1987–88 Minnesota Strikers season

Minnesota Strikers

1987–88 season
Manager	Alan Merrick
Stadium	Met Center
MISL	Eastern Division: First place Semifinalist
Top goalscorer	Erik Rasmussen
Home colors Away colors
← 1986–87 Strikers (indoor) 1988 Strikers →

The 1987-88 Minnesota Strikers season of the Major Indoor Soccer League was the fourth season of the team in the indoor league, and the club's twenty-first season in professional soccer. This year, the team finished first in the Eastern Division of the regular season. They made it to the playoffs and were a semifinalist. This was the last year of the team as the club folded it and moved back to Fort Lauderdale. There, the club fielded a new outdoor team named the Fort Lauderdale Strikers for the 1988 season of the new American Soccer League.

Competitions

MISL regular season

Playoff teams in bold.

MISL Playoffs

• QUARTER-FINALS:
  • Minnesota defeated Baltimore, 5-3, 4-2, 1-5, 9-4
  • Cleveland defeated Dallas, 3-2, 3-6, 5-4 (2OT), 5-2
  • Kansas City defeated Los Angeles, 9-6, 4-2, 7-5
  • San Diego defeated Tacoma, 6-2, 3-4 (OT), 7-2, 7-6
• SEMI-FINALS:
  • Cleveland defeated Minnesota, 7-3, 0-7, 5-4, 5-2, 7-2
  • San Diego defeated Kansas City, 4-5, 5-4, 6-7(OT), 3-7, 7-1, 6-1, 8-5

References

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