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1990 American Professional Soccer League

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American Professional Soccer League -1990 Season-
Season1990
ChampionsMaryland Bays
(1st title)
PremiersFort Lauderdale Strikers*
(1st title)
Top goalscorerChance Fry
(17 goals)
1991 →

Overview of the 1990 American Professional Soccer League season. Although the Western Soccer League and the American Soccer League merged to form the American Professional Soccer League in 1990, the two leagues remained essentially independent leagues, linked by name alone. During this season, they ran separate regular season schedules with two different points systems. They each had their own playoff formats, had separate league MVPs and had their own All-League teams. The first game between the two leagues came in September when the Maryland Bays of the American Soccer League defeated the San Francisco Bay Blackhawks of the Western Soccer League for the American Professional Soccer League championship.

History

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On September 9, 1989, the champions of the west coast-based Western Soccer Alliance and the east coast-based American Soccer League played each other for the national championship.[1] This was the first meeting between teams from the two leagues but was part of a larger effort to merge the two leagues.[2] This effort resulted in the creation of the American Professional Soccer League on February 22, 1990.[3] The merger remained one of name only as the two leagues played separate schedules and named separate MVPs and All-League teams. However, it allowed the teams to market themselves as members of a national league.[4] During the playoffs, except for the West semifinals and the APSL finals, teams played a home and away series. However, they needed to win two games, so in the case of a tie after two games, the teams played a thirty-minute mini-game. If the game remained tied, the two teams would enter a shoot out. A shoot out pitted a field player against the opposing team's goalkeeper. The field player had five seconds to take a shot on goal beginning 35 yards from the goal.

League standings

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East (American Soccer League) Conference

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Points:

  • Win: 3
  • Shoot out win: 2
  • Shoot out loss: 1

Northern Division

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Pos Team Pld W PKW PKL L GF GA GD Pts
1 Maryland Bays 20 14 1 0 5 42 29 +13 44
2 Albany Capitals 20 13 1 1 5 35 22 +13 42
3 Penn-Jersey Spirit 20 12 1 1 6 34 23 +11 39
4 Boston Bolts 20 8 1 2 9 27 27 0 28
5 Washington Stars 20 7 0 0 13 24 28 −4 21
6 New Jersey Eagles 20 5 1 0 14 21 38 −17 17
Source: [citation needed]

Southern Division

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Pos Team Pld W PKW PKL L GF GA GD Pts
1 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 20 14 1 1 4 38 22 +16 45
2 Tampa Bay Rowdies 20 9 1 0 10 32 39 −7 29
3 Orlando Lions 20 8 0 0 12 25 30 −5 24
4 Miami Freedom 20 7 1 1 11 27 29 −2 24
5 Washington Diplomats 20 4 1 2 13 22 40 −18 16
Source: [citation needed]

West (Western Soccer League) Conference

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Points:

  • Win: 6
  • Shoot out win: 4
  • Shoot out loss: 2
  • 1 bonus point per goal scored in regulation, maximum of 3 per game

North Division

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Pos Team Pld W PKW PKL L GF GA GD BP Pts
1 San Francisco Bay Blackhawks 20 9 4 1 6 39 30 +9 32 104
2 Salt Lake Sting 20 11 1 1 7 39 34 +5 32 104
3 Colorado Foxes 20 10 4 3 3 22 12 +10 18 100
4 Portland Timbers 20 8 2 3 7 42 36 +6 37 99
5 Seattle Storm 20 9 1 3 7 42 35 +7 29 93
Source: [citation needed]

South Division

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Pos Team Pld W PKW PKL L GF GA GD BP Pts
1 California Emperors 20 8 2 3 7 35 32 +3 27 89
2 Real Santa Barbara 20 9 1 3 7 33 35 −2 23 87
3 Los Angeles Heat 20 8 3 1 8 39 39 0 23 85
4 San Diego Nomads 20 5 3 3 9 22 28 −6 19 67
5 New Mexico Chilies 20 5 2 1 12 25 45 −20 21 61
6 Arizona Condors 20 5 0 1 14 29 51 −22 27 59
Source: [citation needed]

East Conference playoffs

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East bracket

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Semifinals
Best-of-3 		1990 East Finals
Best-of-3
          
S1 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 3 2 -
N2 Albany Capitals 2 0 -
S1 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 2 0 -
N1 Maryland Bays 3 2 -
N1 Maryland Bays 2 4 -
S2 Tampa Bay Rowdies 1 1 -

Semifinal 1

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Albany Capitals (NY)2–3Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL)
Chris Szanto 6:10' (Chinapoo, Masters)
Paul Mariner 45:00' (Masters, Smyth)		 Report Ricardo Alonso 117:15' (Carrera, Donev)
Jimmy McGeough, Jr. 73:05' (James, Carrera)
Pedro Magallanes 77:45' (James, Alonso)
Attendance: 750
Referee: (USA)
Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL)2–0Albany Capitals (NY)
Ricardo Alonso 37:41' (Magallanes, McGeough)
Alvin James 85:00'
Arnie Mausser Yellow card 89'		 Report Bobby Cumming Yellow card 22'
Steve Stokoe Yellow card 42'
Royal Palm Polo Club, Boca Raton, Florida
Attendance: 2,483
Referee: (USA)

The Fort Lauderdale Strikers advance to the East Finals.

