1985 Western Alliance Challenge Series

August 2023 Western Alliance Challenge Series 1985 4 San Jose Earthquakes (1st title) 1986 The inaugural edition of the Western Alliance Challenge Series, a soccer competition between teams in the United States and Canada, took place in 1985. The four participating teams were F.C. Seattle, the Victoria Riptide, F.C. Portland, and the San Jose Earthquakes; these teams later joined the Western Soccer Alliance, which later merged with the American Soccer League to form the American Professional Soccer League, the forerunner of the USL First Division. History In 1984, the independent F.C. Seattle hosted the F.C. Seattle Challenge which included several North American Soccer League teams. The success of the tournament led league officials to offer an NASL franchise to the F.C. Seattle ownership.http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1984.html#NASL The Year in American Soccer - 1984 2010-05-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20130713140618/http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1984.html#NASL 2013-07-13 dead The team declined the offer and instead decided to build on the success of the tournament by creating an ad hoc league with several other independent soccer teams in the Pacific Northwest.Western Alliance Founded Three teams joined F.C. Seattle, the Victoria Riptide, F.C. Portland and the San Jose Earthquakes which had played in the NASL before its demise in the spring of 1985. These four teams played each other and the non-league Edmonton Brick Men and Canada national soccer team. The games against the Brick Men and Canada national team were included in the final league standings. The series proved financially successful and led to the formal establishment of the Western Soccer Alliance. League standings main WDL 5 y SJO San Jose Earthquakes C SEA F.C. Seattle VIC Victoria Riptide POR F.C. Portland 4 1 2 10 9 3 1 3 16 11 3 1 3 13 13 1 2 4 8 16 #b3b7ff A complete http://a-leaguearchive.tripod.com/1985/results85.htm Western Alliance Challenge Series 1985 Season A-League Archive 2019-09-03 References External links The Year in American Soccer - 1985 Category:Western Soccer Alliance seasons 3