2014 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season explained

Club:Fort Lauderdale Strikers
Season:2014
Chrtitle:Owner
Chairman:Traffic Sports USA
Mgrtitle:Head Coach
Manager:Günter Kronsteiner
Stadium:Lockhart Stadium
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
League:NASL
League Result:Spring: Fifth
Fall: Fourth
Combined: Fourth
Cup1:Soccer Bowl
Cup1 Result:Runner-up
Cup2:U.S. Open Cup
Cup2 Result:Third round
Highest Attendance:5,756
(October 25 v. FC Edmonton)
Lowest Attendance:League: 2,409
(August 16 v. Atlanta)
All: 785
(May 28 v. Laredo)
Average Attendance:League: 3,629
All: 3,426
League Topscorer:Fafà Picault (12 goals)
Season Topscorer:Fafà Picault (12 goals)
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Prevseason:2013
Nextseason:2015

The 2014 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season was the team's ninth season overall, and fourth in the North American Soccer League (NASL).

The season followed the Spring / Fall format adopted by the NASL in 2013 with the Spring season starting on April 12 and lasting for 9 games until June 8, while the Fall season began the night before the 2014 World Cup Final on July 12 and lasted November 1, for 18 games total. The winner of the Spring championship again hosted the 2014 Soccer Bowl.[1]

Club

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Competitions

Pre-season and exhibitions

Exhibitions

NASL Spring Season

The Spring season will last for 9 games beginning on April 12 and ending on June 8. The schedule will feature a single round robin format with each team playing every other team in the league a single time.[3] Half the teams will host 5 home games and play 4 road games whereas the other half of the teams will play 4 home games and 5 road games.

Results

Results by round

Match reports

NASL Fall Season

The Fall season will last for 18 games beginning on July 12 and ending on November 1. The schedule will feature a double round robin format with each team playing every other team in the league twice, one at home and one on the road.[4] The winner of the Fall season will play the winner of the Spring season in the Soccer Bowl 2014 Championship game except if the Spring and Fall Champions are the same team in which case the team with the best overall Spring and Fall record behind that team will be their opponent.

Results

Results by round

Match reports

U.S. Open Cup

See main article: 2014 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. The Strikers exited the 2014 Open Cup in the Third Round after an upset loss to the Premier Development League's Laredo Heat.

Stats

Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

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111FWFafà Picault12012
220MFMark Anderson606
39MFMartin Nuñez505
415FWAly Hassan303
17MFShawn Chin303
58MFPecka202
21MFDarnell King202
66MFChris Nurse101
7MFGonzalo De Mujica011
14MFCarlos Salazar101
19FWJenison Brito101
19FWMarius Ebbers101
29FWYaikel Pérez011
33DFRafael Alves101
TOTALS38240

Top assists

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total assists are equal.

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117MFShawn Chin505
221MFDarnell King404
312DFIván Guerrero303
14MFCarlos Salazar123
59MFMartin Nuñez202
11FWFafà Picault202
19FWMarius Ebbers202
20MFMark Anderson202
614MFJames Marcelin101
73MFWalter Ramirez101
TOTALS23225

References

Notes and References

  1. News: NASL Confirms Mid-Season Break To Accommodate 2014 FIFA World Cup . NASL.com . July 26, 2013 .
  2. Web site: Roster | Fort Lauderdale Strikers. Strikers.com. November 26, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20130118130431/http://www.strikers.com/index.php/team.html. January 18, 2013. dead.
  3. http://nasl.com/index.php?id=3&newsid=6054 2014 NASL Season Openers
  4. Web site: OOPS! SORRY, SOMETHING WENT WRONG | NASL. www.nasl.com.