1981 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season

The 1981 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season was the fifth season of the Fort Lauderdale Striker's team, and the club's fifteenth season in professional soccer. This year the team made it to semifinals of the North American Soccer League playoffs.

Fort Lauderdale Strikers
1981 season
Owner Elizabeth Robbie
General manager Tim Robbie
Manager Eckhard Krautzun
StadiumLockhart Stadium
NASLSouthern Division: Second place
Semifinalist
Top goalscorerLeague:
Teófilo Cubillas
(17 goals)
All:
Teófilo Cubillas
(19 goals)
Average home league attendance13,345

Competitions

First round
Lower seed Higher seed Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Fort Lauderdale Strikers-Calgary Boomers3–1#2–0xAugust 23 • Lockhart Stadium • 12,196
#August 26 • Lockhart Stadium • 11,494

#Due to a scheduling conflict between the Calgary Boomers and the Billy Graham Crusade, the Fort Lauderdale Strikers hosted both Games 1 and 2 (instead of Game 1 only), there-by gaining home field advantage even though they were the lower seed.[1]

Quarterfinals

Lower seed Higher seed Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Fort Lauderdale Strikers-Minnesota Kicks3–13–0xSeptember 2 • Lockhart Stadium • 11,918
September 6 • Memorial Stadium • 10,278

Semifinals

Lower seed Higher seed Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Fort Lauderdale Strikers-New York Cosmos3–41–4xSeptember 12 • Lockhart Stadium • 18,814
September 16 • Giants Stadium • 31,172[2]

Bracket

  First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Soccer Bowl '81
                                     
  1 New York 2  
 
  14 Tampa Bay 1  
3 Vancouver 0  
14 Tampa Bay 2  
  1 New York 2  
  9 Fort Lauderdale 0  
6 Minnesota 2  
11 Tulsa 0  
  6 Minnesota 0
 
  9 Fort Lauderdale 2  
8 Calgary 0
9 Fort Lauderdale 2  
  1 New York 0
  2 Chicago 1
2 Chicago 2  
15 Seattle 1  
  2 Chicago 2
 
  10 Montreal 1  
7 Los Angeles 1
10 Montreal 2  
  2 Chicago 2
  4 San Diego 1  
4 San Diego 2  
13 Portland 1  
  4 San Diego 2
 
  12 Jacksonville 1  
5 Atlanta 0
12 Jacksonville 2  

Match reports

Statistics

Transfers

References

  1. Scheiber, Dave (September 1, 1981). "Rowdies cashing in on their new underdog label". St. Petersburg Times. p. 3, sec. 4. Retrieved 2016-07-04.
  2. Bonapace, Ruth (September 17, 1981). "Chinaglia Pulls It Out Of The Hat For Cosmos". Evening Independent. p. 4, sec. C. Retrieved 2016-07-04.
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