1987 Western Soccer Alliance#Playoffs
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox football league season
| competition = Western Soccer Alliance
-1987 Season-
| season = 1987
| num_teams = 6
| winners = San Diego Nomads
(1st title)
| premiers = San Diego Nomads
(1st title)
| matches =
| league topscorer = Joe Mihaljevic
(7 goals)
| highest scoring =
| total goals =
| longest wins =
| longest unbeaten =
| longest losses =
| highest attendance =
| lowest attendance =
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| prevseason = 1986
| nextseason = 1988
}}
Final league standings for the 1987 Western Soccer Alliance season.
History
Prior to the season, the Edmonton Brick Men left the league to join the new Canadian Soccer League. This left the Alliance with six teams, which retained its regular season single table standings, but added a post-season playoff to determine the league champion for 1987. The San Diego Nomads won both the regular season and playoff titles.
League standings
| class="wikitable"
!Place !width="170"|Team !width="20"|GP !width="20"|W !width="20"|L !width="20"|OW !width="20"|OL !width="20"|PW !width="20"|PL !width="20"|GF !width="20"|GA !Points !Qualification |
| bgcolor=#b3b7ff
|1 | San Diego Nomads (C) |10 |6 |4 |1 |0 |1 |1 |17 |9 |31 | Playoff final |
| bgcolor=#ccffcc
|2 |10 |5 |5 |1 |1 |0 |1 |16 |14 |31 | rowspan="2"|Playoff semifinal |
| bgcolor=#ccffcc
|3 |10 |5 |5 |1 |1 |0 |1 |21 |13 |31 |
| 4
|10 |5 |5 |0 |1 |0 |0 |9 |15 |24 | rowspan="3"| |
| 5
|10 |5 |5 |2 |0 |0 |0 |9 |16 |24 |
| 6
|10 |4 |6 |0 |2 |2 |0 |11 |16 |23 |
(C) Champion
Playoffs
=Bracket=
{{3TeamBracket
| RD1=Wild Card Semi-final
| RD2=1987 WSA Final
| score-width=25
| team-width=195px
| RD1-seed1=2
| RD1-team1=F.C. Seattle
| RD1-score1=0
| RD1-seed2=3
| RD1-team2=San Jose Earthquakes
| RD1-score2=3
| RD2-seed1=1
| RD2-team1=San Diego Nomads
| RD2-score1=3
| RD2-seed2=3
| RD2-team2=San Jose Earthquakes
| RD2-score2=1
}}
=Wild card=
{{football box|
date = June 7, 1987
1:00 PM PST |
team1 = F.C. Seattle (WA) |
goals1 = |
goals2 = {{Goal|4}} Dave Palic
{{Goal}} Jadir Henrique
{{Goal}} George Pastor |
score = 0–3 |
report = |
team2 = San Jose Earthquakes (CA) |
stadium = Memorial Stadium, Seattle, Washington
| attendance =
| referee = (USA)}}
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=Final=
{{football box|
date = June 14, 1987
7:30 PM PST|
team1 = San Diego Nomads (CA) |
goals1 = Paul Stumpf {{yel|31}}
Steve Black {{Goal|53}}
Mario Gonzalez {{Goal|62}}
Steve Black {{Goal|85}}|
goals2 = {{Goal|31}} Jadir Henrique |
score = 3–1 |
report = https://www.newspapers.com/image/403158764/?terms=nomads |
team2 = San Jose Earthquakes (CA) |
stadium = Southwestern College, Chula Vista, California
| attendance = 2,000
| referee = (USA)}}
Points leaders
| class="wikitable" |
| Rank
!Scorer !Club !Goals !Assists !Points |
|---|
| align=center|1
|align=center|7 |align=center|2 |align=center|16 |
| align=center|2
|align=center|6 |align=center|0 |align=center|12 |
| align=center|3
|align=center|4 |align=center|4 |align=center|12 |
| align=center|4
|align=center|5 |align=center|0 |align=center|10 |
| align=center|5
|align=center|4 |align=center|2 |align=center|10 |
| align=center|6
|align=center|3 |align=center|1 |align=center|7 |
| align=center|7
| John Gerrard |align=center|3 |align=center|1 |align=center|7 |
| align=center|8
| Jadir Henrique |align=center|2 |align=center|3 |align=center|7 |
| align=center|9
|align=center|2 |align=center|3 |align=center|7 |
| align=center|10
| John Sissons |align=center|3 |align=center|0 |align=center|6 |
| align=center|11
| Amir Darabi |align=center|3 |align=center|0 |align=center|6 |
Honors
- MVP: Brent Goulet
- Leading goal scorer: Joe Mihaljevic
- Leading goalkeeper: Anton Nistl
- First Team All League
:Goalkeeper: Anton Nistl
:Defenders: Steve Boardman, Barney Boyce, Daryl Green, Robbie Zipp
:Midfielders: Jadir Henrique, George Pastor, Geoff Wall
:Forwards: Brent Goulet, Tim Martin, Joe Mihaljevic
- Second Team All League
:Goalkeeper: Mike Lane
:Defenders: Marcelo Balboa, Arturo Velazco, Eric Biefeld, Chris Wentzien
:Midfielders: Steve Black, John Hamel, Richard Torres
:Forwards: Scott Benedetti, John Gerard, John Sissons
References
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090731130647/http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1987.html#WSA The Year in American Soccer - 1987]
- [http://a-leaguearchive.tripod.com/1987/1987.htm 1987 Western Soccer Alliance]
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{{San Jose Earthquakes matches}}
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