# 2013 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season

The 2013 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season was the third season of the team in the North American Soccer League, and the entire club's thirty-ninth season in professional soccer. The NASL inaugurated a new format this year in which the season would be split into two, having a spring and fall tournament. The team finished in seventh place during the spring season, and fifth during the fall season.

## Squad
### Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | USA | Cody Laurendi |
| 2 | DF | USA | Stefan Antonijevic |
| 3 | DF | COL | Daniel Arcila |
| 5 | DF | FIN | Toni Ståhl (captain) |
| 6 | MF | USA | Hosman Ramos |
| 7 | FW | ENG | David Foley |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Pecka |
| 9 | FW | URU | Martin Nuñez |
| 10 | MF | USA | Walter Restrepo |
| 12 | DF | HON | Iván Guerrero |
| 13 | DF | USA | Justin Chavez |
| 14 | MF | COL | Carlos Salazar |
| 15 | DF | USA | Scott Gordon |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | FW | USA | Bradlee Baladez (on loan from FC Dallas) |
| 17 | DF | USA | Bryan Gaul (on loan from LA Galaxy) |
| 18 | DF | HAI | Stéphane Guillaume |
| 19 | MF | ARG | Gonzalo De Mujica |
| 20 | MF | ENG | Mark Anderson |
| 21 | DF | USA | Darnell King |
| 22 | GK | USA | Lionel Brown |
| 23 | MF | USA | Manny Gonzalez |
| 24 | GK | USA | Matt Glaeser |
| 30 | GK | MEX | Richard Sánchez (on loan from FC Dallas) |
| 33 | DF | BRA | Rafael Alves |
| 34 | MF | USA | Kenney Walker (on loan from LA Galaxy) |
| 99 | FW | USA | Aly Hassan |

### Squad Breakdown

Updated May 16, 2012.
| No. | Name | Nationality | Position | Date of birth (age) | Previous club |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 1 | Cody Laurendi | | GK | (1988-08-15) August 15, 1988 (age 36) | Puerto Rico Islanders |
| 22 | Lionel Brown | | GK | (1987-09-17) September 17, 1987 (age 37) | University of Connecticut |
| 24 | Matt Glaeser | | GK | (1985-04-27) April 27, 1985 (age 39) | Pallo-Iirot |
| 30 | Jeff Attinella | | GK | (1988-09-29) September 29, 1988 (age 36) | Real Salt Lake |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | Stefan Antonijevic | \ | CB | (1989-01-24) January 24, 1989 (age 35) | Valparaiso Crusaders |
| 3 | Daniel Arcila | | LB | (1993-10-15) October 15, 1993 (age 30) | Deportivo Olimpico |
| 5 | Toni Ståhl | | CB | (1985-05-11) May 11, 1985 (age 39) | Philadelphia Union |
| 12 | Iván Guerrero | | LB | (1977-11-30) November 30, 1977 (age 46) | C.D. Motagua |
| 13 | Justin Chavez | | CB | (1990-03-23) March 23, 1990 (age 34) | Tulsa Golden Hurricane |
| 15 | Scott Gordon | | FB/CB | (1988-04-06) April 6, 1988 (age 36) | Chivas USA |
| 18 | Stéphane Guillaume | | RB | (1984-02-09) February 9, 1984 (age 40) | Cleveland City Stars |
| 44 | Shavar Thomas | \ | CB | (1981-01-29) January 29, 1981 (age 43) | Montreal Impact |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 6 | Hosman Ramos | \ | AM | (1989-08-26) August 26, 1989 (age 35) | Blue Star Honduras |
| 8 | Pecka | | DM | (1989-05-02) May 2, 1989 (age 35) | Flamengo |
| 10 | Walter Restrepo | \ | AM | (1988-06-21) June 21, 1988 (age 36) | Boyacá Chicó |
| 14 | Carlos Salazar | | AM | (1981-07-01) July 1, 1981 (age 43) | Tauro FC |
| 16 | Mike Dietze | | DM | (1989-07-19) July 19, 1989 (age 35) | Seton Hall Pirates |
| 17 | Eduardo Jiménez | | AM | (1990-12-18) December 18, 1990 (age 33) | UCF Knights |
| 19 | Gonzalo De Mujica | \ | AM | (1990-01-31) January 31, 1990 (age 34) | Orlando City U-23 |
| 20 | Mark Anderson | | AM | (1989-02-13) February 13, 1989 (age 35) | Barry University |
| 21 | Darnell King | | W/FB | (1990-09-23) September 23, 1990 (age 34) | Florida Atlantic University |
| 23 | Manny Gonzalez | \ | DM | (1990-06-03) June 3, 1990 (age 34) | FGCU Eagles |
| 25 | Rubens | | DM | (1989-10-12) October 12, 1989 (age 34) | Mato Grosso do Sul |
| Forwards ||||||
| 7 | David Foley | | W | (1987-12-05) December 5, 1987 (age 36) | Puerto Rico Islanders |
| 9 | Jemal Johnson | | W | (1985-03-05) March 5, 1985 (age 39) | Tamworth FC |
| 11 | Stefan Dimitrov | \ | ST | (1984-10-08) October 8, 1984 (age 40) | New York Cosmos |
| 26 | Andy Herron | | ST | (1978-03-02) March 2, 1978 (age 46) | Limón |
| 99 | Aly Hassan | | ST | (1989-05-15) May 15, 1989 (age 35) | Club Aurora |
* See also: All-time Fort Lauderdale Strikers roster

