1984 Minnesota Strikers season

The 1984 Minnesota Strikers season of the North American Soccer League was the first season of the new team, and the club's eighteenth season in professional soccer. It is also the first ever incarnation of the club's new name. Previously, they were known as the Fort Lauderdale Strikers. This was the first time the club played in the Western Division. They finished in third place and did not make the playoffs that year. After the league ended in 1984, the club folded the outdoor team and placed an indoor team in the Major Indoor Soccer League during the 1984–85 season, and continued to do so until 1988.

Minnesota Strikers
1984 season
OwnerUnited States Elizabeth Robbie
ManagerEngland David Chadwick
StadiumThe Metrodome
NASLWestern Division: third place
Top goalscorerLeague:
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Steve Zungul
(20 goals)

All:
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Steve Zungul
(20 goals)

Competitions

NASL regular season

W = Wins, L = Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, BP = Bonus Points, Pts= point system

6 points for a win, 4 points for a shootout win, 0 points for a loss, 1 point for each regulation goal scored up to three per game.

Eastern Division W L GF GA BP Pts Home Road
Chicago Sting13115049441206-67-5
Toronto Blizzard14104633351179-35-7
New York Cosmos13114342391159-34-8
Tampa Bay Rowdies915436135879-30-12
Western Division W L GF GA BP Pts Home Road
San Diego Sockers14105142401189-35-7
Vancouver Whitecaps131151484311710-23-9
Minnesota Strikers14104044351158-46-6
Tulsa Roughnecks1014424638988-42-10
Golden Bay Earthquakes816616249954-84-8

Scoring leaders

GP = Games Played, G = Goals (worth 2 points), A = Assists (worth 1 point), Pts = Points

Player Team GP G A Pts
Steve Zungul Golden Bay Earthquakes24201050
Branko Šegota Golden Bay Earthquakes24181147
Ron Futcher Tulsa Roughnecks2318844
Karl-Heinz Granitza Chicago Sting24161244
Peter Ward Vancouver Whitecaps24161042
Ade Coker San Diego Sockers2216739
David Byrne Toronto Blizzard20121337
Alan Willey Minnesota Strikers2415434
Jean Willrich San Diego Sockers2252030
Roberto Bettega Toronto Blizzard2381329

Leading Goalkeepers

Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; W = Wins; L = Losses; SO = Shutouts

Player Team GP Min GA GAA W L SO
Paul HammondToronto Blizzard211937251.161477
Hubert BirkenmeierNew York Cosmos222007341.501392
Tino LettieriMinnesota Strikers181622281.551084
Victor NogueiraChicago Sting181663301.62993
Winston DuBoseTulsa Roughnecks221931381.7710124
Paul BradshawVancouver Whitecaps242161461.9213114
Jim GorsekSan Diego Sockers151369322.10770
Arnie MausserTampa Bay Rowdies232100572.449143
Bill IrwinGolden Bay Earthquakes211964542.487142

NASL Playoffs

Did not qualify

References

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