# 1989 Western Soccer League

Final league standings for the 1989 Western Soccer League season.

## League standings
### North Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | BP | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | San Francisco Bay Blackhawks | 16 | 11 | 5 | 37 | 26 | +11 | 27 | 98 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Portland Timbers | 16 | 11 | 5 | 32 | 25 | +7 | 21 | 92 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Seattle Storm | 16 | 10 | 6 | 32 | 23 | +9 | 21 | 87 | |
| 4 | Sacramento Senators | 16 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 43 | −23 | 9 | 40 | |

### South Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | BP | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | San Diego Nomads (C) | 16 | 12 | 4 | 30 | 18 | +12 | 23 | 99 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Los Angeles Heat | 16 | 10 | 6 | 35 | 19 | +16 | 15 | 81 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Real Santa Barbara | 16 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 35 | −15 | 10 | 51 | |
| 4 | Arizona Condors | 16 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 39 | −14 | 9 | 50 | |
| 5 | California Kickers | 16 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 30 | −13 | 1 | 42 | |

## Playoffs
### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | 1989 WSL Final | 1989 WSL Final | 1989 WSL Final |
| 1N | San Francisco Bay Blackhawks | 1(4) | | | |
| 2S | Los Angeles Heat | 1(2) | | | |
| 2S | Los Angeles Heat | 1(2) | 1N | San Francisco Bay Blackhawks | 0 |
| | | | 1S | San Diego Nomads | 1 |
| 1S | San Diego Nomads | 2 | 1S | San Diego Nomads | 1 |
| 2N | Portland Timbers | 1 | | | |

### Final
## Points leaders

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals | Assists | Points |
| 1 | Jerome Watson | San Diego Nomads | 10 | 7 | 27 |
| 2 | Steve Corpening | San Francisco Bay Blackhawks | 11 | 2 | 24 |
| 3 | Mark Kerlin | Arizona Condors | 9 | 4 | 22 |
| 4 | Wes Wade | Arizona Condors | 10 | 1 | 21 |
| 5 | Chance Fry | Seattle Storm | 8 | 4 | 20 |
| 6 | Jeff Hooker | Los Angeles Heat | 7 | 5 | 19 |
| 7 | Scott Benedetti | Portland Timbers | 8 | 1 | 17 |
| 7 | Steve Boardman | San Diego Nomads | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| 9 | Rob Baarts | Portland Timbers | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| 9 | Robert Lang | San Diego Nomads | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| 9 | Eddie Henderson | Seattle Storm | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| 12 | Dave Palic | San Francisco Bay Blackhawks | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 12 | Thien Nguyen | San Diego Nomads | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 14 | Brent Goulet | Seattle Storm | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 14 | Steve Petuskey | Sacramento Senators | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 14 | Dominic Kinnear | San Francisco Bay Blackhawks | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 17 | Chris John | F.C. Portland | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 17 | Billy Thompson | Los Angeles Heat | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 17 | Peter Hattrup | Seattle Storm | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 17 | Jim Webber | Portland Timbers | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 17 | Jim Gabarra | Los Angeles Heat | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 22 | Cesar Plasencia | Sacramento Senators | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 22 | Townsend Qin | San Francisco Bay Blackhawks | 3 | 4 | 10 |

## Honors

* MVP: Kasey Keller
* Leading goal scorer: Steve Corpening
* Leading goalkeeper: Kasey Keller
* First Team All League
    Goalkeeper: Kasey Keller
    Defenders: Marcelo Balboa, John Doyle, Mike Lapper, Cle Kooiman
    Midfielders: Dominic Kinnear, John Bain, Chris Henderson
    Forwards: Scott Benedetti, Jeff Hooker, Mark Kerlin
* Second Team All League
    Goalkeeper: Todd Elias
    Defenders: Steve Boardman, Troy Dayak, Grant Gibbs, Arturo Velazco
    Midfielders: Jim Gabarra, Jerome Watson
    Forwards: Steve Corpening, Brent Goulet, Eddie Henderson, Wes Wade

## 1989 National Professional Soccer Championship

In anticipation of a proposed merger, which eventually took place the following year, the WSL champions faced off against the American Soccer League champions in the 1989 National Pro Soccer Championship on September 9 at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California. The matched marked the first time since 1984 that an undisputed national champion of professional soccer was crowned in the U.S.