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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

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

Semifinal 1

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


Oklahoma City Stampede (OK)1-2Houston Dynamos (TX)
Kenny Killingsworth 13' Yellow card 28' Manny Andruszewski
55' Jose Neto
69' Jose Neto
Referee: Bill Schofield (USA)

Semifinal 2

Fort Lauderdale Sun (FL)3-0Buffalo Storm (NY)
Mark Schwartz
Teófilo Cubillas
Teófilo Cubillas
Attendance: 3,186


Fort Lauderdale Sun (FL)5-1Buffalo Storm (NY)
Mark Schwartz 13'
Mark Schwartz 18'
Teófilo Cubillas 43'
Mark Schwartz 46'
Christiansen Yellow card 52'
Dave Watson 57'		 50' Jerry Martello
Yellow card 52' Jerry Martello
Yellow card 55' Corney
Attendance: 4,502

Final

Houston Dynamos (TX)1-1 OTFort Lauderdale Sun (FL)
Giulio Bernardi 115' Red card 60' Tom Mulroy
Red card 60' Asa Hartford
105' Keith Weller
Penalties
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? soccer ball with check mark
Jose Neto soccer ball with check mark
Lesh Shkreli soccer ball with check mark		 4–2 soccer ball with check mark ?
soccer ball with check mark ?
Red card David Irving
J.K. Butler Stadium, Houston, Texas
Referee: Manuel Ortiz (USA)
Fort Lauderdale Sun (FL)3-0Houston Dynamos (TX)
Mark Schwartz 12'
Mark Schwartz 23'
Teófilo Cubillas 34'
Attendance: 4,250
Fort Lauderdale Sun (FL)1-1Houston Dynamos (TX)
Dave Watson 34' Jose Neto
Penalties
Teófilo Cubillas soccer ball with check mark
Boris Bandov soccer ball with check mark
Mark Schwartz soccer ball with red X
John Lignos soccer ball with red X
Tom Mulroy soccer ball with red X
Dave Watson soccer ball with check mark		 3–2 soccer ball with check mark Jose Neto
soccer ball with red X ?
soccer ball with red X ?
soccer ball with red X ?
soccer ball with check mark Nathan Sacks
soccer ball with red X Manny Andruszewski
Attendance: 4,642

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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