1997 Florida Strikers season

The 1997 Florida Strikers season was the second season of the new team in the United Systems of Independent Soccer Leagues, playing in the USISL D-3 Pro League. It was also the thirty-first season of the club in professional soccer. This year, the team finished in fourth place in the South Atlantic Division, and did not make the playoffs. This was the last year of the team as the club folded them at the end of the season. The club would join the Miami FC in 2011 to form the new Fort Lauderdale Strikers team.

League standings
GP  W   SW  SL  L   GF  GA  Pts Northeast Division North Jersey Imperials    18  10   1   0   7   39  23   31 Rhode Island Stingrays    18  10   1   1   6   32  25   31 New Hampshire Phantoms    18   9   2   2   5   36  27   29 Central Jersey Riptide    18   8   2   3   5   26  24   26 Vermont Wanderers         18   6   1   1  10   21  39   19 NYCD Alleycats          18   6   0   1  11   25  38   18 Cape Cod Crusaders        18   4   1   0  13   19  32   13

Mid-Atlantic Division Reading Rage              18  13   1   0   4   46  22   40 Philadelphia Freedom      18  10   1   0   7   29  32   31 Baltimore Bays            18   8   0   2   8   30  34   24 New Jersey Stallions      18   7   2   1   8   25  26   23 Delaware Wizards          18   7   0   2   9   23  32   21 South Jersey Barons       18   4   1   3  10   22  28   13

South Atlantic Division Myrtle Beach Seadawgs     18  14   1   0   3   40  19   43 South Carolina Shamrocks  18  11   2   0   5   37  27   35 Charlotte Eagles          18  10   2   1   5   38  21   32 Florida Strikers          18  10   0   0   8   51  34   30 Wilmington Hammerheads    18   8   1   1   8   37  24   25 Mobile Revelers           18   4   0   0  14   25  54   12 Daytona Tigers            18   3   0   1  14   14  61    9

North Central Division Chicago Stingers          18  12   1   0   5   32  19   37 Indiana Blast             18   7   1   1   9   28  31   22 Cleveland Caps            18   6   3   0   9   28  32   21 Rockford Raptors          18   6   2   2   8   32  33   20

South Central Division Albuquerque Geckos        18  13   2   1   2   51  15   41 Austin Lone Stars         18  11   1   0   6   38  28   34 Houston Hurricanes        18   9   0   2   7   35  30   27 Tulsa Roughnecks          18   9   0   0   9   36  40   27 San Antonio Pumas         18   5   0   2  11   23  45   15 Dallas Toros              18   2   0   0  16   22  53    6


 * Albuquerque gets a bye to the national semifinal as hosts.

West Division San Francisco Bay Seals   18  13   2   0   3   41  16   41 Sacramento Scorpions      18  11   0   0   7   39  36   33 Chico Rooks               18   9   3   3   3   38  28   30 San Fernando Valley Golden Eagles 18  9   2   0   7   30  31   29 Stanislaus County Cruisers 18  8   0   3   7   31  27   24 Arizona Sahuaros          18   6   1   1  10   39  40   19 Hawaii Tsunamii           16   4   1   1  10   24  29   13 Reno Rattlers             16   4   0   0  12   17  34   12 Los Angeles Fireballs     18   3   0   2  13   22  40    9