2014 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season

Fort Lauderdale Strikers
2014 season
Owner	Traffic Sports USA
Head Coach	Günter Kronsteiner
Stadium	Lockhart Stadium; Fort Lauderdale, Florida
NASL	Spring: Fifth; Fall: Fourth; Combined: Fourth
Atlanta); All: 785; (May 28 v. Laredo)
Average home league attendance	League: 3,629; All: 3,426
Home colors	Away colors
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The 2014 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season was the team's ninth season overall, and fourth in the North American Soccer League (NASL).

The season followed the Spring / Fall format adopted by the NASL in 2013 with the Spring season starting on April 12 and lasting for 9 games until June 8, while the Fall season began the night before the 2014 World Cup Final on July 12 and lasted November 1, for 18 games total. The winner of the Spring championship again hosted the 2014 Soccer Bowl.^[1]

Club

As of July 15, 2014^[update]^[2]

No.	Position	Player	Nation
1	GK	Kamil Čontofalský	Slovakia
2	DF	Stefan Antonijevic	Serbia
3	MF	Mitchell Lopez	United States
6	MF	Chris Nurse	Guyana
7	MF	Gonzalo De Mujica	Argentina
8	MF	Pecka	Brazil
9	MF	Martín Núñez	Uruguay
11	FW	Fafà Picault	Haiti
12	DF	Iván Guerrero	Honduras
13	DF	Justin Chavez	United States
14	MF	James Marcelin	Haiti
15	FW	Aly Hassan	United States
16	DF	Josh Travagli	Italy
17	MF	Shawn Chin	United States
18	DF	Stéphane Guillaume	Haiti
19	FW	Jenison Brito	Brazil
20	MF	Mark Anderson	England
21	MF	Darnell King	United States
22	GK	Lionel Brown	United States
23	MF	Manny Gonzalez	Colombia
24	GK	David Meves	United States
27	MF	Colin Murphy	New Zealand
28	MF	Ronaldo Vieira	United States
29	FW	Yaikel Pérez	Cuba
33	DF	Rafael Alves	Brazil
34	DF	Darryl Gordon	United States
73	MF	Walter Ramirez	Honduras

Competitions

Pre-season and exhibitions

Pre-season

January 21, 2014 Friendly	Fort Lauderdale Strikers Fort Lauderdale , U.S.
		Bekker ?' Froese ?'
Note: Not considered an official match by FIFA.

February 6 Friendly	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	1–2	New England Revolution	Bradenton, Florida
3:00 p.m. EST	24' #15 45' #29 51' 66'	Report	Imbongo 34' Nguyen 84' Barnes 91'	Stadium: IMG Academy

February 13 Friendly	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	4–2	FC Red Star Zürich	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
		Report

February 22 Friendly	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	1–6	FC Dallas	Bradenton, Florida
12:00 p.m. EST	Hassan 8', 10' Chin 39'	Report	Michel 78' (pen. )	Stadium: IMG Academy Referee: Andrew Pfeffercorn

March 7 Friendly	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	1–2	Florida Memorial Lions	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
10:30 a.m. EST	Nuñez 90'	Report	Umansky 70' (pen.) Fernandez 86'	Stadium: Lockhart Stadium

March 12 Friendly	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	8–2	Blue Star Honduras	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
8:00 p.m. EST	Gonzalez 17' Anderson 67' 85' Pérez 90'	Report	Unknown 48' (pen.) Unknown 76'	Stadium: Lockhart Stadium

March 16 Friendly	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	6–1	FAU Owls	Boca Raton, Florida
4:00 p.m. EST	Gonzalez 55' Lopes 70' Hassan 78' (pen. )	Report	Prichard 13'	Stadium: FAU Soccer Stadium Attendance: 400+

March 22 Friendly	Nova Southeastern Sharks	1–3	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Davie, Florida
7:00 p.m. EST	Spuntarelli 67'	Report	Picault 13' Barrett 52' Pérez 80'	Stadium: NSU Soccer Complex

March 26 Friendly	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	5–1	Red Force FC	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
8:00 p.m. EST	Salazar 13' (pen.) Hassan 64' Picault 72' Ebbers 84' Anderson 85'	Report	77'	Stadium: Lockhart Stadium

March 28 Friendly	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	3–0	Florida Gulf Coast Eagles	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
11:00 a.m. EST	Murphy 70' Hassan 80', 84'	Report		Stadium: Lockhart Stadium

March 30 Friendly	Don Bosco FC	2–0	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Pétion-Ville, Haiti
7:00 p.m. EST				Stadium: Stade Pétion-Ville

