The 2012 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season was the second season of the team in the North American Soccer League, and the entire club's thirty-eighth season in professional soccer. This year, the team finished fifth in the regular season and made it to the quarterfinals in the playoffs.

Squad information

Roster

Squad breakdown Updated May 16, 2012. No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (age) Previous club Goalkeepers 1 Cody Laurendi GK Puerto Rico Islanders 24 Matt Glaeser GK Pallo-Iirot Defenders 2 Stefan Antonijevic \ CB Valparaiso Crusaders 3 Daniel Arcila LB Deportivo Olimpico 5 Toni Ståhl CB Philadelphia Union 12 Iván Guerrero LB C.D. Motagua 13 Justin Chavez CB Tulsa Golden Hurricane 15 Scott Gordon RB Chivas USA 18 Stéphane Guillaume RB Cleveland City Stars 44 Shavar Thomas \ CB Montreal Impact Midfielders 6 Hosman Ramos \ AM Blue Star Honduras 8 Pecka DM Flamengo 10 Walter Restrepo \ AM Boyacá Chicó 14 Carlos Salazar AM Tauro FC 16 Mike Dietze DM Seton Hall Pirates 17 Eduardo Jiménez AM UCF Knights 19 Gonzalo De Mujica \ AM Orlando City U-23 20 Mark Anderson AM Barry University 23 Manny Gonzalez \ DM FGCU Eagles 25 Rubens DM Mato Grosso do Sul Forwards 7 David Foley W Puerto Rico Islanders 11 Stefan Dimitrov \ ST New York Cosmos 21 Darnell King W Florida Atlantic University 26 Andy Herron ST Limón

Transfers

In

No.Pos.PlayerPrevious clubNotesDateSource26 Limón Fútbol ClubFree2 Rochester RhinosFree3 Sporting Kansas CityFree19 Auckland City FCFree17 D.C. UnitedSeason-long loan13 Minnesota Stars FCTraded Martin Nuñez14 Fort Lauderdale Schulz AcademyOpen tryout1 Atlanta Silverbacks ReservesOpen tryout12 TigresSeason-long loan20 Barry UniversityNASL Combine15 Nova Southeastern UniversityFree21 Florida Atlantic UniversityNASL Combine22 University of ConnecticutOpen tryout23 Blue Star HondurasSuccessful trial6 University of ConnecticutFree25 Atletico de AtenasFree83 Chivas USAFree31 Real Salt LakeShort-term loan18 Seattle Sounders FCShort-term loan

Out

No.Pos.PlayerTransferred toFee/notesDateSource20 Chivas USALoan Return, subsequently traded to Montreal Impact17 Montreal ImpactFree27 Atlanta SilverbacksFree12FC KooTeePeeContract expired13 FC EdmontonFree14 FK TønsbergContract expired22Contract expired26Contract expired39Contract expired81Contract expired88Contract expired10 Carolina RailHawks FCFree Real Salt LakeFormerly on loan; option purchased21 Carolina RailHawks FCCash and future considerations2Free11 Atlanta SilverbacksSeason-long loan1 Carolina RailHawks FCFree23 Minnesota Stars FCTraded for Jack Stewart15 Chivas USAUndisclosed18Released31 Real Salt LakeLoan return19Released18 Seattle Sounders FCLoan return17 D.C. UnitedLoan return

Competitions

Preseason

NASL regular season

Standings

Results summary

Results by round

Match results

U.S. Open Cup

NASL Playoffs

International call-ups No.PNameCountryLevelCapsGoalsOppositionCompetitionSource16DFLance LaingJamaicaSenior40vs. Guyana(May 18)vs. Panama(May 27)vs. Panama(June 1)Friendly

Squad statistics

NASL league matches

Players

NatNoPlayerPosAppsStartsGANotes 2 MotagalvanAlfonso MotagalvanDM 16 12 0 1 5 2 3 LorenzScott LorenzLB 22 17 0 4 4 0 5 StåhlToni StåhlCB 21 21 0 0 6 2 6 BlakeNickardo BlakeRB 20 15 0 0 3 0 7 OttePatrick OtteRW 8 3 0 0 1 0 8 PeckaPeckaDM 24 19 1 0 2 0 9 ThompsonAbe ThompsonST 18 10 4 5 1 1 10 RestrepoWálter RestrepoAM 21 20 6 8 4 0 11 MorálesLeopoldo MorálesFW 11 10 0 0 2 0 12 OrozcoEmilio OrozcoCB 14 9 0 0 2 1 13 StewartJack StewartCB 20 19 0 0 4 0 14 GeborAbel GeborDM 6 4 0 0 1 0 15 HassanAly HassanST 20 14 6 1 3 1 16 LaingLance LaingLB 16 14 1 2 3 0 17 ShanoskyConor ShanoskyDM 27 26 0 0 4 0 18 TettehMichael TettehLM 3 2 0 0 1 1 18 GranadoYoximar GranadoRB 1 1 0 0 1 0 19 NagimeHalili NagimeFW 2 0 0 0 0 0 20 AndersonMark AndersonAM 25 19 11 4 1 0 21 KingDarnell KingRW 22 10 1 2 3 0 23 RamosHosman RamosAM 12 7 0 0 2 0 25 ClavijoNicolas ClavijoLM 1 0 0 0 0 0 26 HerronAndy HerronST 18 16 8 2 4 1 31 Paulo Jr.Paulo Jr.ST 3 3 1 1 0 0 83 GordonScott GordonCB 11 11 1 1 1 0 40 31 59 9

