1990 American Professional Soccer League

American Professional Soccer League
Season1990
Teams22
ChampionsMaryland Bays
(1st Title)
PremiersFort Lauderdale Strikers*
(1st Title)
Matches220
Goals694 (3.15 per match)
Best PlayerUnited States Philip Gyau (East)
Mark Dodd, Colorado Foxes (West)
Top goalscorerUnited States Chance Fry, Seattle Storm
(17 goals) (West) and Overall
United States Mike Masters (14 Goals) (East)
Best goalkeeperUnited States Dale Caya, Penn-Jersey Spirit (East)
United States Mark Dodd, Colorado Foxes (West)
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

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:

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:

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:

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:

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

Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL)2–0Albany Capitals (NY)
Ricardo Alonso
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

Tampa Bay Rowdies (FL)1–2 (a.e.t.)Maryland Bays (MD)
Perry Van der Beck Yellow card 21:21'
Mark Wright 		Report Kurt Dasbach
Jean Harbor gold-colored football 96:27' (Abe)
Attendance: 2,411
Referee: (USA)
Tampa Bay Rowdies (FL)1–4Maryland Bays (MD)
Jeff Jones (7:35) Report Jean Harbor (4:30)
Philip Gyau
Jean Harbor
John Abe (72:36)
Cedar Lane Park, Maryland
Attendance: 2,953
Referee: (USA)

The Maryland Bays advance to the East Finals.

Conference Finals

Maryland Bays (MD)3–2Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL)
John Abe
Jean Harbor (71:29)
Joe Barger (87:28)
Darryl Gee Red card		 Report 1
Report 2		 Pedro Magallanes (49:57)
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)
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

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

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), Yellow card
Mike Getchell (64:23), 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

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

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.

The San Francisco Bay Blackhawks advance to the Conference Finals.

Conference Finals

Los Angeles Heat (CA)2–0San Francisco Bay Blackhawks (CA)
Jim Gabarra (20:43)
Brad Smith (55:24)		 Report 1
Report 2
Veterans Stadium, Long Beach, California
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: (USA)
San Francisco Bay Blackhawks (CA)1–0Los Angeles Heat (CA)
Dominic Kinnear (22:43) 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

The Maryland Bays win the APSL Championship.

Combined points leaders

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

Honors

East (American Soccer League) Conference

First Team All League

Second Team All League

West (Western Soccer League) Conference

First Team All League

Second Team All League

References

  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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