1990 American Professional Soccer League

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American Professional Soccer League -1990 Season-
Season1990
ChampionsMaryland Bays
(1st title)
PremiersFort Lauderdale Strikers*
(1st title)
Top goalscorerChance Fry
(17 goals)
1991 →

Overview of the 1990 American Professional Soccer League season. Although the Western Soccer League and the American Soccer League merged to form the American Professional Soccer League in 1990, the two leagues remained essentially independent leagues, linked by name alone. During this season, they ran separate regular season schedules with two different points systems. They each had their own playoff formats, had separate league MVPs and had their own All-League teams. The first game between the two leagues came in September when the Maryland Bays of the American Soccer League defeated the San Francisco Bay Blackhawks of the Western Soccer League for the American Professional Soccer League championship.

History[]

On September 9, 1989, the champions of the west coast-based Western Soccer Alliance and the east coast-based American Soccer League played each other for the national championship.[1] This was the first meeting between teams from the two leagues but was part of a larger effort to merge the two leagues.[2] This effort resulted in the creation of the American Professional Soccer League on February 22, 1990.[3] The merger remained one of name only as the two leagues played separate schedules and named separate MVPs and All-League teams. However, it allowed the teams to market themselves as members of a national league.[4] During the playoffs, except for the West semifinals and the APSL finals, teams played a home and away series. However, they needed to win two games, so in the case of a tie after two games, the teams played a thirty-minute mini-game. If the game remained tied, the two teams would enter a shoot out. A shoot out pitted a field player against the opposing team's goalkeeper. The field player had five seconds to take a shot on goal beginning 35 yards from the goal.

League standings[]

East (American Soccer League) Conference[]

Points:

  • Win: 3
  • Shoot out win: 2
  • Shoot out loss: 1

Northern Division[]

Pos Team Pld W PKW PKL L GF GA GD Pts
1 Maryland Bays 20 14 1 0 5 42 29 +13 44
2 Albany Capitals 20 13 1 1 5 35 22 +13 42
3 Penn-Jersey Spirit 20 12 1 1 6 34 23 +11 39
4 Boston Bolts 20 8 1 2 9 27 27 0 28
5 Washington Stars 20 7 0 0 13 24 28 −4 21
6 New Jersey Eagles 20 5 1 0 14 21 38 −17 17
Source:[citation needed]

Southern Division[]

Pos Team Pld W PKW PKL L GF GA GD Pts
1 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 20 14 1 1 4 38 22 +16 45
2 Tampa Bay Rowdies 20 9 1 0 10 32 39 −7 29
3 Orlando Lions 20 8 0 0 12 25 30 −5 24
4 Miami Freedom 20 7 1 1 11 27 29 −2 24
5 Washington Diplomats 20 4 1 2 13 22 40 −18 16
Source:[citation needed]

West (Western Soccer League) Conference[]

Points:

  • Win: 6
  • Shoot out win: 4
  • Shoot out loss: 2
  • 1 bonus point per goal scored in regulation, maximum of 3 per game

North Division[]

Pos Team Pld W PKW PKL L GF GA GD BP Pts
1 San Francisco Bay Blackhawks 20 9 4 1 6 39 30 +9 32 104
2 Salt Lake Sting 20 11 1 1 7 39 34 +5 32 104
3 Colorado Foxes 20 10 4 3 3 22 12 +10 18 100
4 Portland Timbers 20 8 2 3 7 42 36 +6 37 99
5 Seattle Storm 20 9 1 3 7 42 35 +7 29 93
Source:[citation needed]

South Division[]

Pos Team Pld W PKW PKL L GF GA GD BP Pts
1 California Emperors 20 8 2 3 7 35 32 +3 27 89
2 Real Santa Barbara 20 9 1 3 7 33 35 −2 23 87
3 Los Angeles Heat 20 8 3 1 8 39 39 0 23 85
4 San Diego Nomads 20 5 3 3 9 22 28 −6 19 67
5 New Mexico Chilies 20 5 2 1 12 25 45 −20 21 61
6 Arizona Condors 20 5 0 1 14 29 51 −22 27 59
Source:[citation needed]

East Conference playoffs[]

East bracket[]

Semifinals
Best-of-3 		1990 East Finals
Best-of-3
          
S1 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 3 2 -
N2 Albany Capitals 2 0 -
S1 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 2 0 -
N1 Maryland Bays 3 2 -
N1 Maryland Bays 2 4 -
S2 Tampa Bay Rowdies 1 1 -

Semifinal 1[]

Albany Capitals (NY)2–3Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL)
Chris Szanto Goal 6:10' (Chinapoo, Masters)
Paul Mariner Goal 45:00' (Masters, Smyth)		 Report Ricardo Alonso Goal 117:15' (Carrera, Donev)
Jimmy McGeough, Jr. Goal 73:05' (James, Carrera)
Pedro Magallanes Goal 77:45' (James, Alonso)
Attendance: 750
Referee: (USA)
Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL)2–0Albany Capitals (NY)
Ricardo Alonso Goal 37:41' (Magallanes, McGeough)
Alvin James Goal 85:00'
Arnie Mausser Yellow card 89'		 Report Bobby Cumming Yellow card 22'
Yellow card 42'
Royal Palm Polo Club, Boca Raton, Florida
Attendance: 2,483
Referee: (USA)

The Fort Lauderdale Strikers advance to the East Finals.

