Fort Lauderdale–Tampa Bay rivalry explained

Ft. Lauderdale Strikers – Tampa Bay Rowdies Rivalry
Other Names:Florida Derby,[1]
Coastal Cup[2]
Team1:Fort Lauderdale Strikers
Team1logo:Fort Lauderdale Strikers wordmark stacked.svg
Team2:Tampa Bay Rowdies
Team2logo:Tampa Bay Rowdies logo (with Tampa Bay, two gold stars).svg
City Or Region:Florida
First Contested:June 6, 1975[3] [4] [5]
Teams Involved:Fort Lauderdale Strikers vs. Tampa Bay Rowdies
(see History sec. for prev. teams)
Mostrecent:September 24, 2016
FtL 1–4 TB
Nextmeeting:unknown
Regularseason:League: 41–37–4 (TB)
Cup: 1–1–0 (tied)
Postseason:All-time: *3–1–0 (TB)
*includes playoff mini-game
Largestvictory:FtL 5–0 TB (August 31, 1983),
TB 0–5 FtL (August 23, 1992)

The Fort Lauderdale–Tampa Bay rivalry, also known as the Florida Derby, refers to the suspended soccer rivalry that most recently involved the Fort Lauderdale Strikers and the Tampa Bay Rowdies, both of whom played in the North American Soccer League through the 2016 season.[1] [6] [7] [8] Over the years the rivalry has spanned more than one hundred matches across eight soccer leagues and several tournaments, and involved nine different teams from the two regions of Florida.[3] At times it has involved players, coaches, management and fans.[9] [10] [11] [12] Even the press has fanned the rivalry's flames at times.[9] [13] From 2010 through 2014, the winner of the regular season series automatically won the Coastal Cup as well.[3] [2] [14] The status of the rivalry beyond 2016 remains unclear because the Rowdies have since joined the United Soccer League, while the Strikers ongoing ownership and legal battles of 2016 and 2017 have left them defunct.[15]

Statistics

As of August 13, 2017

CompetitionMatchesWinsDraws
Tampa BayFort Lauderdale
NASL (1975–1983)2514110
ASL (1988–1989)6240
APSL (1990–1993)14590
MLS (1998–2001)12570
D2 Pro League (2010)4103
NASL (2011–2016)211461
Totals -League8241374
NASL playoffs4310
Professional Cup1100
US Open Cup1010
Totals -Tournament6420
NASL indoor (1979–1983)[16] 10910
friendlies (all formats)171052
All-time Totals11564456

History

Early history (Miami vs. Tampa Bay)

The Florida Derby can trace its roots to June 6, 1975,[3] [17] when the upstart Tampa Bay Rowdies first played the Miami Toros in the original North American Soccer League. The Toros had finished the previous season as league runners-up, while the Rowdies were just an expansion team. The makings of a rivalry were there from the start, as the two squads came into the match tied for the best record in the league.[18] Four minutes into that first-ever meeting, an on-field brawl[19] [20] erupted and two players were sent off.[21] [22] The accusations of foul play by both clubs continued throughout the season every time they played.[23] [24] This all came to head when they wound up meeting in the semi-finals of the NASL playoffs.[25] The Rowdies coolly dispatched the Toros 3–0, en route to the Soccer Bowl '75 title.[25] The two squads played six times over those first two years, including the one playoff match. The Toros' fortunes waned in 1976[26] and the franchise eventually moved to Fort Lauderdale to become the Strikers.[27] It was then that the rivalry really began to take shape.[28]

Original NASL

The Rowdies and the original Fort Lauderdale Strikers first met in an indoor friendly on February 27, 1977[29] after the Miami Toros had moved to Fort Lauderdale and changed their name.[30] [31] It was around the time of their first outdoor meeting on May 7, 1977, that the term "Florida Derby" first appeared in local media reports.[4] As NASL franchises they faced each other over 40 times, including 20 regular season games, 2 playoff games, 1 playoff mini-game,[32] 5 friendlies, 12 times indoors[33] and several reserve squad matches.[34] [35] During the 1983 NASL Grand Prix of Indoor Soccer, they also met in the finals of a $5,000 shoot-out challenge (which Tampa Bay won).[36] The intrastate rivalry appeared to have run its course following the 1983 outdoor season, when the Strikers moved to Minnesota for the 1984 NASL season.[37]

