APSL 1992 Season

UPDATED - January 27, 2007

American Professional

Soccer League

1992 Season

Colorado Foxes - Ft. Lauderdale Strikers - Miami Freedom - San Francisco Bay Blackhawks - Tampa Bay Rowdies

1992 Results - 1992 Stats

1992 FINAL STANDINGS

GP W L SO GF GA BP Pts
Colorado Foxes 16 11 5 1-0 26 18 25 89

Tampa Bay Rowdies 16 10 6 1-1 34 25 27 87

San Francisco Bay Blackhawks 16 8 8 2-2 27 25 25 73

Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 16 7 9 1-1 25 32 19 61

Miami Freedom 16 4 12 0-1 17 38 17 43

Win-6pts, SOW-2pts, SOL-1pt, 1 bonus point per goal scored
in regulation, maximum of 3 per game

After the season, Miami folded, and San Francisco joined the USISL

1992 PLAYOFFS

*-after extra time

First Round

Sept. 11 Tampa Bay 1-2 San Francisco

Sept. 13 Colorado 2-2* Ft. Lauderdale

Colorado wins shootout, 2-1

APSL Championship

Sept. 26 Colorado 1-0 Tampa Bay

Where are they now?

Taifour Diane

After the 1992 season, Taifour Diane transferred

to Europe, where he played for many German clubs,

including Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga,

and Alemannia Aachen (above) in the 2. Bundesliga,

scoring 20 goals in three years there.

Diane is currently playing for FC Saarbrucken in

Regionalliga Sud in Germany. Diane has also appeared

for Guinea in the 1998 African Nations Cup and

1998 & 2002 World Cup qualifying

Leading Goalscorers

Jean Harbor, Tampa Bay 13

Taifour Diane, Colroado 10

Eric Eichmann, Ft. Lauderdale 7

Steve Kinsley, Ft. Lauderdale 7

Phillip Gyau, Tampa Bay 7

Kevin Sloan, Tampa Bay 7

Peter Isaacs, San Francisco Bay 5

Chad Ashton, Colroado 4

Zico Doe, Miami 4

Bernie Lilavois, San Francisco Bay 4

Mike Masters, San Francisco Bay 4

Goalkeeping Leaders GAA

Mark Dodd, Colroado 0.97

Jim St. Andre, Colorado 1.22

Mark Dougherty, San Francisco Bay 1.30

Bill Andracki, Tampa Bay 1.51

Arnie Mausser, Ft. Lauderdale 1.61

Scoop Stanisic, Miami 2.33

1992 APSL Award Winners
Most Valuable Player: Talifour Diane, Colorado
Coach of the Year: Ricky Hill, Tampa Bay
Rookie of the Year: Talifour Diane, Colorado

1992 APSL First XI

G - Bill Andracki, Tampa Bay
D - Steve Pittman, Ft. Lauderdale
D - Robin Fraser, Colorad
D - Steve Trittschuh, Tampa Bay
D - Danny Pena, San Francisco Bay
M - Ricky Hill, Tampa Bay
M - Jorge Salazar, San Francisco Bay
M - Domminic Kinnear, San Francisco Bay
M - Kevin Sloan, Tampa Bay
F - Talifour Diane, Colorado
F - Jean Harbor, Tampa Bay

Home Attendance G Total Avg.

N/A

Overview of the 1992 APSL Season - From the American Soccer History Archives

The APSL continued to struggle with expenses after the 1991 season, and suffered the loss of three teams, Albany, Penn-Jersey and Maryland. What was left was a highly competitive and dynamic league of five teams which completed a somewhat reduced 16 game schedule. Jean Harbor repeated as leading goal scorer, with 13 goals and 30 points. This season saw the return of the shootout to settle ties. A neck and neck race for the regular season championship between the Colorado Foxes and the Tampa Bay Rowdies, ended with the Foxes finishing just two points ahead. In the semifinals, Tampa Bay defeated San Francisco Bay, and Colorado defeated Ft. Lauderdale. The championship was taken by Colorado, who defeated Tampa Bay 1-0. After the season, Miami folded and San Francisco dropped out to join the USISL, leaving the league in a very precarious situation

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