1989 American Soccer League

Football league season

American Soccer LeagueSeason| 1989

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Champions| Fort Lauderdale Strikers
(1st title)
Premiers| Washington Stars
(1st title)
Matches played| 100
Goals scored| 266 (2.66 per match)
Top goalscorer| Ricardo Alonso, Mirko Castillo
(10 goals)

← 1988

APSL 1990 →

The 1989 American Soccer League was the second and final season of the American Soccer League. In 1990, the league merged to form the American Professional Soccer League.

## League standings

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### Northern Division

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | PKW | PKL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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1  | Washington Stars | 20  | 7  | 7  | 2  | 4  | 19  | 14  | +5  | 37
2  | Boston Bolts | 20  | 8  | 5  | 3  | 4  | 27  | 19  | +8  | 37
3  | Albany Capitals | 20  | 10  | 1  | 4  | 5  | 29  | 19  | +10  | 36
4  | Maryland Bays | 20  | 4  | 5  | 5  | 6  | 28  | 32  | −4  | 27
5  | New Jersey Eagles | 20  | 5  | 1  | 4  | 10  | 21  | 35  | −14  | 21

Source: [citation needed]

### Southern Division

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | PKW | PKL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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1  | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 20  | 9  | 3  | 2  | 6  | 32  | 25  | +7  | 35
2  | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 20  | 10  | 2  | 1  | 7  | 33  | 25  | +8  | 35
3  | Washington Diplomats | 20  | 8  | 3  | 3  | 6  | 32  | 26  | +6  | 33
4  | Orlando Lions | 20  | 9  | 0  | 3  | 8  | 25  | 20  | +5  | 30
5  | Miami Sharks | 20  | 1  | 2  | 2  | 15  | 20  | 51  | −31  | 9

Source: [citation needed]

## Playoffs

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### Bracket

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| Semifinals
Best-of-3 | | | 1989 ASL Championship
Best-of-3 |

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| 1 | Washington Diplomats | 1 | 1 | \- | |
| 4 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 3 | 3 | \- |
| | 4 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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| | | 3 | Boston Bolts | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 0 | 1 | \- |

| 3 | Boston Bolts | 2 | 2 | \- |

### Semifinal 1

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August 12, 1989
8:00 PM EST

Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL)| 3–1| Washington Stars (DC)

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Ricardo Alonso 44:58' (Moreland)
Ricardo Alonso 62:49' (Donev)
Ricardo Alonso 69:40' (Carrera, Magallanes)
Victor Moreland  81:14' | Report | Scott Snyder  30:50' (Vaudrieul)
Dave Vaudrieul  35:30'
Doug Davies  81:14'

Lockhart Stadium, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Attendance: 4,784

Referee: Jack D'Aquin (USA)

August 13, 1989
7:00 PM EST

Washington Stars (DC)| 1–3| Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL)

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Scott Snyder  41:51' (Stone, Maier) | Report | Marcelo Carrera 20' (Moreland)
Pedro Magallanes 53:29'
Pedro Magallanes 65:00' (Moreland)

W.T. Woodson High School, Fairfax, Virginia

Attendance: 3,287

Fort Lauderdale advances two games to none.

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### Semifinal 2

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August 12, 1989
7:30 EST

Boston Bolts (MA)| 2–0| Tampa Bay Rowdies (FL)

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Steve Potter  54:14'
Stan Koziol  76:09' | Report | Perry Van der Beck  29'

Nickerson Field, Boston, Massachusetts

Attendance: 1,951

Referee: Felix Fuksman (USA)

August 13, 1989
7:00 EST

Tampa Bay Rowdies (FL)| 1–2| Boston Bolts (MA)

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Steve Wegerle 51:45' (pen.) | Report | Patrick Hughes  41:45'
Steve Potter  85:30' (Hughes)

Tampa Stadium, Tampa, Florida

Attendance: 5,101

Boston advances two games to none.

### ASL Championship Final

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Higher seed  | Series  | Lower seed  | Game 1  | Game 2  | Mini-game  | Attendance

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Boston Bolts | 1–2 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | August 19 • Lockhart Stadium • 5,752
August 26 • Nickerson Field • 5,730

#### Game 1

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August 19, 1989
8:00 EST

Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL)| 1–0| Boston Bolts (MA)

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Marcelo Carrera 4:38' | Report | Greg Kenney  44:40'

Lockhart Stadium, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Attendance: 5,752

#### Game 2

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August 26, 1989
7:30 EST

Boston Bolts (MA)| 2–0| Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL)

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Steve Potter  57:10' (Donigan, George)
Paul Duffy  74:03' | Report |

Nickerson Field, Boston, Massachusetts

Attendance: 5,730

#### Mini-game

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August 26, 1989
mini-game

Boston Bolts (MA)| 0–1| Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL)

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| Report | Marcelo Carrera 7:46' (Eichmann, Alonso)

Nickerson Field, Boston, Massachusetts

Attendance: 5,730

## Points leaders

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Rank  | Scorer  | Club  | Goals  | Assists  | Points

