1989 American Soccer League

American Soccer League
-1989 Season-
Season 1989
Champions Fort Lauderdale Strikers
(1st title)
Premiers Washington Stars
(1st title)
Top goalscorer Ricardo Alonso, Mirko Castillo
(10 goals)
← 1988

The 1989 American Soccer League was the second season of the third American Soccer League.

League standings

Northern Division

Place Team GP W TW L TL GF GA Points
1 Washington Stars 20 14 7 6 2 19 14 37
2 Boston Bolts 20 13 5 7 3 27 19 37
3 Albany Capitals 20 11 1 9 4 29 19 36
4 Maryland Bays 20 9 5 11 5 28 32 27
5 New Jersey Eagles 20 6 1 14 4 21 35 21

Southern Division

Place Team GP W TW L TL GF GA Points
1 Tampa Bay Rowdies 20 12 3 8 2 32 25 35
2 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 20 12 2 8 1 33 25 35
3 Washington Diplomats 20 11 3 9 3 32 26 33
4 Orlando Lions 20 9 0 11 3 25 20 30
5 Miami Sharks 20 3 2 17 2 20 51 9

Playoffs

Bracket

Semifinals
Best-of-3 		1989 ASL Championship
Best-of-3
          
1 Washington Diplomats 1 1 -
4 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 3 3 -
4 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 1 0 1
3 Boston Bolts 0 2 0
2 Tampa Bay Rowdies 0 1 -
3 Boston Bolts 2 2 -

Semifinal 1

Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL) 3–1 Washington Stars (DC)
Ricardo Alonso  44:58' (Moreland)
Ricardo Alonso  62:49' (Donev)
Ricardo Alonso  69:40' (Carrera, Magallanes)
Victor Moreland Yellow card 81:14'		 report Scott Snyder  30:50' (Vaudrieul)
Dave Vaudrieul Yellow card 35:30'
Doug Davies Yellow card 81:14'
Attendance: 4,784
Referee: Jack D'Aquin (USA)


Washington Stars (DC) 1–3 Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL)
Scott Snyder  41:51' (Stone, Maier) report Marcelo Carrera  20' (Moreland)
Pedro Magallanes  53:29'
Pedro Magallanes  65:00' (Moreland)
Attendance: 3,287

Semifinal 2

Boston Bolts (MA) 2–0 Tampa Bay Rowdies (FL)
Steve Potter  54:14'
Stan Koziol  76:09'		 report Perry Van der Beck Yellow card 29'
Attendance: 1,951
Referee: Felix Fuksman (USA)


Tampa Bay Rowdies (FL) 1–2 Boston Bolts (MA)
Steve Wegerle  51:45' (pen.) report Patrick Hughes  41:45'
Steve Potter  85:30' (Hughes)
Attendance: 5,101

ASL Final

Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL) 1–0 Boston Bolts (MA)
Marcelo Carrera  4:38' report Yellow card 44:40' Greg Kenney
Attendance: 5,752


Boston Bolts (MA) 2–0 Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL)
Steve Potter  57:10' (Donigan, George)
Paul Duffy  74:03'		 report
Attendance: 5,730


Boston Bolts (MA) 0–1 Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL)
report Marcelo Carrera  7:46' (Eichmann, Alonso)
Attendance: 5,730

Points leaders

Rank Scorer Club Goals Assists Points
1 Ricardo Alonso Fort Lauderdale Strikers 10 7 27
2 Mirko Castillo Miami Sharks 10 1 21
3 Martin Hill Tampa Bay Rowdies 7 6 20
Leonel Suazo Washington Diplomats 7 6 20
5 Jean Harbor Washington Diplomats 7 5 19
6 Marcello Bauza Washington Diplomats 9 0 18
7 Marcelo Carrera Fort Lauderdale Strikers 4 10 18
Steve Wegerle Tampa Bay Rowdies 4 10 18
9 Rod Castro Orlando Lions 8 1 17
10 Scott Snyder Washington Stars 7 3 17
11 Steve Kinsey Fort Lauderdale Strikers 6 5 17
12 Elvis Comrie Albany Capitals 7 2 16
13 Jorge Acosta New Jersey Eagles 7 1 15
14 Sadri Gjonbalaj New Jersey Eagles 6 3 15
Paul Rutenis Maryland Bays 6 3 15
15 Dan Donigan Boston Bolts 4 7 15
16 Pedro Magallanes Fort Lauderdale Strikers 5 4 14
17 Franklin McIntosh Orlando Lions 4 6 14
18 Chico Borja Albany Capitals 1 12 14
19 Patrick Hughes Boston Bolts 4 5 13
20 Paul Duffy Boston Bolts 4 4 13

1989 ASL All-Star game

The ASL All-Star game was hosted by the Washington Diplomats at RFK Stadium. Players that were unable to play due to injury, as well as any Dips selected to the squad were replaced, since the All-Stars' opponent was the Dips.

All-Star selections

All-Stars[1]  Position  Alternates
Winston DuBose, Tampa Bay G Neil Cowley, Washington • Greg Kenney, Boston
Mike Windischmann, Albany D Dehinde Akiniotan, Boston
Steve Trittschuh, Tampa Bay D -
Ronald Simmons, Albany D -
Ricardo Alonso, Fort Lauderdale D -
Tab Ramos, Miami M Steve Wegerle, Tampa Bay
John Harkes, Albany M Paul Riley, New Jersey
Michael Brady, Washington M Osvaldo Ardiles, Fort Lauderdale
Jean Harbor, Washington F Steve Kinsey, Fort Lauderdale
Phillip Gyau, Maryland F -
Rod Castro, Orlando F -
Lincoln Phillips, Maryland Coach -

Match summary

Washington Diplomats 1–2 ASL All-Stars
Suazo  69:46' (Melendez, Perez) Report Gyau  24:41' (Riley, Kinsey)
Rod Castro  27:22' (Alonso)
Attendance: 4,375

Post-season honors

All A-League Team

1989 National Professional Soccer Championship

In anticipation of a proposed merger (which took place the following year) the ASL champions faced off against the Western Soccer League champions in the 1989 National Pro Soccer Championship on September 9 in San Jose, California's Spartan Stadium. This would be the first time since 1984 that an undisputed national champion of professional soccer was crowned in the United States.[3]

Match report

San Diego Nomads California 1–3 Florida Fort Lauderdale Strikers
Watson  73:13' (Nguyen)
Ortiz Yellow card 86:10'		 Report Moreland Yellow card 44:40'
Eichmann  74:24' (Alonso)
Edwards  84:40' (Carrera)
Carrera  89:00' (Moreland)
Attendance: 8,632
Referee: Levon Baladjanian

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1989 ASL All-Stars". Sun Sentinel. June 17, 1989. p. 7C. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "Ardiles named MVP in All-Star victory". Sun Sentinel. June 30, 1989. p. 5C. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
  3. ↑ Brents, Phillips (September 13, 1989). "Strikers down Nomads 3-1 for pro soccer title". The Star-News. Chula Vista, CA. p. D6. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
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