1993 Vancouver 86ers season
| 1993 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Milan Ilich | ||
| Head coach | Bob Lenarduzzi | ||
| Stadium | Swangard Stadium | ||
| 1993 APSL | Regular season: 1st Playoffs: Semifinals | ||
| Average home league attendance | 4,866[1] | ||
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The 1993 Vancouver 86ers season was the club's eighth year of existence (or 19th if counting the NASL Whitecaps), as well as their first as a Division 2 club in the franchise model of U.S.-based soccer leagues. After their 1992 CSL season, the CSL folded and the Whitecaps joined the American Professional Soccer League for the 1993 season. They continued the tradition of excellence from the CSL capturing the Commissioner’s Cup (regular season) but losing the playoff semifinal in a shootout to the Los Angeles Salsa. The 86ers also changed their colours from yellow/red/blue to white/black/red and created a new logo of a soccer ball striking a goal net.[2] They were familiar with the league's teams as two others were Canadian teams (Toronto Blizzard and the Montreal Supra resurrected as Montreal Impact),[3] Vancouver lost a 1992 North American Club Championship series to the 1992 APSL Champion Colorado Foxes, and Vancouver had played preseason matches against Seattle Sounders, Los Angeles, and San Francisco based teams through the CSL years.
Schedule and results
The competition was a single table on the league principle with a balanced schedule home and away where each of the seven teams plays the other six four times. The league`s regular season was played over twenty weeks, beginning April 30 and concluding September 12. The top four in the table qualified for a single-elimination tournament held in September. The league was a generally close competition, given the unique points system adopted all teams were still in the playoff race into early August or about 70% of the season. The unique rules includes 6pts for a win, 4pts for a shootout win, 2pts for a shootout loss, and bonus points for goals to a maximum of three. If the game was tied instead of following FIFA rules of two sudden death thirty-minute extra halves followed by penalty kicks, the APSL did two 7.5 minute extra halves followed by the NASL shootout. The shootout consisted of the player starting at midfield, goalkeeper in net, and five seconds for the player to score (essentially a timed five second break-away skills competition). In 1993 before the USSF chose MLS as Division 1, a couple teams had significant capital backing, had local TV and radio deals, and many of the players were U.S. national team hopefuls or Canadian internationals. Game day rosters had to have eleven of the eighteen as domestic players. The 86ers were at the top of the table most of the year with a significant lead in the league table until the last six games. At the start of the season, until the sixth match versus Ft. Lauderdale, the team was without its coach, Bob Lenarduzzi, and six members of the Canada men's national soccer team as they were in the national team camp and playing 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifying games.[4] Due to Canada's loss to Mexico 1–2 in World Cup qualifying and subsequent second place final round finish, the 86ers were also missing players for the CONCACAF–OFC play-off versus Australia at the end of the season during the start of their swoon in league results. To save on travel costs, the teams played back-to-back on consecutive days, for example the games versus the Tampa Bay Rowdies were the day after Ft. Lauderdale Strikers games all season. At the end of the season the 86ers allowed a number of late goals extending games as draws were not officially recognized including in the playoff game where they were eliminated in an NASL style shootout.
Tables
Points:
- Win: 6
- Shoot out win: 4
- Shoot out loss: 2
- 1 bonus point per goal scored in regulation, maximum of 3 per game
| Place | Team | GP | W | L | WN | WE | WS | LN | LE | LS | GF | GA | GD | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vancouver 86ers | 24 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 35 | +8 | 126 |
| 2 | Colorado Foxes | 24 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 40 | 34 | +6 | 121 |
| 3 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 24 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 53 | 47 | +6 | 118 |
| 4 | Los Angeles Salsa | 24 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 37 | +4 | 109 |
| 5 | Toronto Blizzard | 24 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 41 | −6 | 97 |
| 6 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 24 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 39 | 52 | −13 | 94 |
| 7 | Montreal Impact | 24 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 33 | −5 | 90 |
Expanded table
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | Pts | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD |
| 22 | 36 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 39 | 32 | +7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 11 | +9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 21 | −2 |
Last updated: April 26, 2010
Source: [5]
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference
Pre-season
Win Draw Loss
Source[6]
| April 17, 1993 | Colorado Foxes | 2–0 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC |
| April 17, 1993 | Los Angeles Salsa | 0–1 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC |
These games were sixty-minute exhibitions, not full ninety-minute contests.
