1978 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season
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1978 season | |||
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Owner | ![]() | ||
General manager | ![]() | ||
Manager | ![]() | ||
Stadium | Lockhart Stadium | ||
NASL | American Conference: Finalist | ||
Top goalscorer | League: ![]() (16 goals) All: ![]() (23 goals) | ||
Average home league attendance | 10,479 | ||
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The 1978 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season was the second season of the Fort Lauderdale Striker's team, and the club's twelfth season in professional soccer. This year the team were a finalist in the North American Soccer League American Conference.
Background[]
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Review[]
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Competitions[]
Friendlies[]
Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
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January 7, 1978 | Washington Diplomats | D.C. Armory | 9–2 | 2,384 (indoor) | Fearnley, Proctor |
January 8, 1978 | Washington Diplomats | D.C. Armory | 8–5 | 2,163 (indoor) | Vaniger (2), Hamlyn, Aguirre, Nanchoff |
February 6, 1978 | ![]() |
Edgeley Park | 2–4 | Irving, Whittle, Gemeri, Hughes | |
February 8, 1978 | ![]() |
Bloomfield Road | 3–2 | ||
February 10, 1978 | ![]() |
Borough Park | 0–0 | 6,127 | |
February 13, 1978 | ![]() |
Fratton Park | 2–2 | Irving (2) | |
February 15, 1978 | ![]() |
Vale Park | 4–2 | 1,877 | |
February 18, 1978 | ![]() |
County Ground | 6–3 | 1,173 | Irving (2), Fowles |
February 26, 1978 | FIU Sunblazers | FIU Soccer Stadium | 4–2 | Irving, Bodonczy | |
March 4, 1978 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Dade North Stadium | 2–0 | 3,248 | Irving, Fowles |
March 8, 1978 | Detroit Express | Bryant Stadium | 2–3 | 350 | Irving (2), Bodonczy |
March 18, 1978 | Minnesota Kicks | Lockhart Stadium | 1–2 | 2,333 | Vaniger |
March 23, 1978 | Washington Diplomats | Leonard High School | 1–0 | 2,800 | Irving |
March 25, 1978 | Philadelphia Fury | City Stadium | 0–1 (SO) | shootout tiebreaker | |
May 10, 1978 | ![]() |
Lockhart Stadium | 2–1 | 5,173 | Gary Jones (2) |
May 15, 1978 | ![]() |
Atlanta | 0–2 | 9,658 (in Atlanta) |
NASL regular season[]
Results summaries[]
Results by round[]
Match reports[]
NASL Playoffs[]
Conference Quarterfinals[]
August 9 | New England Tea Men | 1–3 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | Schaefer Stadium • 18,672 |
Conference Semifinals[]
In 1978, if a playoff series was tied after two games, a 30 minute, golden goal, mini-game was played. If neither team scored in the mini-game, they would move on to a shoot-out to determine a series winner. *Teams were re-seeded for the Conference Semifinals based on regular season point totals. This affected only one of the four series; Tampa Bay versus San Diego.[1]
Higher seed | Lower seed | Game 1 | Game 2 | Mini-game | (lower seed hosts Game 1) | |
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Detroit Express | - | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 3–4 (SO, 2–3) | 1–0 | 0–1 | August 13 • Lockhart Stadium • 11,517 August 16 • Pontiac Silverdome • 32,219 |
Conference Championships[]
Higher seed | Lower seed | Game 1 | Game 2 | Mini-game | Attendance | |
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Tampa Bay Rowdies | - | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 (SO, 2–1) | August 20 • Lockhart Stadium • 16,286 August 23 • Tampa Stadium • 37,249 |
Bracket[]
Conference Quarterfinals | Conference Semifinals | Conference Championships | Soccer Bowl '78 | ||||||||||||||||
A1 | Detroit Express | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
A8 | Philadelphia Fury | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
A1 | Detroit Express | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
A7 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
A2 | New England Tea Men | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
A7 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
A7 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
A4 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
A3 | San Diego Sockers | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
A6 | California Surf | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
A3 | San Diego Sockers | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
A4 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
A4 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
A5 | Chicago Sting | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
A4 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
N1 | Cosmos | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
N1 | Cosmos | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
N8 | Seattle Sounders | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
N1 | Cosmos | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
N3 | Minnesota Kicks | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
N3 | Minnesota Kicks | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
N6 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
N1 | Cosmos | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
N4 | Portland Timbers | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
N2 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
N7 | Toronto Metros-Croatia | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
N2 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
N4 | Portland Timbers | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
N4 | Portland Timbers | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
N5 | Washington Diplomats | 1 |
Match reports[]
Statistics[]
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Transfers[]
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See also[]
References[]
- ^ Rosenblatt, Richard (August 16, 1978). "Complicated Playoffs May Kick Out Best NASL Team". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. p. 1-C. Retrieved 2013-07-03.
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