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.
Background
Review
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 Division W L GF GA BP Pts Home RoadChicago Sting13115049441206-67-5Toronto Blizzard 14104633351179-35-7New York Cosmos13114342391159-34-8Tampa Bay Rowdies9154361 35879-30-12
Western Division W L GF GA BP Pts Home Road San Diego Sockers1410514240118 9-35-7Vancouver Whitecaps131151484311710-23-9Minnesota Strikers14104044351158-46-6Tulsa Roughnecks1014424638988-42-10Golden Bay Earthquakes816616249954-84-8
Scoring leaders GP = Games Played, G = Goals (worth 2 points), A = Assists (worth 1 point), Pts = Points Player Team GP G A Pts Steve Zungul Golden Bay Earthquakes 24 20 10 50 Branko Šegota Golden Bay Earthquakes 24 18 11 47 Ron Futcher Tulsa Roughnecks 23 18 8 44 Karl-Heinz Granitza Chicago Sting 24 16 12 44 Peter Ward Vancouver Whitecaps 24 16 10 42 Ade Coker San Diego Sockers 22 16 7 39 David Byrne Toronto Blizzard 20 12 13 37 Alan Willey Minnesota Strikers 24 15 4 34 Jean Willrich San Diego Sockers 22 5 20 30 Roberto Bettega 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 Player Team GP Min GA GAA W L SOPaul Hammond Toronto Blizzard 21 1937 25 1.16 14 7 7Hubert Birkenmeier New York Cosmos 22 2007 34 1.50 13 9 2Tino Lettieri Minnesota Strikers 18 1622 28 1.55 10 8 4Victor Nogueira Chicago Sting 18 1663 30 1.62 9 9 3 Winston DuBose Tulsa Roughnecks 22 1931 38 1.77 10 12 4Paul Bradshaw Vancouver Whitecaps 24 2161 46 1.92 13 11 4Jim Gorsek San Diego Sockers 15 1369 32 2.10 7 7 0 Arnie Mausser Tampa Bay Rowdies 23 2100 57 2.44 9 14 3Bill Irwin Golden Bay Earthquakes 21 1964 54 2.48 7 14 2
Results summaries
Results by round
Match reports
NASL Playoffs Did not qualify
Statistics
Transfers
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