1981 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season explained

Club:	Fort Lauderdale Strikers
Season:	1981
Manager:	Eckhard Krautzun
Owner:	Elizabeth Robbie
Chairman:	Tim Robbie
Chrtitle:	General manager
Stadium:	Lockhart Stadium
League:	NASL
League Result:	Southern Division: Second place Semifinalist
League Topscorer:	Teófilo Cubillas (17 goals)
Season Topscorer:	Teófilo Cubillas (19 goals)
Average Attendance:	13,345
American:	True
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Prevseason:	1980–81 Strikers (indoor)
Nextseason:	1982 Strikers

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

NASL regular season

Match reports

NASL Playoffs

First round

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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

1. 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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Fort Lauderdale Strikers	-	New York Cosmos	3–4	1–4	x	September 12 • Lockhart Stadium • 18,814 September 16 • Giants Stadium • 31,172^[2]

Match reports

Notes and References

1. News: Scheiber. Dave. Rowdies cashing in on their new underdog label . September 1, 1981. St. Petersburg Times. 3, sec. 4 . 2016-07-04.
2. News: Bonapace. Ruth. Chinaglia Pulls It Out Of The Hat For Cosmos. September 17, 1981. Evening Independent. 4, sec. C . 2016-07-04.