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1993 Season

Colorado Foxes - Ft. Lauderdale Strikers - Los Angeles Salsa - Montreal Impact

Tampa Bay Rowdies - Toronto Blizzard - Vancouver 86ers

 

1993 Home - 1993 Results - 1993 Stats

1993 FINAL STANDINGS

Before the season, Ft. Lauderdale and Los Angeles were added.  Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal

joined the league from the defunct CSL

                             GP   W   L   SO   GF  GA  BP  Pts
Vancouver 86ers              24  15   9  2-1   43  35  38  126

Colorado Foxes               24  15   9  3-0   40  34  37  121

Tampa Bay Rowdies            24  12  12  0-1   53  47  44  118

Los Angeles Salsa            24  12  12  3-3   41  37  37  109

Toronto Blizzard             24  10  14  0-2   35  41  32   96

Ft. Lauderdale Strikers      24   9  15  1-3   39  52  35   93

Montreal Impact              24  11  13  2-1   28  33  26   90

Win-6pts, Shoot Out Win-2pts, Shoot Out Loss-1pt

1 bonus point per goal scored in regulation, maximum of 3 per game

 

After the season, Tampa Bay folded

1993 PLAYOFFS

*-after extra time

First Round

Sept. 18 Vancouver   2-2* Los Angeles

Los Angeles advances in shootout, 3-1

Sept. 19 Colorado    1-0  Tampa Bay

 

APSL Championship

Oct. 2   Los Angeles 1-3* Colorado

 

 

Where are they now?

Paulinho

1993 MVP Paulino went on to play one final

season in his post-APSL career, in 1996 with

Atletico Ceyala of the Mexican First Division.

This added to his extensive playing career,

which started in 1976 with his hometown club

in Brazil, Criciuma. He later moved on to play

for Bangu('83), America SP('84), and Botafogo('88)

in Brazil, as well as POSCO in South Korea, and

Nagoya Grampus Eight in Japan.

 

Beginning in 2000, he went on to manage in his

native Brazil, winning the Piaui State Championship

three times in a row, first with Piaui, and twice

with Inter de Lages. Paulinho's last managerial

stop was in 2006, with the club he began his

career with, Criciuma.

Leading Goalscorers

Paulinho, Los Angeles              15

Paul Wright, Los Angeles           13

Zico Doe, Ft. Lauderdale           12

Taifour Diane, Colorado            10

Domenic Mobilio, Vancouver         10

Scott Benedetti, Colorado          10

Pierre Morice, Tampa Bay            9

Fernando Aguiar, Toronto            9

Paul Dougherty, Tampa Bay           8

Ted Eck, Colorado                   8

Hector Marinaro, Toronto            7

Carlos Carozzin, Vancouver          7

Alvin James, Ft. Lauderdale         7

Steve Trittschuh, Tampa Bay         7

 

Goalkeeping Leaders                GAA

Jim St. Andre, Colorado            1.19

Pat Harrington, Montreal           1.35

Brett Phillips, Tampa Bay          1.39

Ian Feuer, Los Angeles             1.40

Paul Dolan, Vancouver              1.42

Mark Dodd, Colorado                1.60

 

 

1993 APSL Award Winners

Most Valuable Player:  Paulinho, Los Angeles
Coach of the Year:  Ken Fogarty, Tampa Bay Rowdies
Rookie of the Year:  Jason Devos, Montreal
 

1993 APSL First XI

G - Paul Dolan, Vancouver
D - Robin Fraser, Colorado
D - Danny Pena, Los Angeles
D - Mark Watson, Vancouver
D - Patrice Ferri, Montreal
M - Paulinho, Los Angeles
M - Ivor Evans, Vancouver
M - Paul Dougherty, Tampa Bay
M - Ted Eck, Colorado
F - Paul Wright, Los Angeles
F - Taifour Diane, Colorado
 

Home Attendance     G    Total    Avg.

N/A

 

Overview of the 1993 APSL Season - From the American Soccer History Archives

    The APSL became an international league this year. With the demise of the Canadian Soccer League, three of the CSL's clubs, the Vancouver 86ers, Montreal Rockets and Toronto Blizzard joined the circuit. Also new to the league were the Los Angeles Salsa, who filled the unexpected void left by the departure of the San Francisco Bay Blackhawks, one of the more successful clubs of years past. The APSL now had the distinction of being the top league in both the United States and Canada, gaining USSF Division 2 sanctioning. Initially this helped in their attempt to gain Division 1 status, but FIFA would not allow a division 1 league to cross national boundaries.

    The season was an exciting affair. Colorado and the expansion Los Angeles Salsa jumped out to an early lead, but the Vancouver 86ers launched a major run, climbing to the top of the standings on July 4, a position they would hold for the rest of the season. Salsa teammates Paulinho and Paul Wright battled for the scoring title and MVP awards, but Paulinho, the flamboyant Brazilian was the one to come out on top, with 15 goals and 7 assists. In the playoff semifinals, Colorado edged Tampa Bay 1-0 and Los Angeles toppled Vancouver 3-2 in a shootout. A sellout watched a nationally televised championship match between Colorado and Los Angeles. The two teams battled through 67 scoreless minutes before Salsa's Phillip Gyau landed the goal. They looked to be on their way to victory when, with less than three minutes left, Ted Eck tied the match, taking it into overtime where game MVP Talifour Diane and rookie Robert Lipp scored to give Colorado a 3-1 win and the Commissioner's Cup.

   The APSL benefited from their new TV show, "This Week in Professional Soccer" on Sportschannel, and over 300,000 fans attended regular season games. The other highlight of the season was the Four Nations Cup Tournament, held in Denver's Mile High Stadum. The Foxes hosted three premier European teams, F. C. Kaiserslautern, of Germany's Bundesliga, F. C. Copenhagen, from Denmark's First Division, and Norwich City from England's Premier League. Colorado performed magnificently, gaining a 3-2 victory over Norwich, and even more importantly, a 1-1 draw with eventual tournament champion Kaiserslautern. Although they eventually lost in a shootout, it was still an impressive effort. In other friendlies, the LA Salsa defeated Pumas, Chivas and Atlante from Mexico, and the South Korean national team, and drew with El Salvador. Giddiness turned to disappointment at the end of the year when the APSL lost their bid for FIFA sanction as the new Division 1 league required by the World Cup 1994 agreement, to Alan Rothenberg's "Major League Soccer" investment group, but the league had done itself proud, and with an influx of new talent and significant representation on the National team, their fortunes for 1994 as a Division 2 circuit looked good.

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