APSL
Results by round
| April 30, 1993 1 | Vancouver 86ers | 2–1 | Toronto Blizzard | Burnaby, BC |
| 22:05 ET | Geoff Aunger File:Soccerball shade.svg 3', 48' | Report | Fernando Aguiar File:Soccerball shade.svg 90' | Stadium: Swangard Stadium Attendance: 4,220 |
| May 9, 1993 2 | Vancouver 86ers | 1–2 | Los Angeles Salsa | Burnaby, BC |
| 21:35 ET | Carlo Corazzin File:Soccerball shade.svg 12' | Report | Paulinho Criciúma File:Soccerball shade.svg Paul Wright File:Soccerball shade.svg 83' |
Stadium: Swangard Stadium Attendance: 3,753 |
| May 21, 1993 3 | Vancouver 86ers | 2–0 | Colorado Foxes | Burnaby, BC |
| 22:05 ET | John Catliff File:Soccerball shade.svg 42' Carlo Corazzin File:Soccerball shade.svg 90' |
Report | Stadium: Swangard Stadium |
| May 29, 1993 4 | Toronto Blizzard | 1–2 | Vancouver 86ers | Toronto, Ontario |
| 14:05 ET | Hector Marinaro File:Soccerball shade.svg 58' | Report | Domenic Mobilio File:Soccerball shade.svg 66', 76' | Stadium: Varsity Stadium Attendance: 800 |
| May 30, 1993 5 | Montreal Impact | 0–2 | Vancouver 86ers | Montreal |
| Report | Jim Easton Jr. File:Soccerball shade.svg 28' Domenic Mobilio File:Soccerball shade.svg 45' |
Stadium: Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard Attendance: 4,027 |
| June 5, 1993 6 | Ft Lauderdale Strikers | 1–2 | Vancouver 86ers | Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
| 19:35 ET | Zenon Luzniak File:Soccerball shade.svg 58' | Report | Geoff Aunger File:Soccerball shade.svg 46' Ivor Evans File:Soccerball shade.svg 66' |
Stadium: Lockhart Stadium |
| June 13, 1993 8 | Los Angeles Salsa | 2–3 | Vancouver 86ers | Fullerton, California |
| 19:05 ET | Paul Wright File:Soccerball shade.svg 4' Waldir Guerra File:Soccerball shade.svg 27' |
Report | Carlo Corazzin File:Soccerball shade.svg 3' Domenic Mobilio File:Soccerball shade.svg 77', 85' |
Stadium: Titan Stadium Attendance: 2,082 |
| June 16, 1993 9 | Vancouver 86ers | 1–0 | Toronto Blizzard | Burnaby, BC |
| 22:05 ET | Dale Mitchell File:Soccerball shade.svg 5' | Report | Stadium: Swangard Stadium |
| June 25, 1993 10 | Vancouver 86ers | 3–2 | Colorado Foxes | Burnaby, BC |
| 22:05 ET | Ivor Evans File:Soccerball shade.svg 42' Domenic Mobilio File:Soccerball shade.svg 82' Carl Valentine File:Soccerball shade.svg 95' |
Report | Taifour Diane File:Soccerball shade.svg 5' Scott Benedetti File:Soccerball shade.svg 17' |
Stadium: Swangard Stadium |
| July 1, 1993 11 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 0–2 | Montreal Impact | Burnaby, BC |
| 18:05 ET | Report | Grant Needham File:Soccerball shade.svg 31' Nick Dasovic File:Soccerball shade.svg 72' |
Stadium: Swangard Stadium Attendance: 5,196 |
| July 3, 1993 12 | Colorado Foxes | 1–2 | Vancouver 86ers | Englewood, Colorado |
| 20:30 ET | Mark Santel File:Soccerball shade.svg 19' | Report | Dale Mitchell File:Soccerball shade.svg 77' Doug Muirhead File:Soccerball shade.svg 98' |
Stadium: Englewood High School Stadium |
| July 9, 1993 13 | Vancouver 86ers | 2–1 | Ft Lauderdale Strikers | Burnaby, BC |
| 22:05 ET | Carlo Corazzin File:Soccerball shade.svg 33', 78' | Report | John Claire File:Soccerball shade.svg 64' | Stadium: Swangard Stadium |
| July 16, 1993 14 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 3–1 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Burnaby, BC |
| 22:05 ET | John Catliff File:Soccerball shade.svg 15' Rick Celebrini File:Soccerball shade.svg 67' Ivor Evans File:Soccerball shade.svg 90' |
Report | David Vaudreuil File:Soccerball shade.svg 85' | Stadium: Swangard Stadium |