Interleague match

To fill the Strikers' void, a new team in a new league began play at Lockhart Stadium in 1984. The team was the Fort Lauderdale Sun and the league was the United Soccer League. The Sun were owned by former Striker, Ronnie Sharp, and the roster featured 14 NASL veterans, eight of whom were ex-Strikers, including Teófilo Cubillas, Curtis Leeper, Colin Fowles, and player–coach Keith Weller. With so many NASL connections, it was not surprising that the Rowdies and Sun met for a friendly on June 27, with more matches planned for the future.[38] [39] Once again the rivalries flames were stoked by Rowdies' coach, Rodney Marsh. In his post-match comments, while praising the Sun squad he added that the Fort Lauderdale fans were "still ignorant."[40] The NASL even considered merging with the USL for the 1985 season before finally folding.[41] Alas, the beleaguered new league also ceased operations in 1985, only six match days into its second season.[42]

Post-NASL years

Four years later, the same Rowdies franchise and a new incarnation of the Strikers, were playing one another in the D2, American Soccer League.[43] After two years both teams joined the newly formed American Professional Soccer League. During this era the two clubs would meet up twenty-one times, including the 1992 Professional Cup semi-finals. In 1992 the two clubs also staged an NASL reunion match to benefit a local charity.[44] This era of the derby continued through the 1993 season, after which the original Rowdies folded. The Strikers of that time lasted only one more year themselves, before closing up shop as well.[43]

MLS era

The rivalry's fourth phase came to be in 1998 when the newly formed Miami Fusion joined the Tampa Bay Mutiny in Major League Soccer.[3] [45] Although their name implied they were based in Miami, the Fusion's home games were played in Ft. Lauderdale at Lockhart Stadium. Several of the derby's players from previous eras, such as Ray Hudson, Thomas Rongen, Perry Van der Beck, Eddie Austin, Farrukh Quarishi, Ivan McKinley and Nick Sakiewicz, ultimately found themselves employed by these MLS clubs. Hudson, who provided the Fusion's broadcast color commentary and later coached them, was one of the most vocal advocates of the rivalry's continuance during this era.[46] Even the "Florida Derby" moniker was resurrected, despite neither team being directly linked to their footballing forebears.[47] [48] These two sides met only seventeen times, as both squads were contracted before the 2002 MLS season, thus putting the regional battle on ice once again.

The rivalry between current Florida MLS sides Inter Miami CF and Orlando City SC has also unofficially been called the "Florida Derby", among other names.

New NASL and beyond

In 2010 the rivalry rose from the ashes yet again into its most recent form, as FC Tampa Bay (licensing issues kept them from using the Rowdies name and logo until December 2011)[49] and Miami FC (playing out of Fort Lauderdale) joined the North American Soccer League conference of the USSF Division 2 Professional League.[50] [51] One year later the new NASL became the USSF's sole sanctioned D2 League and Miami FC re-branded themselves as the Fort Lauderdale Strikers.[52] [53] In doing so they became the fourth club to bear that historic name. As of the 2016 NASL season the current versions of the Rowdies and Strikers have played twenty-eight times, including two friendlies and once in the second round of the U.S. Open Cup.[54] [55] In 2010 the term "Florida Derby" again resurfaced in the media as a reference to the regional rivalry.[1] [50] [56] From 2010 until 2014 the winner of the season series also automatically laid claim to the Coastal Cup.[3] The Rowdies won the first four,[2] [57] and the Strikers captured their first Coastal Cup in 2014.[58] [59] In 2015 and 2016 however, the Coastal Cup expanded to include two Florida-based NASL expansion teams, Jacksonville Armada FC and the new Miami FC.[60]

The Rowdies departed from the NASL in October 2016, and began play in the United Soccer League in 2017.[61] That coupled with the filing of a lawsuit by Tampa Bay owner, Bill Edwards, in November 2016 to gain control of the Strikers because of unpaid debts, cast a huge shadow over the short-term future of the rivalry. Fort Lauderdale opted not to field a team in 2017, although the franchise still existed on paper.

In 2020, The Miami FC joined the Rowdies in the United Soccer League, creating an alternative version of the rivalry.[Link<nowiki>]]

Lawsuit of 2016–17

The rivalry began a bizarre chapter in November 2016 when Tampa Bay owner, Bill Edwards, filed a complaint in Pinellas County, Florida against the Strikers' holding company, Miami FC, LLC, over money loaned to the struggling club. In his suit Edwards claimed that they had failed to pay him back $300,000 in loans. Edwards is seeking damages and foreclosure on Fort Lauderdale's assets in the lawsuit. A signed promissory note details that the collateral the team put up to secure the loans included the team's patents, copyrights, trademarks, rights to use of the name "Fort Lauderdale Strikers" along with other tangible assets. Although the league was also named in the suit, he is only seeking a judgement from the Strikers.

