2012 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season

Fort Lauderdale Strikers
2012 season
Owner Traffic Sports USA
Head Coach Daryl Shore
NASL Regular Season: Fifth
NASL Playoffs First Round
U.S. Open Cup Third round
Top goalscorer League: Mark Anderson (11 goals)
All: Mark Anderson (13 goals)
Highest home attendance 5,629
(Sept. 1 v. Tampa Bay)
Lowest home attendance 2,404
(May 26 v. Atlanta Silverbacks)
Average home league attendance 3,615
Home colours
Away colours
← 2011 Strikers 2013 Strikers →

The 2012 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season was the second season of the team in the North American Soccer League, and the entire club's thirty-eighth season in professional soccer. This year, the team finished fifth in the regular season and made it to the quarterfinals in the playoffs.

Squad Information

Current roster

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

No. Position Player
1 United States GK Dave Martin
2 United States MF Alfonso Motagalvan
3 United States DF Scott Lorenz
5 Finland DF Toni Ståhl
6 United States DF Nickardo Blake
7 United States MF Patrick Otte
8 Brazil MF Pecka
9 United States FW Abe Thompson (Player/Assistant Coach)
10 United States MF Walter Restrepo
11 Mexico FW Leopoldo Morales (on loan from Tigres)
12 United States DF Emilio Orozco (on loan from Tigres)
13 United States DF Jack Stewart
14 Liberia MF Abel Gebor
No. Position Player
15 United States FW Aly Hassan
16 Jamaica DF Lance Laing
17 United States MF Conor Shanosky (on loan from D.C. United)
18 Ghana MF Michael Tetteh (on loan from Seattle Sounders FC)
20 England FW Mark Anderson
21 United States FW Darnell King
22 United States GK Lionel Brown
23 United States MF Hosman Ramos
24 United States GK Matt Glaeser
25 United States MF Nicolas Clavijo
26 Costa Rica FW Andy Herron
83 United States DF Scott Gordon

Squad Breakdown

Updated May 16, 2012.[1]

No. Name Nationality Position Date of Birth (Age) Previous Club
Goalkeepers
1 Cody Laurendi United States GK August 15, 1988 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Islanders
24 Matt Glaeser United States GK April 27, 1985 Finland Pallo-Iirot
Defenders
2 Stefan Antonijevic Serbia\United States CB January 24, 1989 United States Valparaiso Crusaders
3 Daniel Arcila Colombia LB October 15, 1993 Colombia Deportivo Olimpico
5 Toni Ståhl Finland CB May 11, 1985 United States Philadelphia Union
12 Iván Guerrero Honduras LB November 30, 1977 Honduras C.D. Motagua
13 Justin Chavez United States CB March 23, 1990 United States Tulsa Golden Hurricane
15 Scott Gordon United States RB April 6, 1988 United States Chivas USA
18 Stéphane Guillaume Haiti RB February 9, 1984 United States Cleveland City Stars
44 Shavar Thomas Jamaica\United States CB January 29, 1981 Canada Montreal Impact
Midfielders
6 Hosman Ramos El Salvador\United States AM August 26, 1989 United States Blue Star Honduras
8 Pecka Brazil DM May 2, 1989 Brazil Flamengo
10 Walter Restrepo United States\Colombia AM June 21, 1988 Colombia Boyacá Chicó
14 Carlos Salazar Colombia AM July 1, 1981 Panama Tauro FC
16 Mike Dietze United States DM July 19, 1989 United States Seton Hall Pirates
17 Eduardo Jimenez Puerto Rico AM December 18, 1990 United States UCF Knights
19 Gonzalo De Mujica Argentina\United States AM January 31, 1990 United States Orlando City U-23
20 Mark Anderson England AM February 13, 1989 United States Barry University
23 Manny Gonzalez Colombia\United States DM June 3, 1990 United States FGCU Eagles
25 Rubens Brazil DM October 12, 1989 Brazil Mato Grosso do Sul
Forwards
7 David Foley England W December 5, 1987 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Islanders
11 Stefan Dimitrov Bulgaria\United States ST October 8, 1984 United States New York Cosmos
21 Darnell King United States W September 23, 1990 United States Florida Atlantic University
26 Andy Herron Costa Rica ST March 2, 1978 Costa Rica Limón

