Category Fort Lauderdale Strikers FC
Orlando City signs Fort Lauderdale’s Lion tamer PC
Orlando City SC replaced the released Lion original Luke Boden on Wednesday by signing Victor ‘PC’ Giro to a four-year contract. As someone who first covered and then worked with “PC” during his stint in Fort Lauderdale, I am thrilled for him personally. PC spent the later portion of the 2016 NASL season with Tampa Bay […]
New Project – Florida soccer, Orlando, Tampa Bay and Fort Lauderdale from 2011 to 2017
More details to come in the near future but I am launching a project in the next month (subject to legal restrictions) that will compare and contrast the fortunes of the three long-term Florida professional soccer clubs – The Fort Lauderdale Strikers, Orlando City SC and Tampa Bay Rowdies. In late 2010, the NASL/USL split […]
(VIDEOS) #FloridaDerby – #FTLvTBR Almost 40 years of history
On Saturday the Tampa Bay Rowdies and Fort Lauderdale Strikers renew one of the oldest and most intense regional rivalries in American pro soccer. Here are some video clips from over the past 39 years (the sides first met in 1977) to wet your appetite for the matchup. The more recent videos are in HD […]
The Kartik Report NASL coverage suspended due to return to FTL Strikers organization
I am proud to be rejoining the Fort Lauderdale Strikers organization in a consulting role for the 2016 season. My hometown club, the club that made me love this sport 35 years ago is still near and dear to my heart and I am so pleased to be working with the team again. Therefore, we […]
NASL announces season schedule for four Florida-based teams – lots of questions around the teams
The second-division North American Soccer League (NASL) has been rocked by an offseason of tumult – both the Atlanta Silverbacks and San Antonio Scorpions have suspended operations, even though some NASL fans hold out the hope that the Scorpions could return in another market. NASL has added a team in Oklahoma City, associated with left-wing […]
Brazilian World Cup winner to join Fort Lauderdale Strikers
Sources indicate the Fort Lauderdale Strikers will formally announce the signing 2002 World Cup winner Kléberson tomorrow. The signing which has been rumored for over a month now will be announced on the day the Strikers begin training for the January 10th Florida Cup match versus FC Schalke 04 in Orlando. Kléberson last played for Brazil’s National […]
New Fort Lauderdale Coach Caio Zanardi has the right philosophy about Football (Soccer)
Replacing a legend is never easy, especially when the “legend” was afforded cult status by fans for merely being better than adequate. Caio Zanardi the new Fort Lauderdale Strikers Head Coach who has served as Technical Director of the organization since July fills big shoes at least as far as many supporters of the club […]
World Famous German Soccer Clubs headed to Florida in January
In January, two of Germany’s top soccer clubs will visit the State of Florida for games in 2016 Florida Cup, a competition that includes several high-profile international teams as well as the Fort Lauderdale Strikers. Bayer 04 Leverkusen and FC Schalke 04 will both compete in the event with games January 10th and 13th. Games […]
Günter Kronsteiner Leaves Fort Lauderdale – Strikers at a Crossroads
Popular Head Coach Günter Kronsteiner has left his post at Manager of the Fort Lauderdale Strikers for the second time in eleven months. The Manager posted on social media he was no longer the Manager and this is confirmed by multiple sources. The last few weeks have been a confusing time for Strikers fans as the […]
New York ends Fort Lauderdale Strikers NASL title hopes – where does FTL go from here?
Unfortunately controversy is never far from any important soccer game, wherever it is played in the world. The New York Cosmos defeated the Fort Lauderdale Strikers 2-1 in Brooklyn on Saturday, but both teams could feel aggrieved by officials decisions late in the match. In a rivalry that dates back to 1977, when 77,000 plus […]
The Florida Squeeze 