Fort Lauderdale Strikers
1979 season
OwnerUnited States Elizabeth Robbie
General managerUnited States Beau Rodgers
ManagerEngland Ron Newman
StadiumLockhart Stadium
NASLEastern Division: Second place
Quartefinalist
Top goalscorerLeague:
West Germany Gerd Müller
(19 goals)
All:
West Germany Gerd Müller
(19 goals)
Average home league attendance13,774

The 1979 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season was the third season of the Fort Lauderdale Striker's team, and the club's thirteenth season in professional soccer. The Strikers finished the regular season in second place in the Eastern Division of the North American Soccer League's American Conference, and qualified for the playoffs. They were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs.

Background

Review

Competitions

Friendlies

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
February 18, 1979 FIU Sunblazers A 0–3 1,100 Gary Jones (2), Tibor Gemeri
February 25, 1979 Washington Diplomats H 0–1 616
March 1, 1979 Atlanta Chiefs A 2–3 1,049 Denny Vaninger, Nico Bodonczy, Tibor Gemeri
March 4, 1979 Memphis Rogues H 4–1 771 David Irving, Gary Jones, Maurice Whittle, Nico Bodonczy
March 7, 1979 Washington Diplomats A 3–0 (played in Santo Domingo) Dominican Republic
March 10, 1979 Haiti Haitian All-Stars A 1–2 David Irving, Al Njie
March 12, 1979 Haiti Don Bosco FC A 1–2 Nico Bodonczy, David Irving
March 14, 1979 Memphis Rogues H 2–0 4,036 Nico Bodonczy, David Irving
March 17, 1979 Minnesota Kicks H 1–0 4,931 Ray Hudson
May 2, 1979 Miami Hurricanes A 0–12 1,068 Irving (3), Müller (2), Njie (2), Jones, Cubillas, Best, Ortiz-Valez, Bodonczy
May 23, 1979 England Crystal Palace F.C. H 0–2 7,121
September 14, 1979 Tampa Bay Rowdies A 0–3 20,655 (Rodney Marsh testimonial game)
September 14, 1979 Miami Dade North Falcons A ?
October 2, 1979 FCI Miami A 2–9 (exhibition vs. inmates)

NASL regular season

Regular season W = Wins, L = Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, BP = Bonus Points, Pts = Point System

6 points for a win, 1 point for a shootout win, 0 points for a loss, 1 point for each regulation goal scored up to three per game.

American Conference

Eastern Division W L GF GA BP Pts Home Road
Tampa Bay Rowdies191167465516914-15-10
Fort Lauderdale Strikers17137564631659-68-7
Philadelphia Fury102055605111110-50-15
New England Tea Men12184156411108-74-11

Results summaries

Results by round

Match reports

NASL Playoffs

First round

Lower seed Higher seed Game 1 Game 2 Mini-game (lower seed hosts Game 1)
Chicago Sting-Fort Lauderdale Strikers2–01–0xAugust 15 • Soldier Field • 10,019
August 18 • Lockhart Stadium • 13,691

Bracket

Conference Quarterfinals Conference Semifinals Conference Championships Soccer Bowl '79
                  
1 Houston Hurricane 1 1 -
16 Philadelphia Fury 2 2 -
Philadelphia Fury 2(0) 0 -
Tampa Bay Rowdies 3(2) 1 -
8 Tampa Bay Rowdies 3 3 -
9 Detroit Express 0 1 -
Tampa Bay Rowdies 1 3(3) 1
San Diego Sockers 2 2(0) 0
5 San Diego Sockers 4 7 -
12 California Surf 2 2 -
San Diego Sockers 2 1 -
Chicago Sting 0 0 -
4 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 0 0 -
13 Chicago Sting 2 1 -
Tampa Bay Rowdies 1
Vancouver Whitecaps 2
6 New York Cosmos 3 2 -
11 Toronto Blizzard 1 0 -
New York Cosmos 0 3 3
Tulsa Roughnecks 3 0 1
3 Minnesota Kicks 1 1 -
14 Tulsa Roughnecks 2 2 -
New York Cosmos 0 3(3) 0(2)
Vancouver Whitecaps 2 2(1) 1(3)
7 Vancouver Whitecaps 3 2 -
10 Dallas Tornado 2 1 -
Vancouver Whitecaps 2(1) 1 1
Los Angeles Aztecs 3(2) 0 0
2 Washington Diplomats 1 3 -
15 Los Angeles Aztecs 3 4 -

Match reports

Statistics

Transfers

See also

1979 Fort Lauderdale Strikers

References

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