| July 24, 1993 15 | Ft Lauderdale Strikers | 4–3 | Vancouver 86ers | Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
| 19:35 ET | Juan Castillo File:Soccerball shade.svg 25' Zico Doe File:Soccerball shade.svg 68' Eric Eichmann File:Soccerball shade.svg 77' Alvin James File:Soccerball shade.svg 90' |
Report | Ivor Evans File:Soccerball shade.svg 11' Domenic Mobilio File:Soccerball shade.svg 21', 89' |
Stadium: Lockhart Stadium |
| July 25, 1993 16 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 2–0 | Vancouver 86ers | Tampa, Florida |
| Jean Harbor File:Soccerball shade.svg 69' Steve Trittschuh File:Soccerball shade.svg 75' |
Report | Scott Munson File:Soccerball shade.svg 60' | Stadium: Tampa Stadium |
| July 30, 1993 17 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 2–1 | Montreal Impact | Burnaby, BC |
| 22:05 ET | Nick Gilbert File:Soccerball shade.svg 49' Scott Munson File:Soccerball shade.svg 84' |
Report | Lloyd Barker File:Soccerball shade.svg 56' | Stadium: Swangard Stadium Attendance: 4,629 |
| August 6, 1993 18 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 6–1 | Ft Lauderdale Strikers | Burnaby, BC |
| 22:05 ET | Carlo Corazzin File:Soccerball shade.svg 49' Dale Mitchell File:Soccerball shade.svg 51' Domenic Mobilio File:Soccerball shade.svg 53', 56' Scott Munson File:Soccerball shade.svg 83', 85' |
Report | Zico Doe File:Soccerball shade.svg 68' | Stadium: Swangard Stadium |
| August 12, 1993 19 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 0- 1 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Burnaby, BC |
| 22:05 ET | Report | Steve Trittschuh File:Soccerball shade.svg 73' | Stadium: Swangard Stadium |
| August 14, 1993 20 | Toronto Blizzard | 1–0 | Vancouver 86ers | Toronto, Ontario |
| 14:05 ET | Nigel Sparks File:Soccerball shade.svg 90' | Report | Stadium: Lamport Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Russ Hepworth |
| August 15, 1993 21 | Montreal Impact | 0–0 (3–0 p) | Vancouver 86ers | Montreal |
| Report | Stadium: Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard Attendance: 3,874 |
| September 4, 1993 22 | Los Angeles Salsa | 1–1 (W p) | Vancouver 86ers | Fullerton, California |
| 23:05 ET | Paul Wright File:Soccerball shade.svg 77' | Report | Carlo Corazzin File:Soccerball shade.svg 49' | Stadium: Titan Stadium Attendance: 3,584 |
| September 5, 1993 23 | Colorado Foxes | 2–1 | Vancouver 86ers | Englewood, Colorado |
| Scott Benedetti File:Soccerball shade.svg 25', 41' | Report | Doug Muirhead File:Soccerball shade.svg 43' | Stadium: Englewood High School Stadium |
| September 8, 1993 24 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 2–2 (4–2 p) | Los Angeles Salsa | Burnaby, BC |
| 22:05 ET | Doug Muirhead File:Soccerball shade.svg 7' Rick Celebrini File:Soccerball shade.svg 77' |
Report | Danny Pena File:Soccerball shade.svg 26 ' Paul Wright File:Soccerball shade.svg 85' |
Stadium: Swangard Stadium Attendance: 5,744 |
Post-season
Current roster
Goalkeeper stats
| No. | Nat. | Player | Total | APSL | Playoffs | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIN | SV | GA | GAA | SO | MIN | SV | GA | GAA | SO | MIN | SV | GA | GAA | SO | |||
| 29 | Canada | Paul Dolan | 2231 | 12 | 35 | 1.42 | 4 | 2070 | 11 | 23 | 1.435 | 4 | 105 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 |
| Canada | Cory Breure | 34 | 0.00 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | |||||||||
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Last updated: January 27, 2007.
