UPDATED - March 6, 2007
American Professional
Soccer League
1994 Season
Colorado Foxes - Ft. Lauderdale Strikers - Los Angeles Salsa - Montreal Impact
Toronto Rockets - Seattle Sounders - Vancouver 86ers
1994 Home - 1994 Results - 1994 Stats
1 : 2 : 3 : 4 : 5 : 6 : 7 : 8 : 9 : 10 : 11 : 12 : 13 : Playoffs : Other Results
Home team listed first
July 1, 1994
Colorado 2 Anthony McCreath 45', Jeff Hooker 94'
Los Angeles 1 Jose Vasquez 14'
Att-7,957 aet
Montreal 1 Lloyd Barker 58'
Toronto 0
Att-2,865
July 4, 1994
Colorado 3 Walter Boyd 9', Ted Eck 39', Mark Santel 63'
Vancouver 5 Doug Muirhead 7', Dale Mitchell 16', Rick Celebrini 45', Steve Macey 47', Dominic Mobilio 75'
Att-3,296
July 6, 1994
Montreal 0
Seattle 1 Chance Fry 89'
Att-4,481
July 8, 1994
Toronto 1 Gino DiFlorio 88'
Seattle 2 Wade Webber 58', Jason Dunn 64'
Att-2,214
Ft. Lauderdale 2 Ivan McKinley 6' 32'
Vancouver 2 Dominic Mobilio 29', Dale Mitchell 90'
Sent Off - Ivan McKinley (FTL) 81'
Ft. Lauderdale wins shootout 2-1
Att-2,092 aet
Colorado 0
Los Angeles 0
Sent Off - Walter Boyd (COL) 73'
Colorado wins shootout 3-2
Att-4,127 aet
July 10, 1994
Colorado 1 Scott Benedetti 8'
Seattle 0
Att-2,868
July 15, 1994
Toronto 1 Patrick Sullivan 76'
Montreal 0
Sent Off - Marco Rizi (MTL) 27'
Att-1,705
Vancouver 1 Scott Macey 41'
Seattle 1 Jason Farrell 51'
Vancouver wins shootout 2-1
Att-4,921 aet
July 15, 1994
Ft. Lauderdale 0
Los Angeles 0
Sent Off - Renato Corsi (FTL) 100'
Los Angeles wins shootout 2-1
Att-2,451 aet
July 20, 1994
Ft. Lauderdale 3 Juan Castillo 30', Kenny Santos 74',Patrick Tardeiu 90'
Toronto 1 Patrick Sullivan 20'
Att-1,219
July 22, 1994
Vancouver 1 Dominic Mobilio 18'
Los Angeles 2 Waldir Guerra 56', Paul Wright 97'
Att-4,802 aet
July 23, 1994
Seattle 2 Randy Hoggan 75', Gary Heale 79'
Colorado 0
Att-5,614
July 24, 1994
Los Angeles 2 Paul Wright 19', Paulinho 42'
Seattle 1 Jason Dunn 36'
Att-2,148
July 27, 1994
Toronto 1 Tony Nocita 50'
Montreal 0
Att-1,277
Vancouver 1 Scott Macey 75'
Colorado 0
Att-4,862
July 28, 1994
Los Angeles 2 Paulinho 87', Paul Wright 89'p
Ft. Lauderdale 2 Steve Trittschuh 48', Alex Sanchez 51'
Sent Off - Lawrence Lozzano (LA) 72', Danny Pena (LA) 100'
Ft. Lauderdale wins shootout 1-0
Att-2,564 aet
Montreal 1 Jean Harbor 1'p
Toronto 0
Att-4,425
July 30, 1994
Colorado 2 Walter Boyd 5', Iain Fraser 82'
Ft. Lauderdale 1 Patrick Olalere 58'
Att-4,385
Seattle 5 Jason Dunn 22' 77', Chance Fry 43', Wade Webber 48', Jason Farrell 63'
Vancouver 0
Sent Off - Doug McKinty (VAN) 43', Dale Mitrchell (VAN) 44'
Att-6,458
July 31, 1994
Toronto 0
Montreal 3 Lloyd Barker 16', Jean Harbor 37', Nick DeSantis 61'
Sent Off - Phillip Gyau (MTL) 90'
Att-1,240
Colorado 2 Ted Eck 16', Kim Roentved 44'
Vancouver 1 John Catliff 89'
Att-3,112
August 3, 1994
Montreal 2 Lloyd Barker 23', Jean Harbor 56'
Los Angeles 0
Att-3,249
August 4, 1994
Ft. Lauderdale 0
Colorado 2 Ted Eck 2', Walter Boyd 63'
August 5, 1994
Seattle 2 David Hoggan 13', Jason Dunn
Montreal 0
Sent Off - James Dunn (SEA) 83', Nick DeSantis (MTL) 83'
Att-4,762
Toronto 1 Gino DiFlorio 87'
Los Angeles 2 Paul Wright 38', Brad Smith 86'
Att-1,867
August 7, 1994
Los Angeles 3 Paulinho 26', Paul Wright 33'p, Lawrence Lozzano 89'
Montreal 4 John Liminatis 6', Nick Dasovic 63', Mauro Biello 76', Jean Harbor 89'
Sent Off - Pat Harrington (MTL) 90'