Semifinal 2

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Tampa Bay Rowdies (FL)1–2 (a.e.t.)Maryland Bays (MD)
Perry Van der Beck Yellow card 21:21'
Mark Wright 80:54' (Hooper, Byrne)		 Report Kurt Dasbach 34:01' (Ryerson, Nattans)
Jean Harbor gold-colored soccer ball 96:27' (Abe)
Attendance: 2,411
Referee: (USA)
Tampa Bay Rowdies (FL)1–4Maryland Bays (MD)
Jeff Jones 7:35' (Hill) Report Jean Harbor 4:30' (Abe)
Philip Gyau 18:45' (Harbor, Sloan)
Jean Harbor 45:38' (Abe, Barger)
John Abe 72:36' (Nattans)
Cedar Lane Park, Maryland
Attendance: 2,953
Referee: (USA)

The Maryland Bays advance to the East Finals.

Conference Finals

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Maryland Bays (MD)3–2Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL)
John Abe 13:57' (Barger, Namazi)
Jean Harbor 71:29' (Gee)
Joe Barger 87:28' (Ryerson)
Darryl Gee Red card		 Report 1
Report 2		 Pedro Magallanes 49:57' (Donev)
Marcelo Carrera 52:00'
Troy Edwards Red card
Cedar Lane Park
Attendance: 3,116
Referee: (USA)
Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL)0–2Maryland Bays (MD)
Victor Moreland Yellow card 49:14'
Ricardo Alonso Yellow card 65:50'		 Report Philip Gyau 1:32' (Ryerson)
Rob Ryerson Yellow card 13:38'
Scott Cook 16:08', Yellow card 30:10'
Omid Namazi Yellow card 22:45'
Jean Harbor Yellow card 43:15'
Royal Palm Polo Club, Boca Raton, Florida
Attendance: 2,527
Referee: (USA)

The Maryland Bays advance to the APSL Championship.

West Conference playoffs

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West bracket

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First Round
Best-of-3 		Division Finals
Single Match 		1990 West Finals
Best-of-3
S1 California Emperors 0 - -
S2 Real Santa Barbara 1 1 0 S3 Los Angeles Heat 2 - -
S3 Los Angeles Heat 0 2 1 S3 Los Angeles Heat 2 1(2) 0
N1 San Francisco Bay Blackhawks 0 1(4) 1
N1 San Francisco Bay Blackhawks 2 - -
N2 Salt Lake Sting 0 1 - N3 Colorado Foxes 1 - -
N3 Colorado Foxes 2 4 -

First Round Series 1

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Los Angeles Heat (CA)0–1Real Santa Barbara (CA)
Brian Wendel Red card 71:01'
Yellow card
Yellow card
Yellow card		 Report 1
Report 2		 Jim Hutchinson 68:44'
Yellow card
Yellow card
Yellow card
Yellow card
Attendance: 1,910
Referee: Thomas Bobapilla, (USA)


Real Santa Barbara (CA)1–2Los Angeles Heat (CA)
Femi Olukanni 29:39'
Yellow card
Yellow card
Yellow card		 Report 1
Report 2		 Danny Pena 63:03' (Ervine), Yellow card
Mike Getchell 64:23' (Sacks), Yellow card
Yellow card
Yellow card
Attendance: 700
Referee: (USA)


Real Santa Barbara (CA)0–1Los Angeles Heat (CA)
Report 1
Report 2		 Mike Getchell 19:51'
Yellow card
Yellow card
Attendance: 700
Referee: (USA)

The Los Angeles Heat advance to the Division Finals.

First Round Series 2

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Colorado Foxes (CO)2–0Salt Lake Sting (UT)
John Klein 76'
Mike Mikes 83'		 Report
Jefferson County Stadium, Colorado
Attendance: 4,019
Referee: (USA)


Salt Lake Sting (UT)1–4Colorado Foxes (CO)
Barney Boyce 55' (pen.) 44' Mike Mikes
67' Robin Fraser
72', 89' Efren Rodarte
Derks Field, Salt Lake City, Utah
Attendance: 3,210
Referee: (USA)

The Colorado Foxes advance to the Division Finals.