The suit alleged that Edwards entered into a loan agreement with Strikers' ownership in July 2016, by transferring $450,000 to his team's cross-state rivals via his own company, Marketing Solutions Publications. A few weeks later his company made an additional loan of $120,000. Court records for the case imply that shortly after that, both parties agreed to an amendment to the original deal in which the Strikers were released from the initial $450,000 loan and Edwards agreed to loan them another $120,000. The new amendment specified that Fort Lauderdale's total debt would not surpass the $240,000 already owed, but according to Edwards’ complaint, he agreed to wire another $80,000 to the Strikers on September 2 because the team lacked sufficient funds to host a match against the New York Cosmos the next day.[62]

In May 2017 Edwards was awarded a summary judgement in the case, and after a June 20 public sale, he gained full control of the copyrights, trademarks and any rights to the use of the name "Fort Lauderdale Strikers" or any variation for $5,100.[63] [64] [65] Edwards has not yet announced what he plans to do with the Strikers brand going forward.

Records

As of October 2016, Lockhart Stadium in Fort Lauderdale has hosted the most matches with 44. In a distant second place, Tampa Stadium served as the venue of record on 26 occasions, followed by the Rowdies' current home of Al Lang Stadium, with 13 games. The largest crowd to ever attend this derby was 41,102 and occurred on June 23, 1979, at Tampa Stadium. On June 8, 1980, a crowd of 18,223 fans packed into Lockhart Stadium, representing the largest crowd in a South Florida edition of the derby. Both of those matches saw the visitors win, 2–1, in overtime. The lowest attended official games in the derby's history were both cup matches. The 1992 Professional Cup semifinal drew in only 356 fans to a rain-soaked Tampa Stadium on September 4, 1992, while their second round tie in the U.S. Open Cup, also in the rain, brought out a feeble 972 to Lockhart on June 22, 2012. All-time to date, 22 matches in this derby have reached the end regulation time with the teams level on goals, but only 6 ended in a draw. The other 16 games used Extra Time, Golden Goal, Penalty Kick shoot-outs or NASL style shoot-outs to determine a winner. Among these tied matches, the Fort Lauderdale-based clubs hold a sizable edge of 10 wins, 5 draws, and 6 losses. The Miami Fusion had won a 1998 preseason friendly in a shootout, but MLS officials later declared the match a draw because the Fusion inadvertently used two players in the shootout who had already been substituted out during kept time.[66]

Although other Florida teams, including the Jacksonville Teamen, Orlando Lions and Miami Sharks/Freedom among others, have played against several of these clubs from Tampa Bay and Fort Lauderdale, for whatever reason none has ever been able to match their intensity level on a regular basis.

Supporters

Back in the rivalry's early days, the cheers were led by the "Fannies" in Tampa Bay,[67] while "Striker Likers" filled the stands in Fort Lauderdale.[68] [69] [70] Each side regularly made claims about the rudeness of the other's fans, such as being jeered at, pelted with rocks, spit on, doused with sodas or even chased down and attacked whenever visiting one another's domain.[71] [72] [73] The rivalry between these supporters has earned points for truly creative ugliness of a kind not normally seen in American soccer. At one point, things quite literally got downright rank: During a match in Tampa in 1981, a couple of rotting fish, decked out (presumably by Rowdies fans) in the Strikers' red, yellow and black, were tossed up on the Ft. Lauderdale goal netting for all to smell.[74] [75]

Today the heart of the rivalry between the two sides exists primarily with the two clubs' supporter groups. Most recently, the Fort Lauderdale Strikers have been supported by the groups Miami Ultras[76] and Flight 19.[77] [78] The Rowdies are supported by Ralph's Mob, an independent supporters association that alludes to "Ralph Rowdie"—the mascot in the original Rowdies logo.[79] [80]