Att-2,034
Vancouver 3 Steve MacDonald 1', John Catliff 62', Ivor Evans 64'
Seattle 2 Jason Dunn 11', Dick McCormick 45'
Att-4,814
August 10, 1994
Montreal 1 Darren Karuzaz (OG)4'
Ft. Lauderdale 0
Att-2,122
August 12, 1994
Toronto 1 Gino DiFlorio 62'
Ft. Lauderdale 0
Att-1,938
Vancouver 1 John Catliff 84'
Seattle 4 Chance Fry 23' 63', David Hoggan 18', Jason Dunn 68'
Att-4,769
August 13, 1994
Los Angeles 3 Danny Pena 44', Paulinho 50', Arut Karapetyan 84'
Colorado 0
Att-3,124
August 14, 1994
Montreal 4 Enzo Concina 5', Jean Harbor 17', Marco Rizi 75', Phillip Gyau 81'
Vancouver 1 Doug McKinty 32'
Sent Off - Paul Dolan (VAN) 21'
Att-3,275
August 17, 1994
Toronto 0
Vancouver 1 Dale Mitchell 36'
Att-1,830
Ft. Lauderdale 1 Darrin Kazuras 54'
Montreal 1 Jean Harbor 49'
Montreal wins shootout 4-2
Att-1,721 aet
Colorado 0
Seattle 2 Jason Dunn 70', Derek Crothers 90'
Att-4,160
August 20, 1994
Los Angeles 2 Paulinho 58' 81'
Toronto 1 Steve MacDonald 14'
Att-3,396
Ft. Lauderdale 1 Kenny Santos 80'
Toronto 2 Joseph Maijcher 60', Ivica Raguz 78'
Att-1,801
Seattle 1 Neil Megson 63'
Colorado 0
Att-5,194
August 26, 1994
Seattle 3 Chance Fry 49'p 53', Neil Megson 73'
Toronto 1 Gino DiFlorio 12'
Att-3,704
Vancouver 0
Los Angeles 2 Paulinho 53' 79'p
Att-5,101
August 27, 1994
Ft. Lauderdale 0
Montreal 0
Sent Off - Marco Rizi (MTL) 42', Francis Millien (MTL, asst. coach) 42'
Montreal wins shootout 2-1
Att-1,778 aet
Seattle 2 Chance Fry 75' 86'
Los Angeles 1 Brad Smith 89'
Att-5,160
August 28, 1994
Colorado 1 Chad Ashton 81'
Toronto 0
Att-2,357
August 31, 1994
Los Angeles 5 Paul Wright 44' 56', Paulinho 21', Thor Lee 24', Ray Fernandez 78'
Ft. Lauderdale 1 John Doyle 69'
Att-2,852
Toronto 3 Lucio Ianero 3', Velmir Crljen 73', Patrick Sullivan 75'
Vancouver 1 Dominic Mobilio 39'
Att-542
September 2, 1994
Montreal 1 Lloyd Barker 50'
Los Angeles 0
Att-3,672
Vancouver 1 Sipho Sibya 82'
Toronto 0
Att-4,498
September 4, 1994
Los Angeles 4 Yari Allnutt 76' 88', Paul Wright 27'p, Paulinho 82'
Toronto 0
Att-5,112
Ft. Lauderdale 1 Peter Isaacs 20'
Seattle 0
Sent Off - Dick McCormick (SEA) 87'
Att-1,621
September 7, 1994
Ft. Lauderdale 0
Montreal 2 Jean Harbor 74;p, Mauro Biello 79'
Att-942
September 9, 1994
Toronto 1 Eddy Berdusco 53'
Colorado 3 Robin Fraser 37', Ted Eck 68', Chad Ashton 72'
Att-1,310
Seattle 2 Jason Farrell 33', Shawn Medved 44'
Ft. Lauderdale 3 Peter Isaacs 26' 51', Dominic Kinnear 92'
Att-6,624 aet
September 11, 1994
Montreal 1 Rudy Doliscat 2'
Colorado 1 Bryan Haynes 25'
Sent Off - Chad Ashton (COL) 77'
Colorado wins shootout
Att-3,855 aet
Vancouver 0
Ft. Lauderdale 1 Steve Trittschuh 81'
Sent Off - Ivor Evans (VAN) 44'
Att-4,546
Los Angeles 0
Seattle 1 Jason Dunn 44'
Att-4,885
September 14, 1994
Vancouver 2 Domenic Mobilio 24', Dale Mitchell 80'
Montreal 0
Att-4,415
Colorado 4 Noah Epstein 24', Anthony McCreath 27', Ted Eck 56', Mark Santel 84'
Ft. Lauderdale
1 Kenny Santos 65'
Sent Off - Peter Isaacs (FTL) 57'
Att-504
September 17, 1994
Colorado 2 Walter Boyd 17', Chad Ashton 65'
Montreal 1 Jean Harbor 39'
Att-1,754
Los Angeles 2 Danny Pena 8', Perez 25'
Vancouver 1 Dale Mitchell 6'
Att-2,478
Seattle 1 Neil Megson 58'
Toronto 0
Att-9,119
September 20, 1994
Ft. Lauderdale 3 Lenin Steenkamp 15', Patrick Olalere 80', Patrick Tardieu 90'
Toronto 0
Att-1,685