Transfers

In

No. Pos. Player Previous Club Notes Date Source
26 FW Costa Rica Andy Herron Costa Rica Limón Fútbol Club Free January 25, 2012 [2]
2 MF United States Alfonso Motagalvan United States Rochester Rhinos Free February 3, 2012 [3]
3 DF United States Scott Lorenz United States Sporting Kansas City Free February 13, 2012 [4]
19 FW United States Halili Nagime New Zealand Auckland City FC Free February 15, 2012 [5]
17 MF United States Conor Shanosky United States D.C. United Season-long loan March 3, 2012 [6]
13 DF United States Jack Stewart United States Minnesota Stars FC Traded Martin Nuñez March 6, 2012 [7]
14 MF Liberia Abel Gebor United States Fort Lauderdale Schulz Academy Open tryout March 13, 2012 [8]
1 GK United States Dave Martin United States Atlanta Silverbacks Reserves Open tryout March 16, 2012 [9]
12 DF United States Emilio Orozco Mexico Tigres Season-long loan March 19, 2012 [10]
20 FW England Mark Anderson United States Barry University NASL Combine March 21, 2012 [11]
15 FW United States Aly Hassan United States Nova Southeastern University Free March 24, 2012 [12]
21 FW United States Darnell King United States Florida Atlantic University NASL Combine March 27, 2012 [13]
22 GK United States Lionel Brown United States University of Connecticut Open tryout March 27, 2012 [13]
23 MF United States Hosman Ramos United States Blue Star Honduras Successful trial March 27, 2012 [13]
6 DF United States Nickardo Blake United States University of Connecticut Free March 28, 2012 [14]
25 MF United States Nicolas Clavijo Uruguay Atletico de Atenas Free April 5, 2012 [15]
83 DF United States Scott Gordon United States Chivas USA Free July 12, 2012 [16]
31 FW Brazil Paulo Jr. United States Real Salt Lake Short-term loan July 17, 2012 [17]
18 MF Ghana Michael Tetteh United States Seattle Sounders FC Short-term loan August 24, 2012 [18]

Out

No. Pos. Player Transferred To Fee/Notes Date Source
20 MF El Salvador Gerson Mayen United States Chivas USA Loan Return, subsequently traded to Canada Montreal Impact November 23, 2011 [19]
17 MF United States Bryan Arguez Canada Montreal Impact Free November 25, 2011 [20]
27 DF United States Martyn Lancaster United States Atlanta Silverbacks Free December 2, 2011 [21]
12 FW United States Aaron Wheeler FinlandFC KooTeePee Contract expired December 14, 2011
13 DF United States Adam West Canada FC Edmonton Free March 31, 2011
14 MF Scotland Grant Kerr Norway FK Tønsberg Contract expired December 14, 2011
22 DF United States Aaron Hohlbein Contract expired December 14, 2011
26 DF United States Cristian Arrieta Contract expired December 14, 2011
39 GK United States Phillip Lamarre Contract expired December 14, 2011
81 FW Haiti Jean Philippe Peguero Contract expired December 14, 2011
88 MF Argentina Eduardo Coudet Contract expired December 14, 2011
10 MF United States Mike Palacio United States Carolina RailHawks FC Free January 26, 2012 [22]
FW Brazil Paulo Jr. United States Real Salt Lake Formerly on loan; option purchased February 9, 2012 [23]
21 FW United States Brian Shriver United States Carolina RailHawks FC Cash and future considerations February 17, 2012 [24]
2 DF Colombia Cristian Quiñones Free February 17, 2012 [24]
11 FW United States David Santamaria United States Atlanta Silverbacks Season-long loan February 28, 2012 [25]
1 GK United States Nic Platter United States Carolina RailHawks FC Free March 1, 2012 [26]
23 FW Uruguay Martin Nuñez United States Minnesota Stars FC Traded for Jack Stewart March 6, 2012 [7]
15 DF United States Scott Gordon United States Chivas USA Undisclosed March 18, 2012 [27]
18 MF Colombia Yoximar Granado Released July 12, 2012 [16]
31 FW Brazil Paulo Jr. United States Real Salt Lake Loan return August 3, 2012 [28]
19 FW United States Halili Nagime Released August 15, 2012 [29]
18 MF Ghana Michael Tetteh United States Seattle Sounders FC Loan return September 30, 2012
17 MF United States Conor Shanosky United States D.C. United Loan return September 30, 2012

