1990 American Professional Soccer League

American Professional Soccer League -1990 Season-
Season	1990
Champions	Maryland Bays (1st title)
Premiers	Fort Lauderdale Strikers* (1st title)
Top goalscorer	Chance Fry (17 goals)
← ASL 1989 WSA 1989 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.

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History

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

East (American Soccer League) Conference

Points:

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

Northern Division

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

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

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

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

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

East bracket

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

August 10, 1990
7:30 PM EST

Albany Capitals (NY)	2–3	Fort 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)

Bleecker Stadium, Albany, New York

Attendance: 750

Referee: (USA)

August 12, 1990
5:00 PM EST

Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL)	2–0	Albany Capitals (NY)
Ricardo Alonso 37:41' (Magallanes, McGeough) Alvin James 85:00' Arnie Mausser 89'	Report	Bobby Cumming 22' Steve Stokoe 42'

Royal Palm Polo Club, Boca Raton, Florida

Attendance: 2,483

Referee: (USA)

The Fort Lauderdale Strikers advance to the East Finals.

Semifinal 2

August 10, 1990
8:00 PM EST

Tampa Bay Rowdies (FL)	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Maryland Bays (MD)
Perry Van der Beck 21:21' Mark Wright 80:54' (Hooper, Byrne)	Report	Kurt Dasbach 34:01' (Ryerson, Nattans) Jean Harbor 96:27' (Abe)

USF Soccer Stadium, Tampa, Florida

Attendance: 2,411

Referee: (USA)

August 12, 1990
7:00 PM EST

Tampa Bay Rowdies (FL)	1–4	Maryland 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

August 18, 1990
8:00 PM EST

Maryland Bays (MD)	3–2	Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL)
John Abe 13:57' (Barger, Namazi) Jean Harbor 71:29' (Gee) Joe Barger 87:28' (Ryerson) Darryl Gee	Report 1 Report 2	Pedro Magallanes 49:57' (Donev) Marcelo Carrera 52:00' Troy Edwards

Cedar Lane Park

Attendance: 3,116

Referee: (USA)

August 25, 1990
5:00 PM EST

Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL)	0–2	Maryland Bays (MD)
Victor Moreland 49:14' Ricardo Alonso 65:50'	Report	Philip Gyau 1:32' (Ryerson) Rob Ryerson 13:38' Scott Cook 16:08', 30:10' Omid Namazi 22:45' Jean Harbor 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

West bracket

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

August 18, 1990
6:00 PM EST

Los Angeles Heat (CA)	0–1	Real Santa Barbara (CA)
Brian Wendel 71:01'	Report 1 Report 2	Jim Hutchinson 68:44'

West High School, Torrance, California

Attendance: 1,910

Referee: Thomas Bobapilla, (USA)

August 21, 1990

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

La Playa Stadium, Santa Barbara, California

Attendance: 700

Referee: (USA)

August 21, 1990
mini-game

Real Santa Barbara (CA)	0–1	Los Angeles Heat (CA)
	Report 1 Report 2	Mike Getchell 19:51'

La Playa Stadium, Santa Barbara, California

Attendance: 700

Referee: (USA)

The Los Angeles Heat advance to the Division Finals.

First Round Series 2

August 18, 1990

Colorado Foxes (CO)	2–0	Salt Lake Sting (UT)
John Klein 76' Mike Mikes 83'	Report

Jefferson County Stadium, Colorado

Attendance: 4,019

Referee: (USA)

August 22, 1990
10:00 PM EST

Salt Lake Sting (UT)	1–4	Colorado 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

August 25, 1990
6:00 PM EST

California Emperors (CA)	0–2	Los Angeles Heat (CA)
	Report 1 Report 2	41:02' Brad Smith 89:00' Jim Gabarra , , , ,

University of Redlands, Redlands, California

Attendance: 3,823

Referee: (USA)

The Los Angeles Heat advance to the Conference Finals.

August 25, 1990

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

Newark Memorial High School, Newark, California

Attendance: 2,600

Referee: (USA)

The San Francisco Bay Blackhawks advance to the Conference Finals.