Past results

NASL (1975–1976): Rowdies vs. Miami Toros

width=120Datewidth=145Venuewidth=45Scorewidth=200Competitionwidth=35Attendancewidth=15Ref.
June 6, 1975Miami Orange Bowl0–1NASL Regular Season14,259[81]
June 11, 1975Tampa Stadium0–2NASL Regular Season18,654[82]
July 23, 1975Tampa Stadium5–1NASL Regular Season11,415
August 16, 1975Tampa Stadium3–0NASL Playoff Semi-finals22,710[83]
July 2, 1976Tamiami Stadium1–2NASL Regular Season3,500 (est.)[84] [85] [86]
July 24, 1976Tampa Stadium4–1NASL Regular Season15,951[87]
width=150Tampa Bay winswidth=100Drawswidth=150Miami Toros wins
501

NASL (1977–1983): Rowdies vs. Strikers

width=120Datewidth=145Venuewidth=45Scorewidth=200Competitionwidth=35Attendancewidth=15Ref.
May 7, 1977Tampa Stadium1–0NASL Regular Season24,753[88]
July 1, 1977Lockhart Stadium3–2NASL Regular Season9,325[89]
March 4, 1978Dade North Stadium2–0NASL Friendly3,248[90] [91] [92]
June 17, 1978Tampa Stadium3–2(OT)NASL Regular Season22,506[93] [94]
July 17, 1978Lockhart Stadium2–1NASL reserve squads500 (est.)
July 26, 1978Lockhart Stadium1–2NASL Regular Season15,094[95] [96]
August 20, 1978Lockhart Stadium3–2NASL Playoff Semifinal, Game 116,286[97] [98]
August 23, 1978Tampa Stadium3–1NASL Playoff Semifinal, Game 237,249[99]
August 23, 1978Tampa Stadium1–0(SO)NASL Playoff Semifinal, Mini-game(37,249)[100]
April 28, 1979Lockhart Stadium1–2NASL Regular Season16,668[101]
June 23, 1979Tampa Stadium1–2(OT)NASL Regular Season41,102[102]
September 14, 1979Tampa Stadium3–0Rodney Marsh Testimonial20,655[103]
June 8, 1980Lockhart Stadium1–2(OT)NASL Regular Season18,223[104] [105]
August 2, 1980Tampa Stadium1–0NASL Regular Season40,368[106]
May 16, 1981Tampa Stadium1–0(SO)NASL Regular Season24,102[107]
May 20, 1981Lockhart Stadium3–2(OT)NASL Regular Season14,144[108]
August 9, 1981Lockhart Stadium1–0NASL Regular Season15,113
August 16, 1981Tampa Stadium3–2NASL Regular Season25,650[109]
April 10, 1982Tampa Stadium2–3NASL Regular Season25,390[110]
May 5, 1982Lockhart Stadium2–3NASL Regular Season15,205[111]
June 9, 1982Tampa Stadium4–2NASL Regular Season15,211[112]
July 31, 1982Tampa Stadium1–3Sunshine International Series21,220[113]
August 18, 1982Lockhart Stadium2–1NASL Regular Season11,426[114]
April 5, 1983Florida Citrus Bowl2–1NASL Friendly1,100[115] [116] [117]
April 16, 1983Lockhart Stadium1–2(OT)NASL Friendly8,152[118]
June 4, 1983Lockhart Stadium4–3NASL Regular Season11,047[119] [120]
July 9, 1983Tampa Stadium2–3NASL Regular Season8,319[121]
August 24, 1983Tampa Stadium1–2NASL Regular Season5,780[122]
August 31, 1983Lockhart Stadium5–0NASL Regular Season7,024[123]
width=150Tampa Bay winswidth=100Drawswidth=150Ft. Lauderdale wins
15014

NASL Indoor (1977–1983): Rowdies vs. Strikers

It is readily acknowledged that indoor soccer is a different sport than association football. These matches are included as part of the all-time rivalry due to the fact that they were sanctioned by the NASL and contested by players under contract for the two NASL franchises at the time.