Seattle 3 Jason Dunn 31', David Hoggan 49', Chance Fry 78'
Colorado 1 Ted Eck 89'
Sent Off - Jeff Hooker (COL) 90'
Att-4,986
September 21, 1994
Vancouver 2 Domenic Mobilio 3' 36'
Los Angeles 3 Paul Wright 64' 90'p, Paulinho 26'
Att-4,695
September 23, 1994
Montreal 0
Colorado 2 Noah Epstein 90', Ted Eck 90'
Att-1,825
Toronto 1 Eddy Berdusco 38'
Ft. Lauderdale 2 John Doyle 61', Steve Trittschuh 74'
Att-400
September 24, 1994
Seattle 3 Chance Fry 46' 75', David Hoggan 77'
Vancouver 0
Att-11,874
September 25, 1994
Montreal 5 Lloyd Barker 23' 26', Nick DeSantis 39', Gustavo Echevarris 50', Marco Rizzi 69'
Ft. Lauderdale 1 Tim Martin 74'
Att-2,379
Los Angeles 2 Paul Wright 66'p 79'
Colorado 0
Att-4,812
September 30, 1994 - Game 1
Montreal 2 Lloyd Barker 5', Jean Harbor 12'
Los Angeles 1 Paulinho 32'
Sent Off - Enzo Concina (MTL) 69', Arturo Velazco (LA) 81'
Att-1,961
October 2, 1994 - Game 2
Los Angeles 3 Paulinho 78' 86', Thor Lee 40'
Montreal 0
Att-6,002
Series tied 1-1, Montreal wins shootout 2-1 to advance to APSL final
September 29, 1994 - Game 1
Colorado 2 Ted Eck 13', Bryan Haynes 87'
Seattle 0
Att-2,636
October 2, 1994 - Game 2
Seattle 4 Dick McCormick 19' 28', Jason Dunn 72' 73
Colorado 1 Ted Eck 65'
Att-8,448
Series tied 1-1, Colorado wins shootout 2-1 to advance to APSL final
:::APSL Championship:::
October 15, 1994 - Claude Robillard Stadium - Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Montreal 1 Jean Harbor 21'
Lineup - Pat Harrington, Patrick Diotte, Rude Doliscat, Jason Devos,
Enzo Concina, Marco Rizo, Nick DeSantis, John Liminatis, Lloyd Barker,
Jean Harbor (Mauro Biello 83')
Colorado 0
Lineup - Mark Dodd, Robin Fraser, Iain Fraser, Robert Lipp, Tom Soehn,
Kim Roentved, Ted Eck, Bryan Haynes, Anthony McCreath, Jeff Hooker
(Noah Epstein 46'), Walter Boyd
MTL COL Bookings
Shots 13 8 23' Iain Fraser (COL)
Saves 4 4 38' Bryan Haynes (COL)
Corners 5 12 41' Anthony McCreath (COL)
Fouls 21 24 75' Jean Harbor (MTL)
Offside 6 2
Att-8,169
Referee - Rene Parra
:::Other Results:::
CONCACAF CHAMPIONS CUP
January 29, 1994 - Group 2, First Round
Los Angeles 0
Alianza (ELS) 1
February 6, 1994
Alianza (ELS) 2
Los Angeles 2
Alianza advance on 3-2 aggregate
April 24, 1994
Colorado 1 Scott Benedetti 72'
FC Temp Shepetivka (UKR)2 Roluchenko 79', Kapanadze 89'
Att-n/a
May 1, 1994
Colorado Foxes -
Trinidad & Tobago -
May 14, 2004
Colorado Foxes -
Jamaica -
May 25, 1994
Montreal 0
Aberdeen (SCO) 2
Att-n/a
May 28, 1994
Montreal 0
Hearts (SCO) 2
Att-n/a
June 6, 1994
Montreal 2
Morocco 2
Att-
June 6, 1994
Montreal 3
Santa Fe (COL) 1
June 12, 1994
San Francisco 2
Cameroon 1
June 21, 1994
Montreal 6
Napoli resv. (ITA) 0
Date n/a
Canada 1
Seattle 0
Date n/a
Seattle 0
Canada 1
Date n/a
UNAM Pumas (MEX) 1
Seattle 0
Date n/a
Seattle 2
UNAM Pumas 1
Date n/a
Colorado Foxes 4
Independiente (COL) 2
Date n/a
Colorado Foxes 5
FC Twente (HOL) 4
One and done! The odd story of the Houston Force
Throughout it's years, the USL First Division has had a few teams threaten to go belly up at mid season, only for the league to take over operations of the club to see it though the end of the year. In 1991, the league cut short the Salt Lake Sting's season midway through, leaving a messy trail of 1-0 forfeits along the way. They have even had expansion teams who never made it to the starting line.
