1984–85 Minnesota Strikers season

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Steve Zungul

(68 goals)
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The 1984–85

North American Soccer League
. This year, the team finished fourth in the Eastern Division of the regular season. They made it to the playoffs and were a Division Finalist.

Background

Review

Competitions

MISL regular season

Playoff teams in bold.

Eastern Division W L Pct. GB GF GA Home Road
Baltimore Blast 32 16 .667 -- 252 190 19-5 13-11
Chicago Sting 28 20 .583 4 261 223 20-4 8-16
Cleveland Force 27 21 .563 5 239 228 15-9 12-12
Minnesota Strikers 24 24 .500 8 224 226 16-8 8-16
St. Louis Steamers 24 24 .500 8 211 207 16-8 8-16
Pittsburgh Spirit 19 29 .396 13 217 256 16-8 3-21
New York Cosmos
 11 22 .333 13½ 137 285 7-9 4-13
Western Division W L Pct. GB GF GA Home Road
San Diego Sockers
 37 11 .771 -- 302 201 18-6 19-5
Las Vegas Americans 30 18 .625 7 269 214 18-6 12-12
Los Angeles Lazers 24 24 .500 13 232 230 14-10 10-14
Kansas City Comets
 22 26 .458 15 216 221 13-11 9-15
Wichita Wings 21 26 .437 15½ 202 233 14-10 7-16
Tacoma Stars
 17 31 .354 20 207 263 11-13 6-18
Dallas Sidekicks
 12 36 .333 25 194 286 8-16 4-20

Results summaries

Results by round

Match reports

MISL Playoffs

Wildcard Series Division Semifinals Division Finals Championship Series
            
WC2 St. Louis Steamers 1
WC3
Kansas City Comets
2
1
San Diego Sockers
3
8
Kansas City Comets
0
1
San Diego Sockers
3
6 Minnesota Strikers 2
WC1 Minnesota Strikers 2
WC4 Wichita Wings 1
3 Las Vegas Americans 1
6 Minnesota Strikers 3
1
San Diego Sockers
4
2 Baltimore Blast 1
2 Baltimore Blast 3
7 Los Angeles Lazers 0
2 Baltimore Blast 3
5 Cleveland Force 2
4 Chicago Sting 2
5 Cleveland Force 3

Wildcard Series

Minnesota vs. Wichita
Date Away Home Attendance
April 17 Wichita 1 Minnesota 2 4,233
April 19 Minnesota 3 Wichita 8 7,053
April 21 Wichita 2 Minnesota 3 4,032
Jan Goossens scored at 2:45 of overtime
Minnesota wins series 2-1
St. Louis vs. Kansas City
Date Away Home Attendance
April 17 Kansas City 5 St. Louis 4 7,636
Damir Haramina scored at 8:14 of overtime
April 19 St. Louis 3 Kansas City 2 10,241
Tasso Koutsoukos scored at 1:22 of overtime
Kansas City wins series 2-0

Quarterfinals

San Diego vs. Kansas City
Date Away Home Attendance
April 24 Kansas City 3 San Diego 4 7,552
Brian Quinn scored at 11:45 of overtime
April 26 Kansas City 7 San Diego 11 9,560
April 28 San Diego 3 Kansas City 2 10,458
San Diego wins series 3-0
Chicago vs. Cleveland
Date Away Home Attendance
April 19 Cleveland 5 Chicago 4 6,550
Peter Ward scored at 10:31 of overtime
April 21 Cleveland 4 Chicago 8 5,005
April 24 Chicago 1 Cleveland 6 8,112
April 27 Chicago 4 Cleveland 5 11,248
Keith Furphy scored at 5:01 of overtime
Cleveland wins series 3-1
Baltimore vs. Los Angeles
Date Away Home Attendance
April 24 Los Angeles 3 Baltimore 4 7,108
April 26 Los Angeles 3 Baltimore 11 9,493
April 28 Baltimore 5 Los Angeles 4 4,746
Baltimore wins series 3-0
Las Vegas vs. Minnesota
Date Away Home Attendance
April 24 Minnesota 6 Las Vegas 5 5,278
April 26 Minnesota 4 Las Vegas 6 6,016
April 28 Las Vegas 2 Minnesota 3 7,134
May 1 Las Vegas 1 Minnesota 4 5,094
Minnesota wins series 3-1

Semifinals

San Diego vs. Minnesota
Date Away Home Attendance
May 5 Minnesota 1 San Diego 8 8,494
May 8 Minnesota 5 San Diego 6 10,143
Jean Willrich scored at 1:15 of overtime
May 10 San Diego 5 Minnesota 8 8,270
May 12 San Diego 3 Minnesota 3 7,871
Minnesota wins shootout 3-2**
May 14 Minnesota 0 San Diego 7 10,059
San Diego wins series 3-2
Baltimore vs. Cleveland
Date Away Home Attendance
May 3 Cleveland 5 Baltimore 6 7,568
May 5 Cleveland 5 Baltimore 3 8,205
May 10 Baltimore 3 Cleveland 4 13,093
May 11 Baltimore 7 Cleveland 6 13,861
May 14 Cleveland 4 Baltimore 7 9,184
Baltimore wins series 3-2

**San Diego won the shootout 4-3, but Minnesota appealed the result, as the Sockers used an ineligible player. The Strikers were declared winners on May 13.

Bracket

Match reports

Statistics

Transfers

References

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