1981 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season

Fort Lauderdale Strikers 1981 soccer season

Fort Lauderdale Strikers

1981 season

Owner

Elizabeth Robbie

General manager

Tim Robbie

Manager

Eckhard Krautzun

Stadium

Lockhart Stadium

NASL

Southern Division: Second place
Semifinalist

Top goalscorer

League:

Teófilo Cubillas
(17 goals)
All:

Teófilo Cubillas
(19 goals)

Average home league attendance

13,345

Home colors

Away colors

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The 1981 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season was the fifth season of the Fort Lauderdale Striker's team, and the club's fifteenth season in professional soccer. This year the team made it to semifinals of the North American Soccer League playoffs.

Competitions

NASL regular season

Results summaries

Results by round

Match reports

NASL Playoffs

First round

Lower seed		Higher seed	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Fort Lauderdale Strikers	-	Calgary Boomers	3–1	#2–0	x	August 23 • Lockhart Stadium • 12,196 #August 26 • Lockhart Stadium • 11,494

#Due to a scheduling conflict between the Calgary Boomers and the Billy Graham Crusade, the Fort Lauderdale Strikers hosted both Games 1 and 2 (instead of Game 1 only), there-by gaining home field advantage even though they were the lower seed.^[1]

Quarterfinals

Lower seed		Higher seed	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Fort Lauderdale Strikers	-	Minnesota Kicks	3–1	3–0	x	September 2 • Lockhart Stadium • 11,918 September 6 • Memorial Stadium • 10,278

Semifinals

Lower seed		Higher seed	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Fort Lauderdale Strikers	-	New York Cosmos	3–4	1–4	x	September 12 • Lockhart Stadium • 18,814 September 16 • Giants Stadium • 31,172^[2]

Bracket

First Round			Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Soccer Bowl '81

			1	New York	2

			14	Tampa Bay	1
3	Vancouver	0

14	Tampa Bay	2
						1	New York	2

						9	Fort Lauderdale	0
6	Minnesota	2

11	Tulsa	0
			6	Minnesota	0

			9	Fort Lauderdale	2
8	Calgary	0

9	Fort Lauderdale	2
									1	New York	0

									2	Chicago	1
2	Chicago	2

15	Seattle	1
			2	Chicago	2

			10	Montreal	1
7	Los Angeles	1

10	Montreal	2
						2	Chicago	2

						4	San Diego	1
4	San Diego	2

13	Portland	1
			4	San Diego	2

			12	Jacksonville	1
5	Atlanta	0

12	Jacksonville	2

Match reports

Statistics

Transfers

References

^ Scheiber, Dave (September 1, 1981). "Rowdies cashing in on their new underdog label". St. Petersburg Times. p. 3, sec. 4. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
^ Bonapace, Ruth (September 17, 1981). "Chinaglia Pulls It Out Of The Hat For Cosmos". Evening Independent. p. 4, sec. C. Retrieved July 4, 2016.

Fort Lauderdale Strikers

Formerly Miami FC Founded 2006 Based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Stadiums	Tropical Park Stadium (2006–2008) Lockhart Stadium (2009–2016) Central Broward Regional Park (2016)
Rivalries	Florida Derby Coastal Cup
Affiliated clubs	Adelaide United FC Desportivo Brasil Estoril
Previous Clubs	Washington Darts (1967–1971) Miami Gatos (1972) & Miami Toros (1973–1976) Fort Lauderdale Strikers (1977–1983) Minnesota Strikers (1984–1988) Fort Lauderdale Strikers (1988–1994) Florida Strikers (1994–1997) Fort Lauderdale Strikers (2006–2016)
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