Английская Википедия:1977 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season

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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.

Competitions

Friendlies

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
Шаблон:LeftFebruary 27, 1977	Шаблон:LeftTampa Bay Rowdies	Bayfront Center	9–8	5,016 (indoor)	Sharp (3), Mulroy, Nanchoff, Ceballos, Chadwick, Hamlyn
Шаблон:LeftMarch 5, 1977	Шаблон:LeftRollins College Tars	Sandspur Bowl	1–6
Шаблон:LeftMarch 12, 1977	Шаблон:LeftWashington Diplomats	Wilde Lake High School	3–2	1,093	Sergio Ceballos (2)
Шаблон:LeftMarch 13, 1977	Шаблон:LeftWashington Diplomats	City Stadium	3–4		David Chadwick, Fred Pereira, Sergio Ceballos, Curtis Leeper
Шаблон:Left March 26, 1977	Шаблон:LeftMiami Dade South	MDC South Campus
Шаблон:Left March 27, 1977	Шаблон:LeftFIU Sunblazers	FIU Soccer Stadium	0–5	1,100
Шаблон:Left April 6, 1977	Шаблон:LeftRochester Lancers	Lockhart Stadium	2–0		Bobby Bell, Tony Whelan
Шаблон:LeftJune 10, 1977	Шаблон:LeftШаблон:Flagicon S.S. Lazio	Lockhart Stadium	1–4	3,500	Norman Piper
Шаблон:LeftOctober 2, 1977	Шаблон:LeftBusiness 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

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

See also

1977 Fort Lauderdale Strikers