Semifinal 2[]

Tampa Bay Rowdies (FL)1–2 (a.e.t.)Maryland Bays (MD)
Perry Van der Beck Yellow card 21:21'
Mark Wright Goal 80:54' (Hooper, Byrne)		 Report Goal 34:01' (Ryerson, Nattans)
Jean Harbor Golden goal 96:27'  (Abe)
Attendance: 2,411
Referee: (USA)
Tampa Bay Rowdies (FL)1–4Maryland Bays (MD)
Jeff Jones Goal 7:35' (Hill) Report Jean Harbor Goal 4:30' (Abe)
Philip Gyau Goal 18:45' (Harbor, Sloan)
Jean Harbor Goal 45:38' (Abe, Barger)
John Abe Goal 72:36' (Nattans)
Cedar Lane Park, Maryland
Attendance: 2,953
Referee: (USA)

The Maryland Bays advance to the East Finals.

Conference Finals[]

Maryland Bays (MD)3–2Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL)
John Abe Goal 13:57' (Barger, Namazi)
Jean Harbor Goal 71:29' (Gee)
Joe Barger Goal 87:28' (Ryerson)
Darryl Gee Red card		 Report 1
Report 2		 Pedro Magallanes Goal 49:57' (Donev)
Marcelo Carrera Goal 52:00'
Troy Edwards Red card
Cedar Lane Park
Attendance: 3,116
Referee: (USA)
Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL)0–2Maryland Bays (MD)
Victor Moreland Yellow card 49:14'
Ricardo Alonso Yellow card 65:50'		 Report Philip Gyau Goal 1:32' (Ryerson)
Rob Ryerson Yellow card 13:38'
Scott Cook Goal 16:08', Yellow card 30:10'
Omid Namazi Yellow card 22:45'
Jean Harbor Yellow card 43:15'
Royal Palm Polo Club, Boca Raton, Florida
Attendance: 2,527
Referee: (USA)

The Maryland Bays advance to the APSL Championship.

West Conference playoffs[]

West bracket[]

First Round
Best-of-3 		Division Finals
Single Match 		1990 West Finals
Best-of-3
S1 California Emperors 0 - -
S2 Real Santa Barbara 1 1 0 S3 Los Angeles Heat 2 - -
S3 Los Angeles Heat 0 2 1 S3 Los Angeles Heat 2 1(2) 0
N1 San Francisco Bay Blackhawks 0 1(4) 1
N1 San Francisco Bay Blackhawks 2 - -
N2 Salt Lake Sting 0 1 - N3 Colorado Foxes 1 - -
N3 Colorado Foxes 2 4 -

First Round Series 1[]

Los Angeles Heat (CA)0–1Real Santa Barbara (CA)
Red card 71:01'
Yellow card
Yellow card
Yellow card		 Report 1
Report 2		 Jim Hutchinson Goal 68:44'
Yellow card
Yellow card
Yellow card
Yellow card
West High School, Torrance, California
Attendance: 1,910
Referee: Thomas Bobapilla, (USA)


Real Santa Barbara (CA)1–2Los Angeles Heat (CA)
Goal 29:39'
Yellow card
Yellow card
Yellow card		 Report 1
Report 2		 Danny Pena Goal 63:03' (Ervine), Yellow card
Mike Getchell Goal 64:23' (Sacks), Yellow card
Yellow card
Yellow card
Attendance: 700
Referee: (USA)


Real Santa Barbara (CA)0–1Los Angeles Heat (CA)
Report 1
Report 2		 Mike Getchell Goal 19:51'
Yellow card
Yellow card
Attendance: 700
Referee: (USA)

The Los Angeles Heat advance to the Division Finals.

First Round Series 2[]

Colorado Foxes (CO)2–0Salt Lake Sting (UT)
John Klein Goal 76'
Mike Mikes Goal 83'		 Report
Jefferson County Stadium, Colorado
Attendance: 4,019
Referee: (USA)


Salt Lake Sting (UT)1–4Colorado Foxes (CO)
Barney Boyce Goal 55' (pen.) Goal 44' Mike Mikes
Goal 67' Robin Fraser
Goal 72', 89' Efren Rodarte
Derks Field, Salt Lake City, Utah
Attendance: 3,210
Referee: (USA)

The Colorado Foxes advance to the Division Finals.