Competitions

Preseason

      Win       Loss       Tie

NASL regular season

Standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Promotion or qualification
1 San Antonio Scorpions (C) 28 13 8 7 46 27+19 47 2012 NASL Playoffs semifinals
2 Tampa Bay Rowdies 28 12 9 7 37 30+7 45
3 Puerto Rico Islanders 28 11 8 9 32 30 +2 41 2012 NASL Playoffs quarterfinals
4 Carolina RailHawks 28 10 10 8 44 46−2 40
5 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 28 9 9 10 40 46−6 36
6 Minnesota United 28 8 11 9 34 33+1 35
7 Atlanta Silverbacks 28 7 9 12 35 46−11 30
8 Edmonton 28 5 10 13 26 36−10 25

Updated to games played on 23 September 2012.
Source: NASL Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) 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.
 (C) = Commissioner's Cup (regular season champion)

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
28 9 9 10 40 46 −6 36 8 4 2 23 18 +5 1 5 8 17 28 −11

Last updated: September 26, 2012.
Source:

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728
GroundHHAHAAAHHHAHAHAAHAAHAHAHHHAA
Result W T T W L T L L T W L W L W L T T W L W L W T W L T L T
Position 1 2 3 2 3 3 4 5 5 4 4 4 6 5 6 6 6 5 6 4 5 4 4 4 5 4 5 5

Last updated: September 26, 2012.
Source:
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Match results

      Win       Loss       Tie

U.S. Open Cup

NASL Playoffs

International call-ups

No.PNameCountryLevelCapsGoalsOppositionCompetitionSource
16DFLance LaingJamaicaSenior40vs. Guyana(May 18)Red X
vs. Panama(May 27)Red X
vs. Panama(June 1)Red X		Friendly

Squad Statistics

NASL league matches

Players

Nat No Player Pos Apps Starts G A Red card Notes
United States 2 Alfonso Motagalvan DM 16 12 0 1 5 2
United States 3 Scott Lorenz LB 22 17 0 4 4 0
Finland 5 Toni Ståhl CB 21 21 0 0 6 2
United States 6 Nickardo Blake RB 20 15 0 0 3 0
United States 7 Patrick Otte RW 8 3 0 0 1 0
Brazil 8 Pecka DM 24 19 1 0 2 0
United States 9 Abe Thompson ST 18 10 4 5 1 1
United States 10 Wálter Restrepo AM 21 20 6 8 4 0
Mexico 11 Leopoldo Moráles FW 11 10 0 0 2 0
United States 12 Emilio Orozco CB 14 9 0 0 2 1
United States 13 Jack Stewart CB 20 19 0 0 4 0
Liberia 14 Abel Gebor DM 6 4 0 0 1 0
United States 15 Aly Hassan ST 20 14 6 1 3 1
Jamaica 16 Lance Laing LB 16 14 1 2 3 0
United States 17 Conor Shanosky DM 27 26 0 0 4 0
Ghana 18 Michael Tetteh LM 3 2 0 0 1 1
Colombia 18 Yoximar Granado RB 1 1 0 0 1 0
United States 19 Halili Nagime FW 2 0 0 0 0 0
England 20 Mark Anderson AM 25 19 11 4 1 0
United States 21 Darnell King RW 22 10 1 2 3 0
United States 23 Hosman Ramos AM 12 7 0 0 2 0
United States 25 Nicolas Clavijo LM 1 0 0 0 0 0
Costa Rica 26 Andy Herron ST 18 16 8 2 4 1
Brazil 31 Paulo Jr. ST 3 3 1 1 0 0
United States 83 Scott Gordon CB 11 11 1 1 1 0
40 31 59 9

