Coastal Cup (soccer)

Coastal Cup
Locale Florida
Teams Fort Lauderdale Strikers, Jacksonville Armada FC, Miami FC, Tampa Bay Rowdies
First meeting 2010
Latest meeting Fort Lauderdale Strikers (2015)
Next meeting 2016
Statistics
Meetings total 6
Most wins Tampa Bay Rowdies (4)

The Coastal Cup refers to an association football competition and trophy. The trophy is awarded to the best soccer team in regular season play among the four Florida-based North American Soccer League sides.

History

The Coastal Cup was first contested in 2010 as part of the fifth incarnation of the Florida Derby, between FC Tampa Bay and the original Miami FC, while both were members of the D2 Pro League. Within two years time both teams would re-brand using the names of the historic NASL clubs from the two regions of Florida and were themselves part of the new NASL.[1][2]

Tampa Bay won the first four Coastal Cups,[2][3] with the Fort Lauderdale Strikers finally breaking through in 2014.[4][5] The addition of the Jacksonville Armada to the NASL for the 2015 season made the Coastal Cup a triangular competition.[6] The Strikers retained the trophy in 2015 with one match to spare by virtue of Jacksonville's 2–0 upset victory over the Rowdies on September 26. The league has announced that beginning in the 2016 season a new Miami FC team will join the NASL.[7] This will make the competition a four-team affair.

Current season

2016
Team Pts Pld W L D GF GA GD
Fort Lauderdale Strikers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jacksonville Armada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Miami FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tampa Bay Rowdies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Previous seasons

Team Total Seasons Total Coastal Cups
Tampa Bay 6 4
Fort Lauderdale 6 2
Jacksonville 1 0
Miami FC (2016) 0 0

Year by Year Results:

2010
Team Pts Pld W L D GF GA GD
FC Tampa Bay 6 4 1 0 3 7 5 +2
Miami FC (2006) 3 4 0 1 3 5 7 −2
2011
Team Pts Pld W L D GF GA GD
FC Tampa Bay 10 4 3 0 1 9 3 +6
Fort Lauderdale Strikers 1 4 0 3 1 3 9 −6
2012
Team Pts Pld W L D GF GA GD
Tampa Bay Rowdies 9 4 3 1 0 10 5 +5
Fort Lauderdale Strikers 3 4 1 3 0 5 10 −5
2013
Team Pts Pld W L D GF GA GD
Tampa Bay Rowdies 9 4 3 1 0 9 4 +5
Fort Lauderdale Strikers 3 4 1 3 0 4 9 −5
2014
Team Pts Pld W L D GF GA GD
Fort Lauderdale Strikers 6 3 2 1 0 5 5 0
Tampa Bay Rowdies 3 3 1 2 0 5 5 0
2015
Team Pts Pld W L D GF GA GD
Fort Lauderdale Strikers 15 6 5 1 0 10 4 +6
Tampa Bay Rowdies 9 6 3 3 0 9 10 −2
Jacksonville Armada 3 6 1 5 0 7 11 −4

References

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