Goalkeepers

NatNoPlayerAppsStartsRecordGAGAASO 1 1 1 0-1-0 2 2.00 0 22 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 24 27 27 9-8-10 44 1.63 5 28 28 9-9-10 46 1.64 5

U.S. Open Cup

Players

NatNoPlayerPosAppsStartsGANotes 2 MotagalvanAlfonso MotagalvanDM 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 LorenzScott LorenzLB 2 2 0 1 1 0 5 StåhlToni StåhlCB 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 BlakeNickardo BlakeRB 2 2 0 0 0 0 7 OttePatrick OtteRW 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 PeckaPeckaDM 2 2 0 0 1 0 9 ThompsonAbe ThompsonST 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 RestrepoWálter RestrepoAM 2 1 1 1 1 0 11 MorálesLeopoldo MorálesFW 2 2 2 0 0 0 12 OrozcoEmilio OrozcoCB 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 StewartJack StewartCB 2 2 0 0 1 0 14 GeborAbel GeborDM 2 1 0 0 0 0 15 HassanAly HassanST 1 1 3 0 0 0 16 LaingLance LaingLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 ShanoskyConor ShanoskyDM 2 1 0 0 0 0 18 GranadoYoximar GranadoRB 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 NagimeHalili NagimeFW 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 AndersonMark AndersonST 2 2 2 0 0 0 21 KingDarnell KingST 1 1 0 0 0 0 23 RamosHosman RamosAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 ClavijoNicolas ClavijoLM 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 HerronAndy HerronST 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 4 0

Goalkeepers

NatNoPlayerAppsStartsRecordGAGAASO 1 1 1 1-0-0 2 2.00 0 22 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 24 1 1 0-0-1 2 2.00 0 2 2 1-0-1 4 2.00 0

NASL Playoffs

Players

NatNoPlayerPosAppsStartsGANotes 2 MotagalvanAlfonso MotagalvanDM 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 LorenzScott LorenzLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 StåhlToni StåhlCB 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 BlakeNickardo BlakeRB 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 OttePatrick OtteRW 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 PeckaPeckaDM 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 ThompsonAbe ThompsonST 1 0 1 0 0 0 10 RestrepoWálter RestrepoAM 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 MorálesLeopoldo MorálesFW 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 OrozcoEmilio OrozcoCB 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 StewartJack StewartCB 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 GeborAbel GeborDM 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 HassanAly HassanST 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 LaingLance LaingLB 1 1 0 1 1 0 17 ShanoskyConor ShanoskyDM 1 1 0 0 1 0 18 TettehMichael TettehLM 1 1 0 0 0 0 20 AndersonMark AndersonAM 1 1 0 0 0 0 21 KingDarnell KingRW 1 0 0 0 0 0 23 RamosHosman RamosAM 1 1 0 0 0 0 25 ClavijoNicolas ClavijoLM 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 HerronAndy HerronST 1 1 0 0 0 0 83 GordonScott GordonCB 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0

Goalkeepers

NatNoPlayerAppsStartsRecordGAGAASO 1 MartinDave Martin0 0 0-0-0 0 0.00 0 22 MartinLionel Brown0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 24 GlaeserMatt Glaeser1 1 0-0-1 3 3.00 0 1 1 0-0-1 3 3.00 0

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

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Club staff

{|class="wikitable" |- !Position !Name |- |President|| Tim Robbie |- |Head coach|| Daryl Shore |- |Assistant coach & Goalkeeper Coach|| Ricardo Lopes |- |Player/Assistant Coach|| Abe Thompson |- |Head Athletic Trainer|| Joe Caroccio |- |Director of Operations|| Miguel Lopez

Recognition

NASL Player of the Week WeekPlayerCategory1 Andy Herron (FW)Offensive3 Andy Herron (FW)Offensive11 Jack Stewart (DF)Defensive13 Mark Anderson (MF)Offensive16 Mark Anderson (MF)Offensive19 Andy Herron (FW)Offensive20 Conor Shanosky (MF)Defensive21 Abe Thompson (FW)Offensive

NASL Best XI Mark Anderson Walter Restrepo

References

External links Strikers Official site Flight 19 supporters group Miami FC Supporters Group