Last updated: September 26, 2012.
Source:

Goalkeepers

Nat No Player Apps Starts Record GA GAA SO
United States 1 Dave Martin 1 1 0-1-0 2 2.00 0
United States 22 Lionel Brown 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0
United States 24 Matt Glaeser 27 27 9-8-10 44 1.63 5
28 28 9-9-10 46 1.64 5

Last updated: September 26, 2012.
Source:

U.S. Open Cup

Players

Nat No Player Pos Apps Starts G A Red card Notes
United States 2 Alfonso Motagalvan DM 2 1 0 0 0 0
United States 3 Scott Lorenz LB 2 2 0 1 1 0
Finland 5 Toni Ståhl CB 1 1 0 0 0 0
United States 6 Nickardo Blake RB 2 2 0 0 0 0
United States 7 Patrick Otte RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brazil 8 Pecka DM 2 2 0 0 1 0
United States 9 Abe Thompson ST 1 1 0 0 0 0
United States 10 Wálter Restrepo AM 2 1 1 1 1 0
Mexico 11 Leopoldo Moráles FW 2 2 2 0 0 0
United States 12 Emilio Orozco CB 0 0 0 0 0 0
United States 13 Jack Stewart CB 2 2 0 0 1 0
Liberia 14 Abel Gebor DM 2 1 0 0 0 0
United States 15 Aly Hassan ST 1 1 3 0 0 0
Jamaica 16 Lance Laing LB 0 0 0 0 0 0
United States 17 Conor Shanosky DM 2 1 0 0 0 0
Colombia 18 Yoximar Granado RB 0 0 0 0 0 0
United States 19 Halili Nagime FW 0 0 0 0 0 0
England 20 Mark Anderson ST 2 2 2 0 0 0
United States 21 Darnell King ST 1 1 0 0 0 0
United States 23 Hosman Ramos AM 0 0 0 0 0 0
United States 25 Nicolas Clavijo LM 0 0 0 0 0 0
Costa Rica 26 Andy Herron ST 1 0 0 0 0 0
8 2 4 0

Last updated: May 30, 2012.
Source:

Goalkeepers

Nat No Player Apps Starts Record GA GAA SO
United States 1 Dave Martin 1 1 1-0-0 2 2.00 0
United States 22 Lionel Brown 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0
United States 24 Matt Glaeser 1 1 0-0-1 2 2.00 0
2 2 1-0-1 4 2.00 0

Last updated: May 30, 2012.
Source:

NASL Playoffs

Players

Nat No Player Pos Apps Starts G A Red card Notes
United States 2 Alfonso Motagalvan DM 0 0 0 0 0 0
United States 3 Scott Lorenz LB 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finland 5 Toni Ståhl CB 1 1 0 0 0 0
United States 6 Nickardo Blake RB 1 1 0 0 0 0
United States 7 Patrick Otte RW 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brazil 8 Pecka DM 1 1 0 0 0 0
United States 9 Abe Thompson ST 1 0 1 0 0 0
United States 10 Wálter Restrepo AM 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mexico 11 Leopoldo Moráles FW 0 0 0 0 0 0
United States 12 Emilio Orozco CB 0 0 0 0 0 0
United States 13 Jack Stewart CB 0 0 0 0 0 0
Liberia 14 Abel Gebor DM 0 0 0 0 0 0
United States 15 Aly Hassan ST 1 0 0 0 0 0
Jamaica 16 Lance Laing LB 1 1 0 1 1 0
United States 17 Conor Shanosky DM 1 1 0 0 1 0
Ghana 18 Michael Tetteh LM 1 1 0 0 0 0
England 20 Mark Anderson AM 1 1 0 0 0 0
United States 21 Darnell King RW 1 0 0 0 0 0
United States 23 Hosman Ramos AM 1 1 0 0 0 0
United States 25 Nicolas Clavijo LM 0 0 0 0 0 0
Costa Rica 26 Andy Herron ST 1 1 0 0 0 0
United States 83 Scott Gordon CB 1 1 0 0 0 0
1 1 2 0

