1980 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season

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.

Fort Lauderdale Strikers
1980 season
OwnerUnited States Elizabeth Robbie
General managerCanada Bob Lemieux[1] (fired Oct. 14)
United States Tim Robbie
ManagerNetherlands Cor van der Hart
StadiumLockhart Stadium
NASLDivision:Second Place
NASL Championship: Finalist
Top goalscorerLeague:
Peru Teófilo Cubillas
Germany Gerd Müller
(14 goals)
All:
Peru Teófilo Cubillas
(18 goals)
Average home league attendance14,360

Background

Competitions

Friendlies

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
DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
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 Peru Alianza Lima Estadio Alianza 1–1 35,000 David Irving
March 24, 1980 Peru Club Universitario Estadio Alianza 1–1 35,000 Gerd Müller
April 14, 1980 Miami Hurricanes Mark Light Stadium 6–1 David Irving
April 16, 1980 Republic of Ireland Calry Bohemian FC Strikers practice facility 8–0 David Irving (3), Nico Bodonczy (2), Mike Ortiz-Velez (2)
May 14, 1980 England Sunderland A.F.C. Lockhart Stadium 1–2 4,649[6] Ray Hudson (pk)

NASL Playoffs

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
Lower seed Higher seed Game 1 Game 2 Mini-game
California Surf-Fort Lauderdale Strikers1–22–00–1 (SO, 2–3)August 28 • Anaheim Stadium • 2,929
August 31 • Lockhart Stadium • 15,282

Conference semifinals
Lower seed Higher seed Game 1 Game 2 Mini-game
Edmonton Drillers-Fort Lauderdale Strikers0–13–2 (SO, 2–1)0 - 3September 3 • Commonwealth Stadium • 18,029
September 6 • Lockhart Stadium • 17,380

Conference Championship
Lower seed Higher seed Game 1 Game 2 Mini-game
San Diego Sockers-Fort Lauderdale Strikers1–24–20–3September 11 • San Diego Stadium • 27,635
September 13 • Lockhart Stadium • 18,420

Soccer Bowl '80
New York Cosmos3–0Fort Lauderdale Strikers
Romero (Chinaglia, Bogićević) 47:55'
Chinaglia (Davis, Rijsbergen) 70:06'
Chinaglia (Cabañas) 87:07'
Attendance: 50,768[10]
Referee: Paul Avis[11]

Bracket
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 -

References
  1. Suarez, Leo (October 15, 1980). "Robbie relieving Lemieux, Strikers winning manager". Miami News. p. 3B. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
  2. "Strikers to begin 6 game exhibition season against Florida International". Fort Lauderdale News. February 17, 1980. p. 6C. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
  3. "Strikers tie last exhibition". Fort Lauderdale News. March 25, 1980. p. 6E. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
  4. Smith, Mike (April 15, 1980). "The U-M athletic team nobody knows". Miami News. p. 1C. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
  5. Wieczorek, Dave (April 17, 1980). "Dutchman Pot prefers Strikers guard duty". Fort Lauderdale News. p. 3D. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
  6. "15 May 1980, Page 72 - The Palm Beach Post at". Newspapers.com. May 15, 1980. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
  7. "The Hour - Google News Archive Search".
  8. "St. Petersburg Times - Google News Archive Search".
  9. "Cosmos regain soccer title". Christian Science Monitor. September 23, 1980.
  10. "The Evening News - Google News Archive Search".
  11. "Past Winners | North American Soccer League". Archived from the original on November 5, 2013. Retrieved October 21, 2013.
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