width=120Datewidth=145Venuewidth=45Scorewidth=200Competitionwidth=35Attendancewidth=15Ref.
February 27, 1977Bayfront Center9–8NASL Indoor Friendly5,016
January 27, 1979Bayfront Center6–4NASL Budweiser Invitational6,342[124]
November 27, 1979West Palm Beach Auditorium4–6NASL Indoor Regular Season2,834[125] [126]
January 12, 1980Bayfront Center6–5NASL Indoor Regular Season6,243[127]
February 6, 1980West Palm Beach Auditorium 8–10NASL Indoor Regular Season1,468[128]
December 19, 1980Hollywood Sportatorium5–12NASL Indoor Regular Season1,673[129]
December 23, 1980Bayfront Center7–4NASL Indoor Regular Season5,063[130] [131]
February 7, 1981Bayfront Center7–4NASL Indoor Regular Season5,545[132]
February 12, 1981Hollywood Sportatorium8–7(OT)NASL Indoor Regular Season1,688[133]
February 5, 1983Bayfront Center10–6NASL Indoor Grand Prix5,545[134]
February 11, 1983Tulsa Fairgrounds Pavilion7–5NASL Indoor Grand Prix2,064[135]
February 25, 1983Lakeland Civic Center8–5NASL Indoor Friendly3,506[136]
width=150Tampa Bay winswidth=100Drawswidth=150Ft. Lauderdale wins
1101

NASL/USL (1984): Rowdies vs. Sun

width=120Datewidth=145Venuewidth=45Scorewidth=200Competitionwidth=35Attendancewidth=15Ref.
June 27, 1984Lockhart Stadium1–5Inter-league friendly3,104[137]
width=150Tampa Bay winswidth=100Drawswidth=150Ft. Lauderdale wins
100

ASL/APSL (1988–1993): Rowdies vs. Strikers

width=120Datewidth=145Venuewidth=45Scorewidth=200Competitionwidth=35Attendancewidth=15Ref.
April 30, 1988Lockhart Stadium1–0(PKs)ASL Regular Season6,141[138] [139]
May 7, 1988Tampa Stadium0–1(PKs)ASL Regular Season4,753[140]
August 5, 1988Lockhart Stadium3–1ASL Regular Season3,877[141]
May 13, 1989Tampa Stadium3–0ASL Regular Season5,624 [142] [143] [144]
July 22, 1989Lockhart Stadium0–3ASL Regular Season3,122[145]
August 5, 1989Lockhart Stadium5–2ASL Regular Season4,133[146]
July 21, 1990Tampa Stadium0–2APSL Regular Season2,760[147] [148]
July 26, 1990Pompano Beach Municipal Stadium1–2APSL Regular Season1,569[149] [150]
May 18, 1991Lockhart Stadium2–1APSL Regular Season4,113[151]
June 22, 1991USF Soccer Stadium0–1APSL Regular Season3,791[152]
July 6, 1991Lockhart Stadium2–1APSL Regular Season3,123[153]
August 24, 1991USF Soccer Stadium2–1(OT)APSL Regular Season2,381[154] [155]
May 30, 1992USF Soccer Stadium0–1APSL Regular Season3,494[156] [157] [158]
July 3, 1992Lockhart Stadium0–1APSL Regular Season1,709[159] [160]
August 16, 1992Lockhart Stadium1–2NASL Alumni Reunion Match(1,455)[161] [162] [163]
August 16, 1992Lockhart Stadium2–1(OT)APSL Regular Season1,455[164] [165]
August 23, 1992USF Soccer Stadium0–5APSL Regular Season1,021[166]
September 4, 1992Tampa Stadium1–0Professional Cup Semi-Final356[167] [168]
May 1, 1993Lockhart Stadium3–2APSL Regular Season5,102[169] [170]
June 12, 1993Tampa Stadium3–5APSL Regular Season6,019[171]
August 28, 1993Lockhart Stadium0–2APSL Regular Season3,683[172]
August 29, 1993Tampa Stadium6–2APSL Regular Season3,875[173]
width=150Tampa Bay winswidth=100Drawswidth=150Ft. Lauderdale wins
9013