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1  | Ricardo Alonso | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 10  | 7  | 27
2  | Mirko Castillo | Miami Sharks | 10  | 1  | 21
3  | Martin Hill  | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 7  | 6  | 20
Leonel Suazo | Washington Diplomats | 7  | 6  | 20
5  | Jean Harbor | Washington Diplomats | 7  | 5  | 19
6  | Marcello Bauza  | Washington Diplomats | 9  | 0  | 18
7  | Marcelo Carrera | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 4  | 10  | 18
Steve Wegerle | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 4  | 10  | 18
9  | Rod Castro  | Orlando Lions | 8  | 1  | 17
10  | Scott Snyder  | Washington Stars | 7  | 3  | 17
11  | Steve Kinsey | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 6  | 5  | 17
12  | Elvis Comrie | Albany Capitals | 7  | 2  | 16
13  | Jorge Acosta | New Jersey Eagles | 7  | 1  | 15
14  | Sadri Gjonbalaj | New Jersey Eagles | 6  | 3  | 15
Paul Rutenis  | Maryland Bays | 6  | 3  | 15
15  | Dan Donigan | Boston Bolts | 4  | 7  | 15
16  | Pedro Magallanes | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 5  | 4  | 14
17  | Franklin McIntosh  | Orlando Lions | 4  | 6  | 14
18  | Chico Borja | Albany Capitals | 1  | 12  | 14
19  | Patrick Hughes  | Boston Bolts | 4  | 5  | 13
20  | Paul Duffy  | Boston Bolts | 4  | 4  | 13

## 1989 ASL All-Star game

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The ASL All-Star game was hosted by the Washington Diplomats at RFK Stadium. Players that were unable to play due to injury, as well as any Dips selected to the squad were replaced, since the All-Stars' opponent was the Dips.

### All-Star selections

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All-Stars[1] |   Position   | Alternates

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Winston DuBose, Tampa Bay  | G | Neil Cowley, Washington • Greg Kenney, Boston
Mike Windischmann, Albany  | D | Dehinde Akiniotan, Boston
Steve Trittschuh, Tampa Bay  | D  | \-
Ronald Simmons, Albany  | D | \-
Ricardo Alonso, Fort Lauderdale  | D  | \-
Tab Ramos, Miami  | M | Steve Wegerle, Tampa Bay
John Harkes, Albany  | M  | Paul Riley, New Jersey
Michael Brady, Washington  | M  | Osvaldo Ardiles, Fort Lauderdale
Jean Harbor, Washington  | F | Steve Kinsey, Fort Lauderdale
Phillip Gyau, Maryland  | F  | \-
Rod Castro, Orlando  | F  | \-
Lincoln Phillips, Maryland  | Coach  | \-

### Match summary

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June 29, 1989

7:30 PM EDT

Washington Diplomats| 1–2| ASL All-Stars

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Suazo 69:46' (Melendez, Perez) | Report | Gyau 24:41' (Riley, Kinsey)
Rod Castro 27:22' (Alonso)

RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.

Attendance: 4,375

* All-Star game MVP: Osvaldo Ardiles[2]

## Post-season honors

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### All A-League Team

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* Goalkeeper: Neil Cowley, Winston DuBose
* Defenders: Dehinde Akinlotan, Ricardo Alonso, Eric Hawkes, Ronald Simmons, Steve Trittschuh
* Midfielders: Osvaldo Ardiles, John Harkes, Willington Ortiz, Tab Ramos, Paul Riley
* Forwards: Chico Borja, Michael Brady, John Kerr, Jr., Steve Kinsey, Steve Wegerle

## 1989 National Professional Soccer Championship

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In anticipation of a proposed merger (which took place the following year) the ASL champions faced off against the Western Soccer League champions in the 1989 National Pro Soccer Championship on September 9 in San Jose, California's Spartan Stadium. This would be the first time since 1984 that an undisputed national champion of professional soccer was crowned in the United States.[3]

### Match report

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September 9, 1989
7:30 PST

San Diego Nomads | 1–3|  Fort Lauderdale Strikers

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Watson 73:13' (Nguyen)
Ortiz  86:10' | Report | Moreland  44:40'
Eichmann 74:24' (Alonso)
Edwards 84:40' (Carrera)
Carrera 89:00' (Moreland)

Spartan Stadium, San Jose, California

Attendance: 8,632

Referee: Levon Baladjanian

## See also

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* 1989 Western Soccer League
* 1989 Southwest Outdoor Soccer League season

## References

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1. ^ "1989 ASL All-Stars". Sun Sentinel. June 17, 1989. p. 7C. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
2. ^ "Ardiles named MVP in All-Star victory". Sun Sentinel. June 30, 1989. p. 5C. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
3. ^ Brents, Phillips (September 13, 1989). "Strikers down Nomads 3-1 for pro soccer title". The Star-News. Chula Vista, CA. p. D6. Retrieved December 25, 2017.

## External links

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* AMERICAN SOCCER LEAGUE III (RSSSF)
* The Year in American Soccer – 1989
* 1989 American Soccer League

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