1977 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season

Fort Lauderdale Strikers 1977 soccer season

Fort Lauderdale Strikers

1977 season

Owner

Elizabeth Robbie

General manager

Krikor Yepremian

Manager

Ron Newman

Stadium

Lockhart Stadium

NASL

Eastern Division: First place
Regular season: Champions

Top goalscorer

League:

George Nanchoff (8)
All:

Maurice Whittle (9)

Average home league attendance

8,148

Home colors

Away colors

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The 1977 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season was the first season of the new team, and the club's eleventh season in professional soccer. It is also the first ever incarnation of the club's new name. Previously they were known as the Miami Toros. The 1977 squad won the North American Soccer League's Eastern Division of the Atlantic Conference, and was the top team in regular season with 19 victories for 161 points.

Background

First ever match

The Strikers first-ever game was a preseason indoor match played on February 27, 1977 at the Bayfront Center in St. Petersburg, Florida, against the Tampa Bay Rowdies. Though only an exhibition, this was the first meeting in what was to become one of the most enduring rivalries in North American soccer, the Florida Derby. It would also set the tone for many years of indoor frustration for the Strikers as they fell, 9–8, to the hosts.

Match report

Tampa Bay Rowdies v Fort Lauderdale Strikers

February 27, 1977 1	Tampa Bay Rowdies	9–8	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	St. Petersburg, Florida
8:00 p.m. (EST)	Lindsay 4:21' (Wegerle) Smethurst 33:13' Smethurst 34:04' (Alston) Quraishi 41:34' (Smethurst) Smethurst 41:57' (Wegerle) Wegerle 48:29' Smethurst 49:30' (Wegerle) Wegerle 50:41' Alston 51:47' (Smethurst)	Report	Mulroy 12:07' (Nanchoff, Sharp) Sharp 12:27' Nanchoff 26:40' (Chadwick) Ceballos 44:20' (Sharp) Chadwick 47:40' (Hamlyn, Sharp) Sharp 50:41' Sharp 58:04' Hamlyn 59:57'	Stadium: Bayfront Center Attendance: 5,016 Referee: Sam Hornich

Review

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Competitions

Friendlies

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
February 27, 1977	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Bayfront Center	9–8	5,016 (indoor)	Sharp (3), Mulroy, Nanchoff, Ceballos, Chadwick, Hamlyn
March 5, 1977	Rollins College Tars	Sandspur Bowl	1–6
March 12, 1977	Washington Diplomats	Wilde Lake High School	3–2	1,093	Sergio Ceballos (2)
March 13, 1977	Washington Diplomats	City Stadium	3–4		David Chadwick, Fred Pereira, Sergio Ceballos, Curtis Leeper
March 26, 1977	Miami Dade South	MDC South Campus
March 27, 1977	FIU Sunblazers	FIU Soccer Stadium	0–5	1,100
April 6, 1977	Rochester Lancers	Lockhart Stadium	2–0		Bobby Bell, Tony Whelan
June 10, 1977	S.S. Lazio	Lockhart Stadium	1–4	3,500	Norman Piper
October 2, 1977	Business Machines, Inc.	Leonard High School	2–3	500	Tony Whelan, David Proctor, Mike Fazee

NASL regular season

W = Wins, L = Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, BP = Bonus Points, Pts= point system

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

Atlantic Conference

Eastern Division	W	L	GF	GA	BP	Pts	Home	Road
Fort Lauderdale Strikers	19	7	49	29	47	161	11–2	8–5
Cosmos	15	11	60	39	50	140	10–3	5–8
Tampa Bay Rowdies	14	12	55	45	47	131	11–2	3–10
Washington Diplomats	10	16	32	49	32	92	6–7	4–9

Northern Division	W	L	GF	GA	BP	Pts	Home	Road
Toronto Metros-Croatia	13	13	42	38	37	115	8–5	5–8
St. Louis Stars	12	14	33	35	32	104	7–6	5–8
Rochester Lancers	11	15	34	41	33	99	10–3	1–12
Chicago Sting	10	16	31	43	28	88	4–9	6–7
Connecticut Bicentennials	7	19	34	65	30	72	4–9	3–10

Results summaries

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Results by round

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Match reports

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NASL Playoffs

Divisional Championships

Higher seed		Lower seed	Game 1	Game 2	(lower seed hosts Game 1)
Fort Lauderdale Strikers	–	Cosmos	3–8	2–3 (SO, 0–3)	August 14 • Giants Stadium • 77,691 August 17 • Lockhart Stadium 14,152

Bracket

First Round

Division Championships

Conference Championships

Soccer Bowl '77

Cosmos

Tampa Bay Rowdies

Fort Lauderdale Strikers

Cosmos

Rochester Lancers

St. Louis Stars

0(2)

Rochester Lancers

0(4)

Toronto Metros-Croatia

Rochester Lancers

Cosmos

Seattle Sounders

Los Angeles Aztecs

San Jose Earthquakes

Dallas Tornado

Los Angeles Aztecs

Los Angeles Aztecs

Seattle Sounders

Vancouver Whitecaps

Seattle Sounders

Minnesota Kicks

Seattle Sounders

Match reports

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Statistics

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Transfers

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References

"13 Jan 1977, Page 58 – Fort Lauderdale News at". Newspapers.com. January 13, 1977. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
"Rowdies Vs. Strikers In Exhibition Tonight". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. February 27, 1977. p. 3-D. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
Meyer, John (February 28, 1977). "Rowdies: Bombs Away!". Evening Independent. p. 1-C. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
Blankenship, Ken (February 28, 1977). "Smethurst-led Rowdies clip Strikers 9–8". St. Petersburg Times. p. 1C. Retrieved September 19, 2016.

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)
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