2011 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season

Fort Lauderdale Strikers

2011 season
Owner	Aaron Davidson Traffic Sports USA
Coach	Daryl Shore
NASL	Regular Season: fourth, NASL Championship: Runner-up
Top goalscorer	Brian Shriver (11 goals)
Highest home attendance	6,849 (Oct 29 v. Minnesota)
Lowest home attendance	2,159 (Sep 7 v. Carolina)
Average home league attendance	3,985
Home colours Away colours
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The 2011 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season was the first season of the new team in the new North American Soccer League. Previously, the Miami FC had fielded a team that played for four seasons in the USL First Division and another for one season in the USSF Division 2 Professional League. After joining the new NASL, the club connected with the original Fort Lauderdale Striker's club. After 14 years, since 1997, the name and legacy was brought back and now placed together with Miami FC, uniting the clubs under the Striker's name. This marked the entire club's thirty-seventh season in professional soccer. In the inaugural year of the league, the club fielded the new team and finished fourth in the regular season. They made the playoffs and continued into the NASL Championship Series. They were this year's Runners-up.

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Daryl Shore
Assistant Coach	Jim Rooney
Goalkeeper Coach	Ricardo Lopez
Head Athletic Trainer	Joe Caroccio
Strength and Conditioning Coach	Brook Hamilton

Last updated: November 13, 2011
Source: ^[1]

Squad

Current roster

as of October 29, 2011^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Nic Platter 2 DF Cristian Quiñones 5 DF Toni Ståhl 6 DF Lance Laing 7 FW Polo Moráles (on loan from Tigres) 8 MF Pecka 9 FW Abe Thompson 10 MF Mike Palacio 11 FW David Santamaria 12 FW Aaron Wheeler 13 DF Adam West 15 DF Scott Gordon 17 MF Bryan Arguez

No. Position Player 18 MF Yoximar Granado 19 MF Wálter Restrepo 20 MF Gerson Mayen (on loan from Chivas USA) 21 MF Brian Shriver 22 DF Aaron Hohlbein (captain) 23 MF Martin Nuñez 24 GK Matt Glaeser 25 MF Patrick Otte 26 DF Cristian Arrieta 27 DF Martyn Lancaster 39 GK Phillip Lamarre 81 FW Jean Philippe Peguero 88 MF Eduardo Coudet

Transfers

In

Date	Player	Position	Previous Club	Fee/Notes	Ref
November 23, 2010	Aaron Wheeler	FW	FC Tampa Bay		[3]
January 13, 2011	David Santamaria	FW		Open tryout	[4]
February 1, 2011	Aaron Hohlbein	DF	Columbus Crew	Rejected MLS side in favor or permanent return to Strikers	[5]
February 22, 2011	Bryan Arguez	MF	Estoril Praia		[6]
February 23, 2011	Lance Laing	DF	Village United	Open tryout	[7]
February 24, 2011	Adam West	DF	Rochester Rhinos	NASL Combine	[8]
February 24, 2011	Nic Platter	GK	Carolina RailHawks		[8]
March 4, 2011	Grant Kerr	MF	Digenis Akritas Morphou		[9]
March 16, 2011	Mike Palacio	MF	New York Pancyprian-Freedoms		[10]
March 28, 2011	Eduardo Coudet	MF	Philadelphia Union	Waived by Philadelphia	[11]
March 30, 2011	Cristian Arrieta	DF	Philadelphia Union	Waived by Philadelphia	[12]
March 30, 2011	Patrick Otte	MF	Middlesbrough		[13]
March 30, 2011	Phillip Lamarre	GK	FC Tampa Bay		[13]
April 1, 2011	Toni Ståhl	DF	Philadelphia Union	Waived by Philadelphia	[14]
April 1, 2011	Scott Gordon	DF	Lynn University	Drafted by FC Dallas, but not offered contract	[14]
April 14, 2011	Jean Philippe Peguero	FW		Signed after two years out of the game	[15]
April 14, 2011	Yoximar Granado	MF		Unsuccessful trial with Chicago Fire	[15]
July 12, 2011	Wálter Restrepo	MF	Boyacá Chicó		[16]
July 20, 2011	Gerson Mayen	MF	Chivas USA	On loan until end of season	[17]
August 18, 2011	Leopoldo Moráles	MF	Tigres	On loan until end of season	[18]
August 19, 2011	Cristian Quiñones	DF	Atlanta Silverbacks	Recalled from loan	[19]
August 22, 2011	Pecka	MF	Flamengo		[20]

Out

Date	Player	Position	Destination Club	Fee/Notes	Ref
July 18, 2011	Zach Kirby	DF	Retired	Retires after struggling with injuries	[21]
July 20, 2011	Lennon	MF		Returned to Brazil	[17]
August 2011	Paulinho Le Petit	MF		Returned to Brazil
August 19, 2011	Grant Kerr	MF	Atlanta Silverbacks	On loan until end of season	[19]

Competitions

Updated as published November 13, 2011.

