1988 Western Soccer Alliance

August 2023 Western Soccer Alliance -1988 Season- 1988 6 F.C. Seattle Storm (1st title) F.C. Seattle Storm (1st title) Scott Benedetti (8 goals) 1987 1989 Final league standings for the 1988 Western Soccer Alliance season. League standings main WL 5 6 y Q SEA F.C. Seattle Storm SDN San Diego Nomads SJE San Jose Earthquakes LAH Los Angeles Heat CAL California Kickers POR F.C. Portland VAN Vancouver 86ers CAG Calgary Kickers 10 2 25 10 21 C 9 3 23 17 19 7 5 20 19 14 7 5 20 17 14 3 9 17 28 8 1 11 16 32 5 3 3 12 7 11 CAN 2 4 8 11 8 CAN Six points per win. One point per goal up to three points per game. #b3b7ff WSA Playoff Final A #ccffcc WSA Playoff Semi-final B B Not eligible for playoffs Canadian clubs played league matches, which did have implications on their opponents' standings, but were not actually included in the official standings. CAN CAN yes complete Playoffs Bracket Wild Card Semi-final 1988 WSA Final 25 195px 2 San Diego Nomads 1(5) 3 San Jose Earthquakes 1(6) 1 F.C. Seattle Storm 5 3 San Jose Earthquakes 0 Semifinal July 23, 19887:30 PM PST San Diego Nomads (CA) Steve Boardman 27, 90Paul Dougherty 63 Steve Black 83 Tomás Boy 20 pen.Mike Whitlatch 63Joe Silveira 63Mike Getchell 0 63 1–1 (aet) https://web.archive.org/web/20080703160110/http://goalseattle.com/1988_wsa_official_press_releases.htm San Jose Earthquakes (CA) Southwestern College, San Diego, California 2,000 Nabil Noujaim (USA) Mario Gonzalez Steve Boardman Jerome Watson Steve Black Mike Bradley Rene Ortiz Jeff Ward Greg Schwartz Brad Stratton 5–6 Alex Basso Chris Dangerfield Joe Silveira John Nicholson Tomás Boy Frank Van Den Brand Horninge Chris Wentzien Mike Whitlatch Jacques LaDouceur Final July 30, 19887:30 PM PST F.C. Seattle Storm (WA) Bobby Bruch 1 8 John Hamel 27, 0 71Bernie James 32Peter Hattrup 46, 68Chance Fry 63 John Nicholson 1 Mike Whitlatch 25 Van Den Brand Horning 68 5–0 http://goalseattle.com/1988_wsa_press_release.htm San Jose Earthquakes (CA) Memorial Stadium, Seattle, Washington 5,600 Rainier Graumann (USA) Points leaders RankScorerClubGoalsAssistsPoints1 Scott Benedetti F.C. Portland80162 Justin Fashanu Los Angeles Heat54143 Eddie Henderson F.C. Seattle54144 Jerome Watson San Diego Nomads61135 Peter Hattrup F.C. Seattle61136 Billy ThompsonLos Angeles Heat53137 Frank van den Brand Hornige San Jose Earthquakes51118 Chance Fry F.C. Seattle3399 Brendan MurphyCalifornia Kickers40810 Mario GonzalezSan Diego Nomads40811 Grant GibbsF.C. Seattle40811 Dzung TranSan Jose Earthquakes24811 Ridal FernandezLos Angeles Heat31711 John SissonsSan Diego Nomads31711 Thor LeeCalifornia Kickers30611 Alex BassoSan Jose Earthquakes30611 Eric PhillippiF.C. Portland306 Honors MVP: Marcelo Balboa Leading goal scorer: Scott Benedetti Leading goalkeeper: Jeff Koch First Team All League Goalkeeper: Todd Strobeck Defenders: Marcelo Balboa, Grant Gibbs, Arturo Velazco, Jeff Stock Midfielders: Peter Hattrup, Billy Thompson, Tomás Boy Forwards: Justin Fashanu, Eddie Henderson, Abuelo Cruz Second Team All League Goalkeeper: Bob Ammann Defenders: Mario Gonzalez, Daryl Green, Danny Pena, Martín Vásquez Midfielders: Chris Dangerfield, Dzung Tran, Jerome Watson Forwards: Scott Benedetti, Chance Fry, John Sissons External links The Year in American Soccer - 1988 1988 Western Soccer Alliance Category:Western Soccer Alliance seasons 2 nl:Amerikaans voetbalkampioenschap 1988