1991 American Professional Soccer League

Football league season
American Professional Soccer League -1991 Season-
Season1991
ChampionsSan Francisco Bay Blackhawks
(1st title)
PremiersMaryland Bays
(1st title)
1992 CONCACAF Champions' CupSan Francisco Bay Blackhawks
Top goalscorerJean Harbor
(17 goals)
← 1990
1992 →

These are the results of the 1991 American Professional Soccer League season.

Regular season

American Conference

Place Team GP W L WN WE WS LN LE LS GF GA GD Points
1 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 21 15 6 11 0 4 3 1 2 39 21 +18 117
2 Albany Capitals 21 10 11 9 1 0 7 1 3 27 29 −2 92
3 Tampa Bay Rowdies 21 8 13 7 1 0 13 0 0 26 27 −1 69
4 Penn-Jersey Spirit 21 6 15 4 0 2 13 0 2 25 50 −25 61
5 Miami Freedom 21 6 15 5 0 1 14 1 0 19 53 −34 52

Western Conference

Place Team GP W L WN WE WS LN LE LS GF GA GD Points
1 Maryland Bays 21 19 2 17 1 1 2 0 0 54 23 +31 158
2 San Francisco Bay Blackhawks 21 17 4 12 1 4 2 1 1 33 16 +17 126
3 Colorado Foxes 21 13 8 11 1 1 7 0 1 36 27 +9 111
4 Salt Lake Sting 20 3 17 3 0 0 14 1 2 12 22 −10 33

Playoffs

Bracket

Semifinals
Best-of-3 		1991 APSL Championship
Best-of-3
          
1 Maryland Bays 2 1 0(4)
4 Albany Capitals 1 2 0(5)
4 Albany Capitals 3 0 0(3)
3 San Francisco Bay Blackhawks 1 2 0(4)
2 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 0 0 -
3 San Francisco Bay Blackhawks 1 1 -

Semifinal 1

Albany Capitals (NY)2–1 (OT)Maryland Bays (MD)
Dave Smyth 2'
Lee Tschantret gold-colored soccer ball 101' 		Report 77' Kevin Sloan


Maryland Bays (MD)2–1Albany Capitals (NY)
Philip Gyau 20' (Jackson)
Kevin Sloan 69', Yellow card		 Report 89' Chris Szanto
Cedar Lane Park, Maryland
Attendance: 2,741


Maryland Bays (MD)0–0Albany Capitals (NY)
Report
Penalties
Jean Harbor soccer ball with check mark
Brian Haynes soccer ball with check mark
Omid Namazi soccer ball with check mark
John Abe soccer ball with red X
Scott Cook soccer ball with check mark		 4–5 soccer ball with check mark John Garvey
soccer ball with check mark Scott Cannon
soccer ball with check mark Zoran Savic
soccer ball with check mark Mike Masters
soccer ball with check mark Lee Tschantret
Cedar Lane Park, Maryland
Attendance: 2,741
Referee: (USA)

The Albany Capitals advanced to the final.

Semifinal 2

San Francisco Bay Blackhawks (CA)1–0 (OT)Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL)
Eric Wynalda Yellow card 89:59'
Dominic Kinnear gold-colored soccer ball 96:33'  (Qin, Salazar)		 Report Adrian Gaiten Yellow card 79:31'
Spartan Stadium, San Jose, California
Attendance: 6,041
Referee: Brian Hall
Fort Lauderdale Strikers (FL)0–1 (OT)San Francisco Bay Blackhawks (CA)
John Clare Yellow card 24:25' Report Lawrence Lozzano Yellow card 83:00'
Eric Wynalda gold-colored soccer ball 95:56'  (Isaacs)
Attendance: 2,476
Referee: Raul Dominguez

The San Francisco Bay Blackhawks advanced to the final.

Final

Albany Capitals (NY)3–1San Francisco Bay Blackhawks (CA)
Mark Dougherty 4:36' (o.g.)
Ramiro Borja 34:13' (Savic, Mariner)
Mike Masters 63:57' (Cannon)
Paul Mariner Yellow card 72'
Lee Tschantret Yellow card		 Report 1
Report 2		 Derek Van Rheenen 36:13' (Wynalda)
Bleecker Stadium, Albany, New York
Attendance: 4,061


San Francisco Bay Blackhawks (CA)2–0Albany Capitals (NY)
Townsend Qin 15'
Marcelo Balboa 75'		 Report
Spartan Stadium, San Jose, California
Attendance: 12,411


San Francisco Bay Blackhawks (CA)0–0Albany Capitals (NY)
Report 1
Report 2
Penalties
Dominic Kinnear soccer ball with check mark
Townsend Qin soccer ball with check mark
Jorge Salazar soccer ball with check mark
Peter Isaacs soccer ball with red X
Chance Fry soccer ball with check mark		 4–3 soccer ball with check mark ?
soccer ball with red X Todd Jackson
soccer ball with check mark ?
soccer ball with check mark Mike Masters
soccer ball with red X Jimmy McGeough, Jr.
Spartan Stadium, San Jose, California
Attendance: 12,411
Referee: (USA)

The San Francisco Bay Blackhawks win the APSL Championship.

Points leaders

Rank Scorer Club Goals Assists Points
1 Jean Harbor Maryland Bays 17 11 45
2 Kevin Sloan Maryland Bays 14 4 32
3 Zico Doe Colorado Foxes 12 2 26
4 Derek Sanderson Fort Lauderdale Strikers 10 3 23
Bryan Haynes Maryland Bays 9 5 23
6 Andrew McKay Fort Lauderdale Strikers 6 8 20
7 Paul Dougherty Fort Lauderdale Strikers 7 5 19
Mike Masters Albany Capitals 7 5 19
9 Townsend Qin San Francisco Bay Blackhawks 6 6 18
10 Ramiro Borja Albany Capitals 7 3 17
11 Scott Benedetti Colorado Foxes 5 6 16
12 Chance Fry San Francisco Bay Blackhawks 6 2 14
13 Dzung Tran San Francisco Bay Blackhawks 5 3 13
Chad Ashton Colorado Foxes 3 7 13
15 Philip Gyau Maryland Bays 3 6 12
16 Ken Snow Miami Freedom 5 1 11

Honors

External links

  • The Year in American Soccer – 1991
  • USA – A-League (American Professional Soccer League) (RSSSF)