MLS (1998–2001): Mutiny vs. Fusion

width=120Datewidth=145Venuewidth=45Scorewidth=200Competitionwidth=35Attendancewidth=15Ref.
March 5, 1998Pepin-Rood Stadium1–1*MLS Friendly700[174]
March 26, 1998Tampa Stadium0–1(SO)MLS Regular Season6,036[175]
June 27, 1998Lockhart Stadium2–1(SO)MLS Regular Season8,343[176]
August 6, 1998Tampa Stadium3–1MLS Regular Season6,511[177]
September 27, 1998Lockhart Stadium1–3MLS Regular Season7,849[178]
March 4, 1999Lockhart Stadium2–0MLS Friendly500[179] [180]
March 7, 1999Land o' Lakes Recreation Complex3–1MLS Friendly2,000 (est.)[181] [182] [183]
May 1, 1999Raymond James Stadium2–1MLS Regular Season15,120[184]
May 29, 1999Lockhart Stadium2–1MLS Regular Season8,628[185]
June 5, 1999Raymond James Stadium1–0MLS Regular Season18,377[186]
July 29, 1999Lockhart Stadium3–2(SO)MLS Regular Season9,172[187] [188]
June 21, 2000Raymond James Stadium1–4MLS Regular Season5,269[189] [190]
June 24, 2000Lockhart Stadium2–3MLS Regular Season8,143[191]
February 10, 2001Gateway Park2–2MLS Friendly1,000 (est.)[192] [193]
March 24, 2001Lockhart Stadium2–3MLS Friendly4,200[194]
May 19, 2001Lockhart Stadium3–1MLS Regular Season12,412[195]
May 26, 2001Raymond James Stadium0–4MLS Regular Season12,988[196]
width=150Tampa Bay Mutiny winswidth=100Drawswidth=150Miami Fusion FC wins
72*8

USSF D2 Pro/NASL (2010–2016): FC Tampa Bay/Rowdies vs. Miami FC/Strikers

width=120Datewidth=145Venuewidth=45Scorewidth=200Competitionwidth=35Attendancewidth=15Ref.
May 1, 2010Lockhart Stadium1–1D2 Pro League Regular Season1,505[197]
June 22, 2010Lockhart Stadium2–1(aet)U.S. Open Cup Second Round972[198] [199]
July 4, 2010Steinbrenner Field1–1D2 Pro League Regular Season5,123[200] [201]
July 25, 2010Steinbrenner Field2–0D2 Pro League Regular Season3,226[202]
August 14, 2010Lockhart Stadium3–3D2 Pro League Regular Season1,855[203]
June 29, 2011Lockhart Stadium1–1NASL Regular Season5,848[204] [205]
July 4, 2011Al Lang Stadium[206] 4–2NASL Regular Season4,248[207] [208]
August 27, 2011Lockhart Stadium0–2NASL Regular Season3,685[209]
September 24, 2011Al Lang Stadium2–0NASL Regular Season3,226[210] [211]
March 31, 2012Lake Myrtle Sports Park4–3NASL Friendly[212] [213] [214]
April 28, 2012Al Lang Stadium3–1NASL Regular Season3,536[215]
June 2, 2012Lockhart Stadium3–1NASL Regular Season3,255[216]
July 4, 2012Al Lang Stadium3–1NASL Regular Season4,710[217]
September 1, 2012Al Lang Stadium0–3NASL Regular Season5,659[218]
April 27, 2013Lockhart Stadium1–2NASL Regular Season4,563[219] [220]
July 4, 2013Al Lang Stadium4–0NASL Regular Season5,034[221]
October 5, 2013Lockhart Stadium2–1NASL Regular Season3,612[222]
October 12, 2013Al Lang Stadium2–1NASL Regular Season3,854[223] [224]
May 24, 2014Al Lang Stadium3–2NASL Regular Season4,331[225]
July 4, 2014Al Lang Stadium3–1NASL friendly4,105[226]
August 2, 2014Lockhart Stadium1–0NASL Regular Season2,648[227] [228]
October 8, 2014Al Lang Stadium2–3NASL Regular Season3,865[229]
May 16, 2015Al Lang Stadium1–0NASL Regular Season6,865[230]
July 25, 2015Al Lang Stadium1–3NASL Regular Season4,494[231]
August 15, 2015Lockhart Stadium2–1NASL Regular Season5,145[232]
April 30, 2016Lockhart Stadium0–1NASL Regular Season1,086[233]
August 6, 2016Al Lang Stadium2–1NASL Regular Season4,997[234]
September 24, 2016Central Broward Stadium1–4NASL Regular Season1,509[235]
width=150Tampa Bay winswidth=100Drawswidth=150Ft. Lauderdale wins
1648

Florida Derby totals

All teams, all competitions

width=360Tampa Bay Rowdies • Mutiny • FC Tampa Bay winswidth=120Drawswidth=360Toros • Strikers • Sun • Fusion • Miami FC (2006) wins
64645

Official matches

width=360Tampa Bay Rowdies • Mutiny • FC Tampa Bay wins*width=120Drawswidth=360Toros • Strikers • Fusion • Miami FC (2006) wins
44*439

See also

Notes and References

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  16. Includes 1979 Budweiser Invitational and 1983 Grand Prix.
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