1984 Minnesota Strikers season explained

Club:Minnesota Strikers
Season:1984
Manager: David Chadwick
Owner: Elizabeth Robbie
Stadium:The Metrodome
League:NASL
League Result:Western Division: third place
League Topscorer:
Steve Zungul
(20 goals)
Season Topscorer:
Steve Zungul
(20 goals)
American:True
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Prevseason:1983 Strikers
Nextseason:1984–85 Strikers (indoor)

The 1984 Minnesota Strikers season of the North American Soccer League was the first season of the new team, and the club's eighteenth season in professional soccer. It is also the first ever incarnation of the club's new name. Previously, they were known as the Fort Lauderdale Strikers. This was the first time the club played in the Western Division. They finished in third place and did not make the playoffs that year. After the league ended in 1984, the club folded the outdoor team and placed an indoor team in the Major Indoor Soccer League during the 1984–85 season, and continued to do so until 1988.

Competitions

NASL regular season

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

6 points for a win,4 points for a shootout win,0 points for a loss,1 point for each regulation goal scored up to three per game.

Eastern DivisionW L GFGABPPtsHomeRoad
Chicago Sting13115049441206-67-5
14104633351179-35-7
New York Cosmos13114342391159-34-8
Tampa Bay Rowdies915436135879-30-12
Western DivisionW L GFGABPPtsHomeRoad
San Diego Sockers1410514240118 9-35-7
Vancouver Whitecaps131151484311710-23-9
Minnesota Strikers14104044351158-46-6
Tulsa Roughnecks1014424638988-42-10
Golden Bay Earthquakes816616249954-84-8

Scoring leaders

GP = Games Played, G = Goals (worth 2 points), A = Assists (worth 1 point), Pts = Points

PlayerTeamGPGAPts
align=left Steve Zungulalign=left Golden Bay Earthquakes 24 20 10 50
align=left Branko Šegotaalign=left Golden Bay Earthquakes 24 18 11 47
align=left Ron Futcheralign=left Tulsa Roughnecks 23 18 8 44
align=left Karl-Heinz Granitzaalign=left Chicago Sting 24 16 12 44
align=left Peter Wardalign=left Vancouver Whitecaps 24 16 10 42
align=left Ade Cokeralign=left San Diego Sockers 22 16 7 39
align=left David Byrnealign=left Toronto Blizzard 20 12 13 37
align=left Alan Willeyalign=left Minnesota Strikers 24 15 4 34
align=left Jean Willrichalign=left San Diego Sockers 225 20 30
align=left Roberto Bettegaalign=left Toronto Blizzard 23 8 13 29

Leading Goalkeepers

Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; W = Wins; L = Losses; SO = Shutouts

PlayerTeamGPMinGAGAAWLSO
align=left align=left Toronto Blizzard21 1937 25 1.16 14 7 7
align=left align=left New York Cosmos 22 2007 34 1.50 13 9 2
align=left align=left Minnesota Strikers 18 1622 28 1.55 10 8 4
align=left align=left Chicago Sting 18 1663 30 1.62 9 9 3
align=left align=left Tulsa Roughnecks 22 1931 38 1.77 10 12 4
align=left align=left Vancouver Whitecaps 24 2161 46 1.92 13 11 4
align=left align=left San Diego Sockers 15 1369 32 2.10 7 7 0
align=left align=left Tampa Bay Rowdies23 2100 57 2.44 9 14 3
align=left Bill Irwinalign=left Golden Bay Earthquakes 21 1964 54 2.48 7 14 2

Match reports

NASL Playoffs

Did not qualify