Division Finals[]

California Emperors (CA)0–2Los Angeles Heat (CA)
Yellow card
Yellow card		 Report 1
Report 2		 Goal 41:02' Brad Smith
Goal 89:00' Jim Gabarra
Yellow card, Yellow card, Yellow card
Yellow card, Yellow card, Yellow card
Attendance: 3,823
Referee: (USA)

The Los Angeles Heat advance to the Conference Finals.

San Francisco Bay Blackhawks (CA)2–1Colorado Foxes (CO)
Troy Dayak Goal 13:02' (Kinnear),
Goal 39:38' (Wynalda)		 Report 1
Report 2		 Larry McPhail Goal 7:56' (Ashton)
Attendance: 2,600
Referee: (USA)

The San Francisco Bay Blackhawks advance to the Conference Finals.

Conference Finals[]

Los Angeles Heat (CA)2–0San Francisco Bay Blackhawks (CA)
Jim Gabarra Goal 20:43'
Brad Smith Goal 55:24' (Bruch)		 Report 1
Report 2
Veterans Stadium, Long Beach, California
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: (USA)
San Francisco Bay Blackhawks (CA)1–1Los Angeles Heat (CA)
Tim Martin Yellow card 23'
Eric Wynalda Goal 36:53'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Nathan Sacks Yellow card 7'
Joe Flanagan Yellow card 28'
Danny Pena Yellow card 35'
Waldir Guerra Goal 71:00' (Ervine)
Penalties
Peter Isaacs Penalty scored
Steve Corpening Penalty scored
Dave Palic Penalty missed
Townsend Qin Penalty scored
Steve Petuskey Penalty scored		 4–2 Penalty scored Waldir Guerra
Penalty scored Mike Gregorian
Penalty missed Bobby Bruch
Penalty missed Mike Getchell
Spartan Stadium, San Jose, California
Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Kun Ho Yoo (USA)
San Francisco Bay Blackhawks (CA)1–0Los Angeles Heat (CA)
Dominic Kinnear Goal 22:43' (Gallo) Report 1
Report 2		 Mike Getchell Red card 20'
Spartan Stadium, San Jose, California
Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Kun Ho Yoo (USA)

The San Francisco Bay Blackhawks advance to the APSL Championship.

APSL Final[]

Maryland Bays (MD)1–1San Francisco Bay Blackhawks (CA)
Scott Cook Goal 73:36' Report 1
Report 2		 Yellow card 52' Eric Wynalda
Goal 82:38' Peter Isaacs
Penalties
Jean Harbor Penalty scored
Omid Namazi Penalty scored
Scott Cook Penalty scored
? Penalty missed
John Abe Penalty scored		 4–3 Penalty scored Dominic Kinnear
Penalty scored Tim Martin
Penalty scored Townsend Qin
Penalty missed Marcelo Balboa
Penalty missed Steve Petuskey
Nickerson Field, Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance: 4,881
Referee: (USA)

The Maryland Bays win the APSL Championship.

Combined points leaders[]

Rank Scorer Club Goals Assists Points
1 Chance Fry Seattle Storm 17 5 39
2 George Pastor Salt Lake Sting 14 9 37
3 Mike Masters Albany Capitals 14 4 32
4 Philip Gyau Maryland Bays 12 6 30
5 Derek Sanderson Salt Lake Sting 11 6 28
6 Jerry O'Hara California Emperors 10 3 23
7 Shawn Medved Portland Timbers 10 2 22
8 Jean Harbor Maryland Bays 8 6 22
9 Jim Hutchinson Real Santa Barbara 9 4 22
10 Scott Benedetti Seattle Storm 9 3 21
11 Cesar Plasencia Real Santa Barbara 9 3 21
11 Steve Pittman Fort Lauderdale Strikers 7 7 21
11 David Byrne Tampa Bay Rowdies 5 10 20
11 Steve Corpening San Francisco Bay Blackhawks 8 4 20
11 Rob Paterson Portland Timbers 8 4 20
11 Mike Sweeney Boston Bolts 8 3 19
11 Elvis Comrie Albany Capitals 8 2 18
11 Lazlo Barna Miami Freedom 7 4 18
11 Duanne Robinson Penn-Jersey Spirit 5 8 18

Honors[]

East (American Soccer League) Conference[]

First Team All League

Second Team All League

West (Western Soccer League) Conference[]

First Team All League

Second Team All League

References[]

  1. ^ Fort Lauderdale Rallies to Defeat San Diego
  2. ^ Two outdoor leagues plan title game for fall St. Petersburg Times - Thursday, April 13, 1989
  3. ^ "February merger produces the American Professional Soccer League" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-09-07. Retrieved 2011-08-22.
  4. ^ Merger forms one outdoor league The Washington Times - Friday, February 23, 1990
  5. ^ https://www.newspapers.com/image/132766463/?terms=Colorado%2BFoxes

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