Last updated: November 26, 2012.
Source:

Goalkeepers

Nat No Player Apps Starts Record GA GAA SO
United States 1 Dave Martin 0 0 0-0-0 0 0.00 0
United States 22 Lionel Brown 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0
United States 24 Matt Glaeser 1 1 0-0-1 3 3.00 0
1 1 0-0-1 3 3.00 0

Last updated: November 26, 2012.
Source:

Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Ran No. Pos Nat Name NASL U.S. Open Cup Playoffs Total
1 20 MF England Mark Anderson 11 2 0 13
2 15 FW United States Aly Hassan 6 3 0 9
3 26 FW Costa Rica Andy Herron 8 0 0 8
4 10 MF United States Walter Restrepo 6 1 0 7
5 9 FW United States Abe Thompson 4 0 1 5
6 11 FW Mexico Polo Morales 0 2 0 2
7 8 MF Brazil Pecka 1 0 0 1
16 DF Jamaica Lance Laing 1 0 0 1
21 FW United States Darnell King 1 0 0 1
31 FW Brazil Paulo Jr. 1 0 0 1
83 DF United States Scott Gordon 1 0 0 1
TOTALS 40 8 1 49

Last updated: November 26, 2012
Source:

Club Staff

Position Name
PresidentUnited States Tim Robbie
Head CoachUnited States Daryl Shore
Assistant Coach & Goalkeeper CoachBrazil Ricardo Lopes
Player/Assistant CoachUnited States Abe Thompson
Head Athletic TrainerUnited States Joe Caroccio
Director of OperationsUnited States Miguel Lopez

Last updated: June 22, 2012
Source:

Recognition

NASL Player of the Week

Week Player Category
1 Costa Rica Andy Herron (FW) Offensive
3 Costa Rica Andy Herron (FW) Offensive
11 United States Jack Stewart (DF) Defensive
13 England Mark Anderson (MF) Offensive
16 England Mark Anderson (MF) Offensive
19 Costa Rica Andy Herron (FW) Offensive
20 United States Conor Shanosky (MF) Defensive
21 United States Abe Thompson (FW) Offensive

NASL Best XI

References

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  2. ↑ "Fort Lauderdale Strikers Sign Forward Herron". Strikers.com.
  3. ↑ "Fort Lauderdale Strikers Sign Midfielder Motagalvan". Strikers.com.
  4. ↑ "Fort Lauderdale Strikers Sign Defender Scott Lorenz". Strikers.com.
  5. ↑ "Fort Lauderdale Strikers Sign Forward Nagime". Strikers.com.
  6. ↑ "Conor Shanosky Loaned to Strikers from DC United".
  7. 1 2 "Strikers Agree to Trade for Defender Stewart".
  8. ↑ "Strikers Sign Former Boyd Anderson Midfielder Abel Gebor".
  9. ↑ "Strikers Sign Goalkeeper David Martin".
  10. ↑ "Strikers Confirm Emilio Orozco Loan From Tigres".
  11. ↑ "Strikers Sign Barry University Alum Mark Anderson".
  12. ↑ "Strikers Sign Nova Southeastern University Forward Aly Hassan".
  13. 1 2 3 "Strikers Add Trio With South Florida Ties".
  14. ↑ "Strikers Sign Defender Nickardo Blake".
  15. ↑ "Strikers Complete Roster By Signing Nicolas Clavijo".
  16. 1 2 "Strikers Sign Defender Gordon; Release Granado".
  17. ↑ "Paulo Jr Loaned to Strikers and Restrepo Signs Extension".
  18. ↑ "MICHAEL TETTEH LOANED TO STRIKERS FROM SOUNDERS".
  19. ↑ "The Impact acquires Justin Braun and Gerson Mayen". MLSsoccer.com.
  20. ↑ "Impact sign former US youth international Arguez". MLSsoccer.com.
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  22. ↑ "RailHawks Add Dynamic Midfielders for 2012". carolinarailhawks.com.
  23. ↑ "Real Salt Lake Re-Signs Four Key Cogs for 2012 Season and Beyond". oursportscentral.com.
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