1980 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season
| 1980 season | |||
| Manager |
 Cor van der Hart | ||
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| Stadium | Lockhart Stadium | ||
| NASL |
Division:Second Place NASL Championship: Finalist | ||
| Top goalscorer |
League:  Giorgio Chinaglia (32 goals) All: Giorgio Chinaglia (32 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.
Competitions
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.[1]
First round
| Game 1 | Game 2 | Mini-game | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Kicks | - | Dallas Tornado | 0 - 1 | 0 - 2 | August 27 -17,461 • August 31 -8,674 | |
| San Diego Sockers | - | Chicago Sting | 2 - 1 | 2 - 3 | 2 - 1 (SO, 3–0) | August 27 -12,125 • August 30 -12,267 |
| Tampa Bay Rowdies | - | New England Tea Men | 1 - 0 | 4 - 0 | August 27 -17,121 • August 30 -26,368 | |
| Vancouver Whitecaps | - | Seattle Sounders | 1 - 2 (OT) | 1 - 3 | August 27 -27,231 • August 30 -35,254 | |
| Washington Diplomats | - | Los Angeles Aztecs | 1 - 0 | 1 - 2 (SO, 4–5) | 0 - 2 | August 27 -20,231 • August 30 -14,163 |
| Houston Hurricane | - | Edmonton Drillers | 1 - 2 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 1 | August 27 -3,902 • August 31 -22,059 |
| California Surf | - | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 1 - 2 | 2 - 0 | 0 - 1 (SO, 2–3) | August 28 2,929 • August 31 -15,282 |
| Tulsa Roughnecks | - | New York Cosmos | 1 - 3 | 1 - 8 | August 28 -22,890 • August 31 -40,285 |
Quarterfinals
| Game 1 | Game 2 | Mini-game | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Aztecs | - | Seattle Sounders | 3 - 0 | 0 - 4 | 2 - 1 (SO, 2–0) | September 3 -13,466 • September 5 -32,564 |
| Edmonton Drillers | - | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 0 - 1 | 3 - 2 (SO, 2–1) | 0 - 3 | September 3 -18,029 • September 6 -17,380 |
| Dallas Tornado | - | New York Cosmos | 2 - 3 | 3 - 0 | 0 - 3 | September 3 -7,459 • September 7 -45,153 |
| San Diego Sockers | - | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 6 - 3 | 0 - 6 | 2 - 1 (SO, 2–0) | September 4 -20,109 • September 7 -25,852 |
Semifinals
| Game 1 | Game 2 | Mini-game | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Sockers | - | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 1 - 2 | 4 - 2 | 0 - 3 | September 11 -27,635 • September 13 -18,420 |
| Los Angeles Aztecs | - | New York Cosmos | 1 - 2 | 1 - 3 | September 10 -25,487 • September 13 -42,324 |
Soccer Bowl '80
| New York Cosmos | 3–0 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers |
|---|---|---|
Romero (Chinaglia, Bogićević)  47:55' Chinaglia (Davis, Rijsbergen) 70:06' Chinaglia (Cabañas) 87:07' |
References
- ↑ http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0rg0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=B24FAAAAIBAJ&pg=4566,2362302&dq=nasl+record+shootout&hl=en
- ↑ http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bX5QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fVoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2472,5632997&dq=cosmos+gobble+up&hl=en
- ↑ http://www.csmonitor.com/1980/0923/092323.html
- ↑ http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JPBgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AG4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1241,2941687&dq=cosmos+strikers+soccer+bowl&hl=en
- ↑ http://www.naslsoccerbowl.com/index.php?id=788
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