Source: [1]
- Note: Minutes played and saves statistics are incomplete (see notes below).
Player statistics
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Minutes | Goals | Assists | Shots | Fouls | File:Yellow card.svg | File:Red card.svg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Canada Cory Breure | (1) | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2 | DF | Canada Rick Celebrini | 13 | 1073 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
| FW | Canada Nick Gilbert | 4 | 267 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 3 | DF | File:Flag placeholder.svg Tom Kim | 6(3) | 723 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 4 | MF | Canada Mark Watson | 8(1) | 787 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 5 | DF | Canada Steve MacDonald | 21 | 1913 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 6 | FW | Canada Geoff Aunger | 11(2) | 856 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 8 | MF | Canada Jim Easton Jr. | 15(1) | 1330 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 9 | FW | Canada John Catliff | 9 | 744 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 10 | FW | Canada Domenic Mobilio | 16 | 1317 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 11 | DF | Fiji Ivor Evans | 23 | 2128 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 12 | DF | Canada Jean-Paul Knezevic | (2) | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| DF | United States Doug Morrill | 2 | 130 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 13 | DF | Canada David Norman | 13 | 1130 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 14 | MF | Canada Dale Mitchell | 13(5) | 1274 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 15 | MF | Canada Doug Muirhead | 17(5) | 1712 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 16 | DF | Canada Doug McKinty | 15(5) | 1572 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| DF | Canada Norm Odinga | 8(1) | 633 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 17 | FW | Canada Carlo Corazzin | 23(1) | 1985 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 20 | FW | Canada Scott Munson | 5(1) | 487 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 21 | FW | Canada Carl Valentine | 11(4) | 1129 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 23 | MF | Canada Mike Dodd | 1(2) | 205 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 24 | DF | Canada Steve Millar | 5 | 395 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 29 | GK | Canada Paul Dolan | 25 | 2216 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| MF | Canada Guido Titotto | 2 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| MF | Canada Scott Macey | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| FW | Canada Carlos Batista | |||||||||
| GK | Canada Rob Merkl | (1) | 1 | |||||||
| — | – | Opponent Own goals | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
- Note: this list includes only players that actually played.
- Note: brackets indicate substitute appearances.
- Note statistics are for league and playoffs (not preseason).
- Note: 2011 and 2012 MLS Whitecap media guides and Miami's Sun Sentinel and the Los Angeles Times newspaper archives were used to augment game times, player statistics, and attendance.
- Note statistics are incomplete for player numbers, assists, shots, fouls, and cards. Minutes played also appear not to have included the five 15-minute overtime periods during the season or the playoff game.
External links
References
- ↑ Soccer United Marketing – Major League Soccer p. 150. "2011 Whitecaps Media Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 3, 2016. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "History". whitecapsfc.com. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
- ↑ "Montreal Impact 1993". impactmontreal.com. Retrieved March 12, 2014.
- ↑ Brosseau, Dave (May 30, 1993). "Strikers Smarting From Injury Plague". Sun Sentinel Newspaper. Archived from the original on March 1, 2014. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
- ↑ Litterer, David (May 30, 2008). "The Year in American Soccer, 1993". The US Soccer History Archives. Archived from the original on March 17, 2015. Retrieved August 25, 2016.
- ↑ "1993 Results". a-leaguearchive.tripod.com. January 27, 2007. Retrieved March 10, 2014.
- ↑ "1993 Results". Retrieved March 10, 2014.; These results have been verified where possible with review of the RSSSF email newsgroup archives and Miami's Sun Sentinel and the Los Angeles Times newspaper archives.
- ↑ "1993 Statistics". Retrieved March 11, 2014.