| Club: | Fort Lauderdale Strikers |
| Season: | 1982 |
| Owner: |  Elizabeth Robbie |
| Chairman: | Tim Robbie |
| Chrtitle: | General manager |
| Stadium: | Lockhart Stadium |
| League: | NASL |
| League Result: | Southern Division: first place Semifinalist |
| League Topscorer: | Brian Kidd (15 goals) |
| Season Topscorer: | Brian Kidd (16 goals) |
| Average Attendance: | 12,345 |
| American: | True |
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| Prevseason: | 1981 Strikers |
| Nextseason: | 1983 Strikers (indoor) |
The 1982 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season was the sixth season of the Fort Lauderdale Striker's team, and the club's sixteenth season in professional soccer. This year the team made it to semifinals of the North American Soccer League playoffs.
The Sunshine International Series was the first international competition to use the NASL's point system to determine the standings. As such, teams were awarded six points for wins in regulation or overtime, four points for a shoot–out win, and up to three bonus points for each goal scored in regulation. All four teams faced one another with Fort Lauderdale hosting games on July 24 and 28. On the final day of the competition a double header was played at Tampa Stadium with all four teams in action, followed by a concert featuring country-pop crossover singer, Crystal Gayle.[1] São Paulo FC won the series with a perfect record. The Strikers netted four goals and won one match, finishing third.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
| SIS Teams | League | W | L | GF | GA | PTS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | São Paulo FC | Série A | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 24 | |
| align=left | Ipswich Town F.C. | First Div. | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 15 | |
| align=left | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | NASL | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | |
| align=left | Tampa Bay Rowdies | NASL | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 24, 1982 | São Paulo FC | Lockhart Stadium | 1–2 | 5,887 | Ray Hudson |
| July 28, 1982 | Ipswich Town F.C. | Lockhart Stadium | 0–1 (OT) | 7,535 | |
| July 31, 1982 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Tampa Stadium | 1–3 | 21,220 | Robert Meschbach, Bruce Miller, Edi Kirschner |
Regular seasonW = Wins, L = Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, PT= point system
6 points for a win in regulation and overtime, 4 point for a shootout win,0 points for a loss,1 bonus point for each regulation goal scored, up to three per game.[8]
| NASL Southern Division | W | L | GF | GA | PT | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 18 | 14 | 64 | 74 | 163 | |
| align=left | Tulsa Roughnecks | 16 | 16 | 69 | 57 | 151 | |
| align=left | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 12 | 20 | 47 | 77 | 112 | |
| align=left | Jacksonville Tea Men | 11 | 21 | 41 | 71 | 105 |
| width=180 | Higher seed | width=5 | width=180 | Lower seed | width=80 | Game 1 | width=80 | Game 2 | width=80 | Game 3 | width=315 | ||
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| Fort Lauderdale Strikers | - | Montreal Manic |
| 1–0 (OT) | 4–1 |
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| Seattle Sounders | - | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 2–0 | 3–4 (OT) | 1–0 (OT) | September 4 • Kingdome • 17,338 September 8 • Lockhart Stadium • 15,196 September 10 • Kingdome • 28,986 |