April 5 Friendly	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	5–2	FIU Panthers	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
7:30 p.m. EST	Nunez 50' (pen. )	Report	16' 38'	Stadium: Lockhart Stadium

Exhibitions

July 4, 2014 Friendly	Tampa Bay Rowdies	3–1	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	St. Petersburg, Florida
6:30 p.m. EDT	Townsend 20' Olguín 88' Walker 89'	Report	Gonzalez 36'	Stadium: Al Lang Field Attendance: 4,105

NASL Spring Season

The Spring season will last for 9 games beginning on April 12 and ending on June 8. The schedule will feature a single round robin format with each team playing every other team in the league a single time.^[3] Half the teams will host 5 home games and play 4 road games whereas the other half of the teams will play 4 home games and 5 road games.

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Minnesota United (S)	9	6	2	1	16	9	+7	20	Playoffs
2	New York Cosmos	9	6	1	2	14	3	+11	19
3	San Antonio Scorpions	9	5	2	2	13	9	+4	17
4	Carolina RailHawks	9	4	2	3	11	15	−4	14
5	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	9	4	1	4	18	18	0	13
6	Ottawa Fury	9	3	1	5	14	13	+1	10
7	Tampa Bay Rowdies	9	2	4	3	11	16	−5	10
8	Atlanta Silverbacks	9	3	1	5	12	20	−8	10
9	FC Edmonton	9	2	2	5	11	11	0	8
10	Indy Eleven	9	0	4	5	14	20	−6	4

Source: NASL Standings
(S) Spring season champion

Results


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
9	4	1	4	18	18	0	13	3	0	1	9	5	+4	1	1	3	9	13	−4

Last updated: 26 May 2014.
Source: http://www.nasl.com/standings/season/8945

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	D
Position	3	4	3	2	1	3	4		5

Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2014. Source: nasl.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Match reports

April 12, 2014 Match 1	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	2–0	Ottawa Fury FC	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
7:30 p.m. EDT	Alves 13' King 80'	[1]		Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 3,105 Referee: Ted Unkel

April 19, 2014 Match 2	Carolina RailHawks	4–1	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Cary, North Carolina
7:30 p.m. EDT	Martinez 27' (pen.), 72' Schilawski 40', 76'	[2]	Nurse 47'	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 4,007 Referee: Mark Kadlecik

Fort Lauderdale Strikers v Indy Eleven

April 26, 2014 Match 3	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	3–2	Indy Eleven	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
7:30 p.m. EDT	Nuñez 7' Picault 69' Ebbers 73'	[3]	Kléberson 26' (pen.) Norales 90+4'	Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 3,515 Referee: Daniel Fitzgerald

May 3, 2014 Match 4	Edmonton, Alberta
9:00 p.m. EDT	Fordyce 73'	[4]	Nuñez 40' Picault 63' Anderson 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 3,276 Referee: Alain Ruch

May 10, 2014 Match 5	Atlanta Silverbacks	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
7:30 p.m. EDT	Nuñez 23' Anderson 50' Salazar 85' Picault 90+2' (pen.)	[5]		Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 3,109 Referee: Alan Kelly

May 17, 2014 Match 6	Minnesota United FC	3–1	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Blaine, Minnesota
8:00 p.m. EDT	Ibarra 70'	[6]	Nuñez 50'	Stadium: NSC Stadium Attendance: 5,325 Referee: Fotis Bazakos

May 24, 2014 Match 7	Tampa Bay Rowdies	3–2	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	St. Petersburg, Florida
7:30 p.m. EDT	Hunt 45+1' Wallace 62' Wagner 90+2'	[7]	Anderson 19' Chin 34'	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 4,331 Referee: Robert Sibiga

May 31, 2014 Match 8	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	0–3	New York Cosmos	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
7:30 p.m. EDT		[8]	Stokkelien 64' (pen.) Ockford 83' Szetela 85'	Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 5,572 Referee: Ted Unkel

June 7, 2014 Match 9	San Antonio, Texas
7:30 p.m. EDT	Touray 24' Soto 57'	[9]	Chin 10' Picault 90'	Stadium: Toyota Field Attendance: 6,484 Referee: Armando Villarreal

NASL Fall Season

The Fall season will last for 18 games beginning on July 12 and ending on November 1. The schedule will feature a double round robin format with each team playing every other team in the league twice, one at home and one on the road.^[4] The winner of the Fall season will play the winner of the Spring season in the Soccer Bowl 2014 Championship game except if the Spring and Fall Champions are the same team in which case the team with the best overall Spring and Fall record behind that team will be their opponent.

