1981 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season

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Fort Lauderdale Strikers 1981 soccer season

Fort Lauderdale Strikers1981 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

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### NASL regular season

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#### Results summaries

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#### Results by round

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#### Match reports

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### NASL Playoffs

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#### First round

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Lower seed  |  | Higher seed  | Game 1  | Game 2  | Game 3  |

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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

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

#### Semifinals

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Lower seed  |  | Higher seed  | Game 1  | Game 2  | Game 3  |

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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

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| First Round | | | Quarterfinals | | | Semifinals | | | Soccer Bowl '81 |

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| | | | 1 | New York | 2 | | |
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| | | 14 | Tampa Bay | 1 |
| 3 | Vancouver | 0 |

| 14 | Tampa Bay | 2 |
| | 1 | New York | 2 |
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| | | 9 | Fort Lauderdale | 0 |
| 6 | Minnesota | 2 | |

| 11 | Tulsa | 0 |
| | 6 | Minnesota | 0 |
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| | | 9 | Fort Lauderdale | 2 |
| 8 | Calgary | 0 |

| 9 | Fort Lauderdale | 2 |
| | 1 | New York | 0 |
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| | | 2 | Chicago | 1 |
| 2 | Chicago | 2 | | |

| 15 | Seattle | 1 |
| | 2 | Chicago | 2 |
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| | | 10 | Montreal | 1 |
| 7 | Los Angeles | 1 |

| 10 | Montreal | 2 |
| | 2 | Chicago | 2 |
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| | | 4 | San Diego | 1 |
| 4 | San Diego | 2 | |

| 13 | Portland | 1 |
| | 4 | San Diego | 2 |
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| | | 12 | Jacksonville | 1 |
| 5 | Atlanta | 0 |

| 12 | Jacksonville | 2 |

#### Match reports

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## Statistics

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## Transfers

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## References

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

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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)

Other topics|

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Seasons

USL First Division|

* 2006
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* 2008
* 2009

USSF D2 Pro League|

* 2010

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* 2011
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Soccer Bowls|

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Predecessors|

* USA 1967
* Final
* NPSL 1967
* Final

Indoor seasons|

* 1971
* 1975
* 1976
* 1978
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* 1979–80
* 1980–81
* 1981–82
* 1983
* 1983–84

Conferences|

1968
East
West
1976–1977
Atlantic
Pacific
1978–1980
American
National

Related|

* Soccer Bowl broadcasters
* NASL Indoor Championship

Clubs|

* Atlanta Apollos
* Atlanta Chiefs
* Baltimore Bays
* Baltimore Comets
* Boston Beacons
* Boston Minutemen
* Boston Shamrock Rovers†
* Calgary Boomers
* California Surf
* Chicago Mustangs
* Chicago Spurs‡
* Chicago Sting
* Cleveland Stokers
* Caribous of Colorado
* Connecticut Bicentennials
* Dallas Tornado
* Denver Dynamos
* Detroit Cougars
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* Fort Lauderdale Strikers
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* Memphis Rogues
* Miami Gatos
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* Montreal Manic
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* New York Skyliners†
* Oakland Clippers
* Oakland Stompers
* Philadelphia Spartans‡
* Philadelphia Atoms
* Philadelphia Fury
* Pittsburgh Phantoms ‡
* Portland Timbers
* Rochester Lancers
* San Antonio Thunder
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* San Diego Sockers
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* San Francisco Golden Gate Gales†
* San Jose Earthquakes
* Seattle Sounders
* St. Louis Stars
* Tampa Bay Rowdies
* Team America
* Team Hawaii
* Toronto Blizzard
* Toronto City†
* Toronto Metros
* Toronto Metros-Croatia
* Tulsa Roughnecks
* Vancouver Royals
* Vancouver Whitecaps
* Washington Darts
* Washington Diplomats
* Washington Whips

† United Soccer Association team that did not join NASL upon merger with NPSL
‡ National Professional Soccer League team that did not join NASL upon merger with USA

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1981 in American soccer

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| Leagues|

| Men|

* North American Soccer League
* Soccer Bowl
* Playoffs
* ASL
* NCAA
* Division I
* Division II
* Division III

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Cups|

* 1981 National Challenge Cup
* Final
* College Cup

International

Club competitions|

* 1981 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

National teams|

| Men|

* Results

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Team seasons

NASL|

* Fort Lauderdale Strikers
* New York Cosmos
* Portland Timbers
* San Jose Earthquakes

ASL|

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