American Soccer League
1989 season
Season1989
ChampionsFort Lauderdale Strikers
(1st title)
PremiersWashington Stars
(1st title)
Top goalscorerRicardo Alonso, Mirko Castillo
(10 goals)
← 1988

The 1989 American Soccer League was the second season of the third American Soccer League.

League standings

Northern Division

Pos Team Pld W PKW PKL L GF GA GD Pts
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

Pos Team Pld W PKW PKL L GF GA GD Pts
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

Bracket

Semifinals
Best-of-3 		1989 ASL Championship
Best-of-3
          
1 Washington Diplomats 1 1 -
4 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 3 3 -
4 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 1 0 1
3 Boston Bolts 0 2 0
2 Tampa Bay Rowdies 0 1 -
3 Boston Bolts 2 2 -

Semifinal 1

Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL)3–1Washington Stars (DC)
Ricardo Alonso 44:58' (Moreland)
Ricardo Alonso 62:49' (Donev)
Ricardo Alonso 69:40' (Carrera, Magallanes)
Victor Moreland Yellow card 81:14'		 Report Scott Snyder 30:50' (Vaudrieul)
Dave Vaudrieul Yellow card 35:30'
Doug Davies Yellow card 81:14'
Lockhart Stadium, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Attendance: 4,784
Referee: Jack D'Aquin (USA)


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

Semifinal 2

Boston Bolts (MA)2–0Tampa Bay Rowdies (FL)
Steve Potter 54:14'
Stan Koziol 76:09'		 Report Perry Van der Beck Yellow card 29'
Nickerson Field, Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance: 1,951
Referee: Felix Fuksman (USA)


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

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

Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL)1–0Boston Bolts (MA)
Marcelo Carrera 4:38' Report Greg Kenney Yellow card 44:40'
Lockhart Stadium, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Attendance: 5,752

Game 2

Boston Bolts (MA)2–0Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL)
Steve Potter 57:10' (Donigan, George)
Paul Duffy 74:03'		 Report
Nickerson Field, Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance: 5,730

Mini-game

Boston Bolts (MA)0–1Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL)
Report Marcelo Carrera 7:46' (Eichmann, Alonso)
Nickerson Field, Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance: 5,730

Points leaders

Rank Scorer Club Goals Assists Points
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

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

All-Stars[1]   Position   Alternates
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

Washington Diplomats1–2ASL All-Stars
Suazo 69:46' (Melendez, Perez) Report Gyau 24:41' (Riley, Kinsey)
Rod Castro 27:22' (Alonso)
RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
Attendance: 4,375

Post-season honors

All A-League Team

1989 National Professional Soccer Championship

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

San Diego Nomads California1–3Florida Fort Lauderdale Strikers
Watson 73:13' (Nguyen)
Ortiz Yellow card 86:10'		 Report Moreland Yellow card 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

References

  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

American Soccer League (1988–89)
United States Soccer – Division 2 seasons
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