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	San Antonio Scorpions (F)	18	11	2	5	30	15	+15	35	Playoffs
2	Minnesota United	18	10	5	3	31	19	+12	35
3	FC Edmonton	18	8	5	5	23	18	+5	29
4	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	18	7	6	5	20	21	−1	27
5	Carolina RailHawks	18	7	3	8	27	28	−1	24
6	New York Cosmos	18	5	8	5	23	24	−1	23
7	Indy Eleven	18	6	5	7	21	26	−5	23
8	Tampa Bay Rowdies	18	5	5	8	25	34	−9	20
9	Ottawa Fury	18	4	5	9	20	25	−5	17
10	Atlanta Silverbacks	18	3	4	11	20	30	−10	13

Source: NASL Standings
(F) Fall season champion

Results


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
18	7	6	5	20	21	−1	27	5	3	1	10	7	+3	2	3	4	10	14	−4

Last updated: November 7, 2014.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H
Result	L	L	D	W	D	W	D	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	D
Position	10	10	10	9	9	5	4	7	5	6		7	6	3	4	4	4	4

Updated to match(es) played on November 7, 2014. Source: Spring season 2014 results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Match reports

July 12, 2014 Match 1	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	0–3	Minnesota United FC	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
7:30 p.m. EDT	Anderson 36' Gordon 81'	Report Report	Ibarra 78'	Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 3,092 Referee: Andres Pfefferkorn

July 19, 2014 Match 2	San Antonio, Texas
8:45 p.m. EDT	Forbes 43' Bingham 81' James 90'	Report Report	Jenison Brito 24' Alves 50'	Stadium: Toyota Field Attendance: 6,958 Referee: Luis Guardia

July 26, 2014 Match 3	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	1–1	New York Cosmos	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
7:30 p.m. EDT	Vieira 39' Chin 85'	[10] Report	Johnson 7' 62' Murphy 15' Ayoze 24'	Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 3,257 Referee: Younes Marrakchi

August 2, 2014 Match 4	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	1–0	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
7:30 p.m. EDT	King 30' Picault 72'	Report Report	Russell 68'	Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 2,648 Referee: Kevin Terry Jr.

August 6, 2014 Match 5	Indianapolis, Indiana
7:30 p.m. EDT	Johnson 45' 58' Peña 64'	Report Report	Gonzalez 90'	Stadium: Michael A. Carroll Stadium Attendance: 10,285 Referee: Mark Allatin

August 9, 2014 Match 6	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
7:00 p.m. EDT	Haworth 10' Beckie 20'	Report Report	Gonzalez 68'	Stadium: TD Place Stadium Attendance: 4,814 Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin

August 16, 2014 Match 7	Atlanta Silverbacks	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
7:30 p.m. EDT	Ramirez 90'	Report Report	Espinoza 6' Chavez 7' Cruz 90'	Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 2,409 Referee: Daniel Fitzgerald

August 24, 2014 Match 8	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
4:00 p.m. EDT	Edward 86' Jonke 90'	Report Report	Pecka 6' Anderson 12' Alves 27' Nurse 76' Hassan 86' (pen.)	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 3,111 Referee: Sheena Dickson

August 29, 2014 Match 9	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	2–0	San Antonio Scorpions	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
7:30 p.m. EDT	Picault 11' 43' Alves 23' Hassan 64' Pecka 68' Anderson 79' 90'	Report Report	Restrepo 45' Janicki 74' Borrajo 86' Elizondo 90'	Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 3,006 Referee: Fotis Bazakos

September 6, 2014 Match 10	New York Cosmos	2–0	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Hempstead, New York
7:00 p.m. EDT	Ayoze 8' Mwanga 17' Marcos Senna 30' (pen.) Szetela 33' Diosa 90'	Report Report		Stadium: Shuart Stadium Attendance: 3,626 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

September 13, 2014 Match 11	Minnesota United FC	2–1	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Blaine, Minnesota
9:00 p.m. EDT	Ibarra 54' Reed 80'	Report Report	Guillaume 79'	Stadium: NSC Stadium Attendance: 6,202 Referee: Christopher Penso

September 20, 2014 Match 12	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	2–1	Indy Eleven	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
7:30 p.m. EDT	Picault 1' Chavez 20' Nuñez 55' Nurse 70' King 90'	Report Report	Frias 39' 79' Peña 45' Kleberson 76' Mares 90'	Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 3,112 Referee: Marcos DeOliveira

October 4, 2014 Match 13	Carolina RailHawks	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
7:30 p.m. EDT	Anderson 59' Guerrero 90'	Report Report	Sandoval 21' Scott 27' Bentick 87'	Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 3,052 Referee: Andres Pfefferkorn