Conference Finals

September 8, 1990
7:30 PM PST

Los Angeles Heat (CA)	2–0	San 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)

September 12, 1990
8:00 PM PST

San Francisco Bay Blackhawks (CA)	1–1	Los Angeles Heat (CA)
Tim Martin 23' Eric Wynalda 36:53'	Report 1 Report 2	Nathan Sacks 7' Joe Flanagan 28' Danny Pena 35' Waldir Guerra 71:00' (Ervine)
Penalties
Peter Isaacs Steve Corpening Dave Palic Townsend Qin Steve Petuskey	4–2	Waldir Guerra Mike Gregorian Bobby Bruch Mike Getchell

Spartan Stadium, San Jose, California

Attendance: 3,800

Referee: Kun Ho Yoo (USA)

September 12, 1990

San Francisco Bay Blackhawks (CA)	1–0	Los Angeles Heat (CA)
Dominic Kinnear 22:43' (Gallo)	Report 1 Report 2	Mike Getchell 20'

Spartan Stadium, San Jose, California

Attendance: 3,800

Referee: Kun Ho Yoo (USA)

The San Francisco Bay Blackhawks advance to the APSL Championship.

APSL Final

September 23, 1990

Maryland Bays (MD)	1–1	San Francisco Bay Blackhawks (CA)
Scott Cook 73:36'	Report 1 Report 2	52' Eric Wynalda 82:38' Peter Isaacs
Penalties
Jean Harbor Omid Namazi Scott Cook ? John Abe	4–3	Dominic Kinnear Tim Martin Townsend Qin Marcelo Balboa Steve Petuskey

Nickerson Field, Boston, Massachusetts

Attendance: 4,881

Referee: (USA)

The Maryland Bays win the APSL Championship.

Combined points leaders

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

East (American Soccer League) Conference

MVP: Philip Gyau
Leading goal scorer: Mike Masters
Leading goalkeeper: Dale Caya
Rookie of the Year: Steve Pittman
Coach of the Year: Thomas Rongen

First Team All League

Goalkeeper: Dale Caya
Defenders: Steve Pittman, Paul Mariner, Brian Ainscough, George Gelnovatch
Midfielders: Chico Borja, Marcelo Carrera, David Byrne
Forwards: Philip Gyau, Dan Donigan, Jean Harbor^[5]

Second Team All League

Goalkeeper: Arnie Mausser
Defenders: Jimmy McGeough, Jr., Chris Reif, Thomas Rongen, Dave Smyth
Midfielders: Paul Dougherty, Eric Eichmann, Pat O'Kelly
Forwards: Mike Masters, Bruce Murray, Paul Riley

West (Western Soccer League) Conference

MVP: Mark Dodd
Leading goal scorer: Chance Fry
Leading goalkeeper: Mark Dodd

First Team All League

Goalkeeper: Mark Dodd
Defenders: Marcelo Balboa, John Doyle, Robin Fraser, Danny Pena
Midfielders: Dominic Kinnear, Fran O'Brien, George Pastor
Forwards: Chance Fry, Mark Kerlin, Townsend Qin

Second Team All League

Goalkeeper: Anton Nistl
Defenders: Steve Eise, Paul Krumpe, Derek Van Rheenen, Wade Webber
Midfielders: John Bain, Mike Fox, Jeff Rogers, Dzung Tran
Forwards: Scott Benedetti, Paul Wright

References

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

External links

v t e American Professional Soccer League
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International cups	Pepsi Cup (1990) Professional Cup (1992)

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History

League standings

East (American Soccer League) Conference

Northern Division

Southern Division

West (Western Soccer League) Conference

North Division

South Division

East Conference playoffs

East bracket

Semifinal 1

Semifinal 2

Conference Finals

West Conference playoffs

West bracket

First Round Series 1

First Round Series 2

Division Finals

Conference Finals

APSL Final

Combined points leaders

Honors

East (American Soccer League) Conference

West (Western Soccer League) Conference

References

External links