1986 Western Soccer Alliance

August 2023 Western Soccer Alliance 1986 7 Hollywood Kickers (1st title) Brent Goulet (9 goals) 1985 1987 History of the 1986 Western Soccer Alliance season. History After the success of the 1985 Western Alliance Challenge Series, three of the teams from that series, F.C. Seattle, F.C. Portland and the San Jose Earthquakes established the Western Soccer Alliance. The Victoria Riptide, a participant in 1985, did not return but was replaced by the Edmonton Brick Men which had played games against the series team in 1985. These teams were joined by the Hollywood Kickers, Los Angeles Heat and San Diego Nomads expanded the alliance from its Northwest Pacific roots into southern California. The Alliance played a regular season schedule only. Continuing the previous season's tradition of playing with a guest team - in that year, the Edmonton Brick Men, who had subsequently joined the league proper for 1986 - the Western Soccer Alliance this time sought two guest teams, turning this time to the United Kingdom. The two teams recruited were the English Football League First Division side Manchester City and Scottish Premier Division side Dundee, who each played one away match against each team and played no home fixtures. In the event, F.C. Portland were unable to play their game against Manchester City, instead rescheduling their game for later in the season, and replacing City - who had returned to England for the start of their own season - with a team composed of former Portland Timbers players. League standings main WDL 5 y Q HOL Hollywood Kickers C SEA F.C. Seattle POR F.C. Portland LAH Los Angeles Heat SDN San Diego Nomads SJE San Jose Earthquakes EDM Edmonton Brick Men 8 4 2 21 13 6 2 6 20 19 6 2 6 19 22 4 5 5 15 14 4 4 6 18 20 3 4 7 23 32 3 3 8 18 28 #b3b7ff C complete 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. A-League Archivehttp://a-leaguearchive.tripod.com/1986/results86.htm Western Soccer Alliance 1986 Season A-League Archive 2019-09-03 Results main FBR grey EDM POR SEA HOL LAH SDN SJE Edmonton Brick Men 3–0 4–2 1–2 1–1 0–2 3–3 1–3 0–3 null F.C. Portland 3–1 0–2 1–1 2–1 2–0 3–1 1–2 null 3–2 F.C. Seattle 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 null Hollywood Kickers 0–0 1–0 3–2 1–0 0–0 2–3 3–1 0–3 null Los Angeles Heat 1–0 4–1 1–0 0–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 null San Diego Nomads 4–0 1–2 3–3 0–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–3 null San Jose Earthquakes 3–4 2–0 1–3 2–6 2–2 4–1 0–4 0–1 null complete A-League Archive Points leaders RankScorerClubGoalsAssistsPoints1 Brent Goulet F.C. Portland92202 Mark Miller F.C. Portland75203 Chance Fry San Jose Earthquakes82184 Dennis Gunnell F.C. Seattle71155Vilmar MarquezEdmonton Brick Men55156Rob RyersonSan Diego Nomads60127Derek SandersonSan Jose Earthquakes52128Michael Brady Los Angeles Heat51119 Norm OdingaEdmonton Brick Men511110 Steve McCargoSan Jose Earthquakes5010 Honors MVP: Paul Caligiuri Leading goal scorer: Brent Goulet Leading goalkeeper: Lorenzo Caccialanza First Team All League Goalkeeper: Lorenzo Caccialanza Defenders: Dale Ervine, Paul Krumpe, Martín Vásquez Midfielders: Paul Caligiuri, Dennis Gunnel, Hugo Perez Forwards: Chance Fry, Brent Goulet, Jeff Hooker, Mark Miller Second Team All League Goalkeeper: Todd Strobeck Defenders: Mark Arquette, Jens Ole-Knudsen, Scott Murray, Tim Schulz Midfielders: Drew Ferguson, Doug Swanson Forwards: Tim Barto, Ross Ongaro, Rob Ryerson, Dzung Tran References The Year in American Soccer - 1986 1986 Western Soccer Alliance Category:Western Soccer Alliance seasons 3 Category:Manchester City F.C.