1981 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season

Fort Lauderdale Strikers

1981 season
Owner	Elizabeth Robbie
General manager	Tim Robbie
Manager	Eckhard Krautzun
Stadium	Lockhart Stadium
NASL	Southern Division: Second place Semifinalist
Top goalscorer	League: Teófilo Cubillas (17 goals) All: Teófilo Cubillas (19 goals)
Average home league attendance	13,345
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The 1981 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season was the fifth season of the Fort Lauderdale Striker's team, and the club's fifteenth season in professional soccer. This year the team made it to semifinals of the North American Soccer League playoffs.

Competitions

NASL Playoffs

First round

Lower seed		Higher seed	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Fort Lauderdale Strikers	-	Calgary Boomers	3–1	#2–0	x	August 23 • Lockhart Stadium • 12,196 #August 26 • Lockhart Stadium • 11,494

#Due to a scheduling conflict between the Calgary Boomers and the Billy Graham Crusade, the Fort Lauderdale Strikers hosted both Games 1 and 2 (instead of Game 1 only), there-by gaining home field advantage even though they were the lower seed.

Quarterfinals

Lower seed		Higher seed	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Fort Lauderdale Strikers	-	Minnesota Kicks	3–1	3–0	x	September 2 • Lockhart Stadium • 11,918 September 6 • Memorial Stadium • 10,278

Semifinals

Lower seed		Higher seed	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Fort Lauderdale Strikers	-	New York Cosmos	3–4	1–4	x	September 12 • Lockhart Stadium • 18,814 September 16 • Giants Stadium • 31,172

Bracket

	First Round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Soccer Bowl '81
						1	New York	2
						14	Tampa Bay	1
	3	Vancouver	0
	14	Tampa Bay	2
											1	New York	2
											9	Fort Lauderdale	0
	6	Minnesota	2
	11	Tulsa	0
						6	Minnesota	0
						9	Fort Lauderdale	2
	8	Calgary	0
	9	Fort Lauderdale	2
																1	New York	0
																2	Chicago	1
	2	Chicago	2
	15	Seattle	1
						2	Chicago	2
						10	Montreal	1
	7	Los Angeles	1
	10	Montreal	2
											2	Chicago	2
											4	San Diego	1
	4	San Diego	2
	13	Portland	1
						4	San Diego	2
						12	Jacksonville	1
	5	Atlanta	0
	12	Jacksonville	2