1984 United Soccer League season

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Statistics of United Soccer League in season 1984.

History

The creation of Ingo Krieg, owner of the Jacksonville Tea Men, the United Soccer League formally announced its existence on February 1, 1984. The roots go back to Krieg's frustration over the direction taken by the second division American Soccer League which was declining after a period of overexpansion and financial excesses. Krieg proposed the creation of a financially sound league. In late January 1984, three ASL teams, the Dallas Americans, Detroit Express and Jacksonville Tea Men informed the ASL that they intended to move to the USL for the upcoming season.[1] When the league announced its formal creation on the first of February, it added to the list of teams by including one in Oklahoma City and another in North Carolina.[2] By the end of February, the list of teams had solidified with Detroit dropping out and Buffalo and Fort Lauderdale joining. Bill Burfeind was named league commissioner[3] On March 18, 1984, the league announced a final line-up of nine teams in three divisions. The season would run from May 12 through August 15.[4]

The season went fairly smoothly for a recently founded league, but the playoffs began with considerable confusion. The last week of July, league officials announced that the top team in each division would make the playoffs, for a total of three teams. The two teams with the next highest total points would play a single wild card game to determine the fourth team in the playoffs. Then the team with the highest number of points would play the team with the lowest in one semifinal and the middle two teams would play in the other semifinal. However, on Friday, August 17, two days before the first playoff games, league officials changed the format. They announced that Oklahoma City, which had topped the league with 127 points would play the winner of the wild card game, and not the Buffalo Storm which had the lowest number of points. Then the Storm owner, Sal DeRosa, announced that all games between his team and the Fort Lauderdale Storm would take place in Florida because of the low attendance at Buffalo home games.[5]

League standings

Northern Division

Place Team GP W T L GF GA Points %
1 Buffalo Storm 24 11 0 13 48 41 96 .458
2 New York Nationals 24 10 0 14 32 53 84 .417
3 Rochester Flash 24 7 0 17 27 49 65 .292

Southern Division

Place Team GP W T L GF GA Points %
1 Fort Lauderdale Sun 24 15 0 9 53 34 122 .625
2 Charlotte Gold 24 11 0 13 48 59 105 .458
3 Jacksonville Tea Men 24 11 0 13 46 50 98 .458

Western Division

Place Team GP W T L GF GA Points %
1 Oklahoma City Stampede 24 15 0 9 55 42 127 .625
2 Houston Dynamos 24 13 0 11 54 38 112 .542
3 Dallas Americans 24 14 0 10 37 34 110 .583

Playoffs

Wild card

August 18, 1984
Houston Dynamos (TX) 2-1 Dallas Americans (TX)
Jose Neto
Jose Neto Goal 69'
J.K. Butler Stadium, Houston, Texas

Semifinal 1

August 22, 1984
7:35 CST
Houston Dynamos (TX) 3-1 OT Oklahoma City Stampede (OK)
Walter Schlothauer Goal 2'
Jose Neto Goal 94' (PK)
Manny Neves Goal 109' (PK)		 Goal 12' Thompson Usiyan
Red card 110' Thompson Usiyan
J.K. Butler Stadium, Houston, Texas
Attendance: 2,431
Referee: Bob Evans (USA)


August 24, 1984
7:35 CST
Oklahoma City Stampede (OK) 1-2 Houston Dynamos (TX)
Kenny Killingsworth Goal 13' Booked 28' Manny Andruszewski
Goal 55' Jose Neto
Goal 69' Jose Neto
Taft Stadium, Oklahoma City
Referee: Bill Schofield (USA)

Semifinal 2

August 23, 1984
8:00 EST
Fort Lauderdale Sun (FL) 3-0 Buffalo Storm (NY)
Mark Schwartz Goal
Teófilo Cubillas Goal
Teófilo Cubillas Goal


August 25, 1984
8:00 EST
Fort Lauderdale Sun (FL) 5-1 Buffalo Storm (NY)
Mark Schwartz Goal 13'
Mark Schwartz Goal 18'
Teófilo Cubillas Goal 43'
Mark Schwartz Goal 46'
Christiansen Booked 52'
Dave Watson Goal 57'		 Goal 50' Jerry Martello
Booked 52' Jerry Martello
Booked 55' Corney

Final

August 29, 1984
8:30 CST
Houston Dynamos (TX) 1-1 OT Fort Lauderdale Sun (FL)
Giulio Bernardi Goal 115' Red card 60' Tom Mulroy
Red card 60' Asa Hartford
Goal 105' Keith Weller
  Penalties  
 ? Penalty scored
? Penalty scored
Jose Neto Penalty scored
Lesh Shkreli Penalty scored		 4–2 Penalty scored ?
Penalty scored ?
Red card David Irving
J.K. Butler Stadium, Houston, Texas
Referee: Manuel Ortiz (USA)

August 31, 1984
8:00 EST
Fort Lauderdale Sun (FL) 3-0 Houston Dynamos (TX)
Mark Schwartz Goal 12'
Mark Schwartz Goal 23'
Teófilo Cubillas Goal 34'

September 1, 1984
8:00 EST
Fort Lauderdale Sun (FL) 1-1 Houston Dynamos (TX)
Dave Watson Goal 34' Jose Neto
  Penalties  
Teófilo Cubillas Penalty scored
Boris Bandov Penalty scored
Mark Schwartz Penalty missed
John Lignos Penalty missed
Tom Mulroy Penalty missed
Dave Watson Penalty scored		 3–2 Penalty scored Jose Neto
Penalty missed ?
Penalty missed ?
Penalty missed ?
Penalty scored Nathan Sacks
Penalty missed Manny Andruszewski

Honors

Points leaders

Rank Scorer Club Goals Assists Points
1 Jose Neto Houston Dynamos 22 8 30
2 David Kemp Oklahoma City Stampede 28
3 Thompson Usiyan Oklahoma City Stampede 26
4 Mark Schwartz Fort Lauderdale Sun 13 6 19
5 Carlos Salguero Buffalo Storm 19
6 Tony Johnson Houston Dynamos 11 7 18

References

  1. ↑ 3 ASL Clubs Plan to Join New League The Daily Oklahoman - Monday, January 30, 1984
  2. ↑ UNITED LEAGUE BRINGS SOCCER BACK TO TOWN Miami Herald, The (FL) - Wednesday, February 1, 1984
  3. ↑ United Soccer League Names Six Franchises The Daily Oklahoman - Thursday, February 23, 1984
  4. ↑ Soccer League Officially Formed The Daily Oklahoman - Sunday, March 18, 1984
  5. ↑ SUN TO PLAY HOST TO BUFFALO Miami Herald, The (FL) - Saturday, August 18, 1984

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