1980 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season

Fort Lauderdale Strikers
1980 season
Owner United States Elizabeth Robbie
General Manager Canada Bob Lemieux[1] (fired Oct. 14)
United States Tim Robbie
Manager Netherlands Cor van der Hart
Stadium Lockhart Stadium
NASL Division:Second Place
NASL Championship: Finalist
Top goalscorer League:
Peru Teófilo Cubillas
Germany Gerd Müller
(14 goals)
All:
Peru Teófilo Cubillas
(18 goals)
Average home league attendance 14,360
Home colors
Away colors
← 1979–80 Strikers (indoor) 1980–81 Strikers (indoor) →

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.[2]

First round

Lower seed Higher seed Game 1 Game 2 Mini-game
California Surf - Fort Lauderdale Strikers 1–2 2–0 0–1 (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 Strikers 0–1 3–2 (SO, 2–1) 0 - 3 September 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 Strikers 1–2 4–2 0–3 September 11 • San Diego Stadium • 27,635
September 13 • Lockhart Stadium • 18,420

Soccer Bowl '80

September 21[3]
12:44 pm EDT[4]
New York Cosmos 3–0 Fort Lauderdale Strikers
Romero (Chinaglia, Bogićević)  47:55'
Chinaglia (Davis, Rijsbergen)  70:06'
Chinaglia (Cabañas)  87:07'
RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
Attendance: 50,768[5]
Referee: Paul Avis[6]

References

  1. ↑ Suarez, Leo (October 15, 1980). "Robbie relieving Lemieux, Strikers winning manager". Miami News. p. 3B. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
  2. ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0rg0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=B24FAAAAIBAJ&pg=4566,2362302&dq=nasl+record+shootout&hl=en
  3. ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bX5QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fVoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2472,5632997&dq=cosmos+gobble+up&hl=en
  4. ↑ http://www.csmonitor.com/1980/0923/092323.html
  5. ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JPBgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AG4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1241,2941687&dq=cosmos+strikers+soccer+bowl&hl=en
  6. ↑ http://www.naslsoccerbowl.com/index.php?id=788
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