In 1994, the APSL learned their lesson and didn't wait until mid-season to pull the plug on one of their new teams, the Houston Force. They nipped them in the bud after just one game.
Never heard of the Houston Force? Can't say I blame you, for they are buried in the depths of U.S. Soccer history, as if the soccer gods decreed their name be stricken from all records for all of time.
In 1994, the APSL was on shaky ground. Just two years earlier, they were down to five teams. They boosted up to seven teams in 1993 with the addition of Canadian Soccer League refugees Vancouver and Montreal, but lost one of it's better franchises, the San Francisco Bay Blackhawks. The 'Hawks left the APSL due to concerns of the leagues future, as well as interest in joining the Mexican Second Division. In January of '94, another one of their oldest clubs, the Tampa Bay Rowdies, closed up shop, bringing the count down to six. Speculation ran wild that the APSL would skip the 1994 season all together, and regroup for 1995.
However, on March 1, APSL Chairman William De La Pena proudly announced the league would indeed play on in 1994, with the addition of three new clubs: the Seattle Sounders (still around today), Toronto Rockets (folded after the season), and the Houston Force. the club seemed doomed right away. The roster printed in Soccer America in the July 25 issue showed only three players with any real professional experience, David Vaudreuil (last with Tampa Bay in '93), Chris Charles (Tampa BAy '92), and Eloy Salgado, who has played indoors in the MISL.
July 14 was Opening Day at Robertson Stadium, where the MLS Dynamo now play. The Force were hosting the Los Angeles Salsa, the previous season's runner-up. To say Houston were lucky to get away with only a 3-0 loss is an understatement. The Salsa out shot them 25-6, and had 7 corner kicks to none for the Force. 1993 MVP Paulinho scored twice in front of a reported crowd of 3,000, which some say was more in the range of 1,400. Little did those 1,400 know they would have to wait another 12 seasons to see another professional outdoor team call Robertson Stadium it's home.
On July 21, the APSL pulled the plug on the Force. The league cited internal ownership disputes, including financial difficulties. The league obviously did not want a repeat of the Salt Lake debacle, and cut the cord as early as they could. The Houston Force was an unfortunate situation, one we fought to maintain," De La Pena said, "but after realizing the ownership group in Houston was unable and unwilling to resolve financial differences, the board felt the most prudent course of action would be to revoke its membership and plan for 1995." Of course, there was no return to Houston in 1995. With the creation of Major League Soccer looming in 1996, the league had a chip on it's shoulder after being turned down by the USSF for Division I status, and this episode was a huge black eye for the APSL.
Below is the boxscore of the one and only game played by the Houston Force in 1994. All of the stats were wiped from the record books a week later, and the team drifted off to the agate type of soccer history.
July 14, 2004 - Robertson Stadium - Houston, Texas
Houston Force 0
Lineup - H. Gomez, David Vaudreuil, Cory Christiansen, Kevin Onwudiwe, Berti Generes, Staines,
Jorge Gomez (Chris Charles 45'), Higel, Eloy Salgado, Tony McGuiness, Tolik Dimitrikov (Porkova 45')
Los Angeles 3 Paulinho 26' 67', Paul Wright 81'
Lineup - Mike Littman, Danny Pena, Lawrence Lozzano, Michael N'Doumbe, Jeff Agoos, Arut Karapetyan,
Mike Fox, Paulinho, Thor Lee, Jose Vasquez, Paul Wright (Brad Smith 82')
HOU LA Bookings
Shots 6 25 8' Berti Generes (HOU)
Saves 13 2 30' David Vaudreuil (HOU)
Corners 0 7 62' Mike Fox (LA)
Fouls 12 9 76' Danny Pena (LA)
Offside 1 1 85' Higel (HOU)
Att-3,000 89' Staines (HOU)
(est. 1,400 actual) 89' Brad Smith (LA)
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