The 1981 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season was the fifth season of the Fort Lauderdale Striker's team, and the club's fifteenth season in professional soccer. This year the team made it to semifinals of the North American Soccer League playoffs.
Competitions
NASL regular season
Results summaries
Results by round
Match reports
NASL Playoffs
First round Lower seedHigher seedGame 1Game 2Game 3Fort Lauderdale Strikers - Calgary Boomers 3–1 #2–0 x August 23 • Lockhart Stadium • 12,196#August 26 • Lockhart Stadium • 11,494#Due to a scheduling conflict between the Calgary Boomers and the Billy Graham Crusade, the Fort Lauderdale Strikers hosted both Games 1 and 2 (instead of Game 1 only), there-by gaining home field advantage even though they were the lower seed.
Quarterfinals Lower seedHigher seedGame 1Game 2Game 3Fort Lauderdale Strikers - Minnesota Kicks 3–1 3–0 x September 2 • Lockhart Stadium • 11,918September 6 • Memorial Stadium • 10,278
Semifinals Lower seedHigher seedGame 1Game 2Game 3Fort Lauderdale Strikers - New York Cosmos 3–4 1–4 x September 12 • Lockhart Stadium • 18,814September 16 • Giants Stadium • 31,172
Bracket
Match reports
Statistics
Transfers
References