October 8, 2014 Match 14	Tampa Bay Rowdies	2–3	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	St. Petersburg, Florida
7:30 p.m. EDT	Mkandawire 11' Russell 38' Frimpong 54'	Report Report	Picault 43' 44' Chin 56' Nurse 80' Čontofalský 90'	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 3,865 Referee: Alex Chilowicz

October 11, 2014 Match 15	Atlanta Silverbacks	2–2	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Atlanta
7:30 p.m. EDT	Sandoval 47' Alves 89' (own goal) Roushandel 90'	Report Report	Hassan 25' King 41' Picault 79'	Stadium: Silverbacks Park Attendance: 2,905 Referee: Mark Kadlecik

Carolina RailHawks v Fort Lauderdale Strikers

October 18, 2014 Match 16	Carolina RailHawks	1–1	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Cary, North Carolina
7:30 p.m. EDT	Novo 82' Scott 89'	Report Report	Anderson 67' Marcelin 74' Chavez 90'	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 4,179 Referee: Marcos DeOliveira

Fort Lauderdale Strikers v FC Edmonton

October 25, 2014 Match 17	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	1–0	FC Edmonton	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
7:30 p.m. EDT	Čontofalský 50' Marcelin 72' Pecka 83'	Report Report	James 45' Hlavaty 75'	Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 5,756 Referee: Robert Sibiga

November 1, 2014 Match 18	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	1–1	Ottawa Fury FC	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
7:30 p.m. EDT	Picault 65' Brown 65' Hassan 86'	Report Report	Eustaquio 54' Oliver 80' Haworth 82'	Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 5,505 Referee: Ismail Elfath

U.S. Open Cup

The Strikers exited the 2014 Open Cup in the Third Round after an upset loss to the

Premier Development League

's Laredo Heat.

May 28 Third Round	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	2–3	Laredo Heat	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
19:30 ET	De Mujica 8' Pérez 12' Brown 20' Pecka 40'	Report	Villanueva 27' Hernandez 47' Buduri 80' Alvarado 86' Bayona 90+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 785 Referee: Caleb Mendez

Stats

Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Ran	No.	Pos	Name	NASL	U.S. Open Cup	Total
1	11	FW	Fafà Picault	12	0	12
2	20	MF	Mark Anderson	6	0	6
3	9	MF	Martin Nuñez	5	0	5
4	15	FW	Aly Hassan	3	0	3
4	17	MF	Shawn Chin	3	0	3
5	8	MF	Pecka	2	0	2
5	21	MF	Darnell King	2	0	2
6	6	MF	Chris Nurse	1	0	1
	7	MF	Gonzalo De Mujica	0	1	1
	14	MF	Carlos Salazar	1	0	1
	19	FW	Jenison Brito	1	0	1
	19	FW	Marius Ebbers	1	0	1
	29	FW	Yaikel Pérez	0	1	1
	33	DF	Rafael Alves	1	0	1
			TOTALS	38	2	40

Last updated: November 7, 2014
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Top assists

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total assists are equal.

Ran	No.	Pos	Name	NASL	U.S. Open Cup	Total
1	17	MF	Shawn Chin	5	0	5
2	21	MF	Darnell King	4	0	4
3	12	DF	Iván Guerrero	3	0	3
3	14	MF	Carlos Salazar	1	2	3
5	9	MF	Martin Nuñez	2	0	2
	11	FW	Fafà Picault	2	0	2
	19	FW	Marius Ebbers	2	0	2
	20	MF	Mark Anderson	2	0	2
6	14	MF	James Marcelin	1	0	1
6	73	MF	Walter Ramirez	1	0	1
			TOTALS	23	2	25

Last updated: November 7, 2014
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

References

^ "NASL Confirms Mid-Season Break To Accommodate 2014 FIFA World Cup". NASL.com. July 26, 2013.
^ "Roster | Fort Lauderdale Strikers". Strikers.com. Archived from the original on January 18, 2013. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
^ 2014 NASL Season Openers Archived 20 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine
^ "OOPS! SORRY, SOMETHING WENT WRONG | NASL". www.nasl.com.

[1] "NASL Confirms Mid-Season Break To Accommodate 2014 FIFA World Cup". NASL.com. July 26, 2013.

[2] "Roster | Fort Lauderdale Strikers". Strikers.com. Archived from the original on January 18, 2013. Retrieved November 26, 2012.

[3] 2014 NASL Season Openers Archived 20 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine

[4] "OOPS! SORRY, SOMETHING WENT WRONG | NASL". www.nasl.com.

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