Division Finals

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California Emperors (CA)0–2Los Angeles Heat (CA)
Yellow card
Yellow card		 Report 1
Report 2		 41:02' Brad Smith
89:00' Jim Gabarra
Yellow card, Yellow card, Yellow card
Yellow card, Yellow card, Yellow card
Attendance: 3,823
Referee: (USA)

The Los Angeles Heat advance to the Conference Finals.

San Francisco Bay Blackhawks (CA)2–1Colorado Foxes (CO)
Troy Dayak 13:02' (Kinnear),
39:38' (Wynalda)		 Report 1
Report 2		 Larry McPhail 7:56' (Ashton)
Attendance: 2,600
Referee: (USA)

The San Francisco Bay Blackhawks advance to the Conference Finals.

Conference Finals

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Los Angeles Heat (CA)2–0San Francisco Bay Blackhawks (CA)
Jim Gabarra 20:43'
Brad Smith 55:24' (Bruch)		 Report 1
Report 2
Veterans Stadium, Long Beach, California
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: (USA)
San Francisco Bay Blackhawks (CA)1–1Los Angeles Heat (CA)
Tim Martin Yellow card 23'
Eric Wynalda 36:53'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Nathan Sacks Yellow card 7'
Joe Flanagan Yellow card 28'
Danny Pena Yellow card 35'
Waldir Guerra 71:00' (Ervine)
Penalties
Peter Isaacs soccer ball with check mark
Steve Corpening soccer ball with check mark
Dave Palic soccer ball with red X
Townsend Qin soccer ball with check mark
Steve Petuskey soccer ball with check mark		 4–2 soccer ball with check mark Waldir Guerra
soccer ball with check mark Mike Gregorian
soccer ball with red X Bobby Bruch
soccer ball with red X Mike Getchell
Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Kun Ho Yoo (USA)
San Francisco Bay Blackhawks (CA)1–0Los Angeles Heat (CA)
Dominic Kinnear 22:43' (Gallo) Report 1
Report 2		 Mike Getchell Red card 20'
Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Kun Ho Yoo (USA)

The San Francisco Bay Blackhawks advance to the APSL Championship.

APSL Final

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Maryland Bays (MD)1–1San Francisco Bay Blackhawks (CA)
Scott Cook 73:36' Report 1
Report 2		 Yellow card 52' Eric Wynalda
82:38' Peter Isaacs
Penalties
Jean Harbor soccer ball with check mark
Omid Namazi soccer ball with check mark
Scott Cook soccer ball with check mark
? soccer ball with red X
John Abe soccer ball with check mark		 4–3 soccer ball with check mark Dominic Kinnear
soccer ball with check mark Tim Martin
soccer ball with check mark Townsend Qin
soccer ball with red X Marcelo Balboa
soccer ball with red X Steve Petuskey
Attendance: 4,881
Referee: (USA)

The Maryland Bays win the APSL Championship.

Combined points leaders

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Rank Scorer Club Goals Assists Points
1 Chance Fry Seattle Storm 17 5 39
2 George Pastor Salt Lake Sting 14 9 37
3 Mike Masters Albany Capitals 14 4 32
4 Philip Gyau Maryland Bays 12 6 30
5 Derek Sanderson Salt Lake Sting 11 6 28
6 Jerry O'Hara California Emperors 10 3 23
7 Shawn Medved Portland Timbers 10 2 22
8 Jean Harbor Maryland Bays 8 6 22
9 Jim Hutchinson Real Santa Barbara 9 4 22
10 Scott Benedetti Seattle Storm 9 3 21
11 Cesar Plasencia Real Santa Barbara 9 3 21
11 Steve Pittman Fort Lauderdale Strikers 7 7 21
11 David Byrne Tampa Bay Rowdies 5 10 20
11 Steve Corpening San Francisco Bay Blackhawks 8 4 20
11 Rob Paterson Portland Timbers 8 4 20
11 Mike Sweeney Boston Bolts 8 3 19
11 Elvis Comrie Albany Capitals 8 2 18
11 Lazlo Barna Miami Freedom 7 4 18
11 Duanne Robinson Penn-Jersey Spirit 5 8 18

Honors

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East (American Soccer League) Conference

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First Team All League

Second Team All League

West (Western Soccer League) Conference

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First Team All League

Second Team All League

References

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  1. ^ Fort Lauderdale Rallies to Defeat San Diego
  2. ^ Two outdoor leagues plan title game for fall St. Petersburg Times - Thursday, April 13, 1989
  3. ^ "February merger produces the American Professional Soccer League" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 7, 2008. Retrieved August 22, 2011.
  4. ^ Merger forms one outdoor league The Washington Times - Friday, February 23, 1990
  5. ^ "18 Aug 1990, Page 30 - The Star-News at". Newspapers.com. August 18, 1990. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
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