Regular season

Standings

Overall

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification	Head-to-head
1	Carolina RailHawks (C)	28	17	3	8	50	26	+24	54	2011 NASL Playoffs semifinals
2	Puerto Rico Islanders	28	15	7	6	41	32	+9	52
3	Tampa Bay Rowdies	28	11	8	9	41	36	+5	41	2011 NASL Playoffs quarterfinals
4	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	28	9	11	8	35	36	−1	38
5	Edmonton	28	10	6	12	35	40	−5	36		EDM: 8 pts MIN: 2 pts
6	NSC Minnesota Stars	28	9	9	10	30	32	−2	36
7	Montreal Impact	28	9	8	11	35	27	+8	35
8	Atlanta Silverbacks	28	4	4	20	25	63	−38	16

Updated to games played on September 24, 2011.
Source: NASL Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.
In the case of two or more teams are tied on points, the first tie-breaker is the head-to-head record among the tied teams.^[22]
(C) denotes regular season champion.

Playoffs

	Quarter-Finals					Semi-Finals							Final
						1	Carolina RailHawks	0	4	4
	3	FC Tampa Bay	0			6	NSC Minnesota Stars	1	3	4
	6	NSC Minnesota Stars	1										4	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	1	0	1
													6	NSC Minnesota Stars	3	0	3
						2	Puerto Rico Islanders	1	1	2
	4	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	5			4	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	3	2	5
	5	FC Edmonton	0

Recognition

NASL Player of the Week

Week	Player	Category
10	Aaron Hohlbein (DF)	Defensive
12	Matt Glaeser (GK)	Defensive
17	Brian Shriver (FW)	Offensive
22	Gerson Mayen (MF)	Offensive

References

1. http://strikers.com/index.php?id=28
2. http://www.strikers.com/index.php?id=23
3. "Miami FC Announces Signings". Fort Lauderdale Strikers Media Relations. November 23, 2010. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
4. "Strikers Sign Santamaria". Fort Lauderdale Strikers Media Relations. January 13, 2011. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
5. "Strikers Solidify Backline". Fort Lauderdale Strikers Media Relations. February 1, 2011. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
6. "Arguez Returns". Fort Lauderdale Strikers Media Relations. February 22, 2011. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
7. "Strikers Acquire Laing". Fort Lauderdale Strikers Media Relations. February 23, 2011. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
8. "Strikers Add Veteran Depth". Fort Lauderdale Strikers Media Relations. February 24, 2011. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
9. "Strikers Ink Kerr Depth". Fort Lauderdale Strikers Media Relations. March 4, 2011. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
10. "Strikers Sign Palacio Depth". Fort Lauderdale Strikers Media Relations. March 16, 2011. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
11. "Strikers Ink Eduardo Coudet". Fort Lauderdale Strikers Media Relations. March 28, 2011. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
12. "Strikers Sign Star Defender Arrieta". Fort Lauderdale Strikers Media Relations. March 30, 2011. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
13. "Strikers Sign Midfielder Otte, GK Lamarre". Fort Lauderdale Strikers Media Relations. March 30, 2011. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
14. "Strikers Round Out Backline". Fort Lauderdale Strikers Media Relations. April 1, 2011. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
15. "Strikers Add Two to Attacking Corps". Fort Lauderdale Strikers Media Relations. April 14, 2011. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
16. "Strikers Sign Walter Restrepo". Fort Lauderdale Strikers Media Relations. July 12, 2011. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
17. "Gerson Mayen Returns to Strikers". Fort Lauderdale Strikers Media Relations. July 20, 2011. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
18. "Strikers Acquire Morales; Hohlbein Has Surgery". Fort Lauderdale Strikers Media Relations. August 18, 2011. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
19. "Strikers Recall Quinones and Loan Kerr to Atlanta". Fort Lauderdale Strikers Media Relations. August 19, 2011. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
20. "Strikers Sign Pecka and Arrieta Gets National Team Call". Fort Lauderdale Strikers Media Relations. August 22, 2011. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
21. "Zach Korby Retires From Strikers". Fort Lauderdale Strikers Media Relations. July 18, 2011. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
22. "NASL Standings".

External links

• Strikers Official site
• Miami FC Supporters Group