NASL clubs and one loss to an NCAA Division II team.[2][3] In April after the NASL season had begun, the Strikers easily handled the Miami Hurricanes and the junior side, Calry Bohemian FC, of Sligo, Ireland.[4][5] They later fell to visiting Sunderland A.F.C. in a midseason friendly in May.
Results summaries[edit]
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
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| March 2, 1980 | FIU Sunblazers | FIU South Campus | 2–3 | ???, ??? | |
| March 9, 1980 | Miami Dade North Falcons | Dade North Stadium | 8–0 | Müller (3), Bonvallet (3), Cubillas, Cacciatore | |
| March 12, 1980 | Detroit Express | Leonard High School | 0–1 | ||
| March 16, 1980 | Detroit Express | Bryant Stadium | 1–2(SO) | Nico Bodonczy | |
| March 19, 1980 | Minnesota Kicks | Coral Springs High School | 0–1 | ||
| March 21, 1980 | Atlanta Chiefs | Lockhart Stadium | – | – | MATCH CANCELED |
| March 22, 1980 | Alianza Lima
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Estadio Alianza | 1–1 | 35,000 | David Irving |
| March 24, 1980 | Club Universitario
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Estadio Alianza | 1–1 | 35,000 | Gerd Müller |
| April 14, 1980 | Miami Hurricanes | Mark Light Stadium | 6–1 | David Irving | |
| April 16, 1980 |  Calry Bohemian FC
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Strikers practice facility | 8–0 | David Irving (3), Nico Bodonczy (2), Mike Ortiz-Velez (2) | |
| May 14, 1980 |  Sunderland A.F.C.
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Lockhart Stadium | 1–2 | 4,649[6] | Ray Hudson (pk) |
NASL regular season[edit]
Results summaries[edit]
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Results by round[edit]
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Match reports[edit]
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NASL Playoffs[edit]
Playoffs
In 1979 and 1980, if a playoff series was tied at one victory each, a full 30 minute mini-game was played. If neither team held an advantage after the 30 minutes, the teams would then move on to a shoot-out to determine a series winner.[7]
First round[edit]
| Lower seed | Higher seed | Game 1 | Game 2 | Mini-game | ||
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| California Surf | - | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 (SO, 2–3) | August 28 • Anaheim Stadium • 2,929 August 31 • Lockhart Stadium • 15,282 |
Conference semifinals[edit]
| Lower seed | Higher seed | Game 1 | Game 2 | Mini-game | ||
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| Edmonton Drillers | - | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 0–1 | 3–2 (SO, 2–1) | 0 - 3 | September 3 • Commonwealth Stadium • 18,029 September 6 • Lockhart Stadium • 17,380 |
Conference Championship[edit]
| Lower seed | Higher seed | Game 1 | Game 2 | Mini-game | ||
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| San Diego Sockers | - | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 1–2 | 4–2 | 0–3 | September 11 • San Diego Stadium • 27,635 September 13 • Lockhart Stadium • 18,420 |
Soccer Bowl '80[edit]
| New York Cosmos | 3–0 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers |
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Romero (Chinaglia, Bogićević)  47:55' Chinaglia (Davis, Rijsbergen) 70:06' Chinaglia (Cabañas) 87:07' |
Bracket[edit]
| Conference Quarterfinals | Conference Semifinals | Conference Championships | Soccer Bowl '80 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Chicago Sting | 1 | 3 | 1(0) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | San Diego Sockers | 2 | 2 | 1(3) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego Sockers | 6 | 0 | 1(2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tampa Bay Rowdies | 3 | 6 | 1(0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 1 | 4 | - | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | New England Tea Men | 0 | 0 | - | |||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego Sockers | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Edmonton Drillers | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Houston Hurricane | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Edmonton Drillers | 0 | 2(2) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 1 | 2(1) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 2 | 0 | 0(3) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | California Surf | 1 | 2 | 0(2) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New York Cosmos | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | New York Cosmos | 3 | 8 | - | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 1 | 1 | - | |||||||||||||||||||||
| New York Cosmos | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dallas Tornado | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Dallas Tornado | 1 | 2 | - | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Minnesota Kicks | 0 | 0 | - | |||||||||||||||||||||
| New York Cosmos | 2 | 3 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Los Angeles Aztecs | 1 | 1 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Los Angeles Aztecs | 0 | 1(5) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Washington Diplomats | 1 | 1(4) | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Los Angeles Aztecs | 3 | 0 | 1(2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seattle Sounders | 0 | 4 | 1(0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Seattle Sounders | 2 | 3 | - | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 1 | 1 | - | |||||||||||||||||||||
Match reports[edit]
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Statistics[edit]
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Transfers[edit]
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References[edit]
- ^ Suarez, Leo (October 15, 1980). "Robbie relieving Lemieux, Strikers winning manager". Miami News. p. 3B. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
- ^ "Strikers to begin 6 game exhibition season against Florida International". Fort Lauderdale News. February 17, 1980. p. 6C. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
- ^ "Strikers tie last exhibition". Fort Lauderdale News. March 25, 1980. p. 6E. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
- ^ Smith, Mike (April 15, 1980). "The U-M athletic team nobody knows". Miami News. p. 1C. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
- ^ Wieczorek, Dave (April 17, 1980). "Dutchman Pot prefers Strikers guard duty". Fort Lauderdale News. p. 3D. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
- ^ "15 May 1980, Page 72 - The Palm Beach Post at". Newspapers.com. May 15, 1980. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
- ^ "The Hour - Google News Archive Search".
- ^ "St. Petersburg Times - Google News Archive Search".
- ^ "Cosmos regain soccer title". Christian Science Monitor. September 23, 1980.
- ^ "The Evening News - Google News Archive Search".
- ^ "Past Winners | North American Soccer League". Archived from the original on November 5, 2013. Retrieved October 21, 2013.