### Transfers
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | Previous club | Notes | Date |
| 7 | FW | David Foley | Puerto Rico Islanders | Undisclosed | January 14, 2013 |
| 12 | MF | Iván Guerrero | Unattached | Free | January 24, 2013 |
| 19 | MF | Gonzalo De Mujica | Orlando City U-23 | Free | January 31, 2013 |
| 23 | MF | Manny Gonzalez | Unattached | Free | January 31, 2013 |
| 3 | DF | Daniel Arcila | C.D. Olimpia | Undisclosed | March 8, 2013 |
| 11 | FW | Stefan Dimitrov | New York Cosmos | Spring Championship Season loan | March 9, 2013 |
| 44 | DF | Shavar Thomas | Montreal Impact | Undisclosed | March 11, 2013 |
| 25 | MF | Rubens | Unattached | Free | March 20, 2013 |
| 1 | GK | Cody Laurendi | Puerto Rico Islanders | Free | March 25, 2013 |
| 2 | DF | Stefan Antonijevic | Unattached | Free | March 25, 2013 |
| 13 | DF | Justin Chavez | Unattached | NASL Combine | March 25, 2013 |
| 14 | MF | Carlos Salazar | Unattached | Free | March 25, 2013 |
| 16 | MF | Mike Dietze | Unattached | NASL Combine | March 25, 2013 |
| 18 | DF | Stéphane Guillaume | Unattached | Open tryout | April 1, 2013 |
| 17 | MF | Eduardo Jiménez | UCF Knights | Free | April 1, 2013 |
| 9 | FW | Jemal Johnson | Unattached | Free | April 5, 2013 |
| 99 | FW | Aly Hassan | Club Aurora | Loan return | April 27, 2013 |
| 30 | GK | Jeff Attinella | Real Salt Lake | Loan | May 8, 2013 |
| 11 | FW | Jahbari Willis | Atlanta Silverbacks | Trade for Andy Herron | June 13, 2013 |
| | GK | Richard Sánchez | FC Dallas | On loan for Fall NASL Season | June 23, 2013 |

#### Out

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee/notes | Date |
| 9 | FW | Abe Thompson | | Retired | October 4, 2012 |
| 16 | DF | Lance Laing | FC Edmonton | Free | November 25, 2012 |
| 15 | FW | Aly Hassan | Club Aurora | Spring Championship Season loan | January 9, 2013 |
| 1 | GK | Dave Martin | VSI Tampa Bay FC | Free | |
| 2 | MF | Alfonso Motagalvan | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | Free | |
| 12 | DF | Emilio Orozco | Chivas USA | Free | February 27, 2013 |
| 3 | DF | Scott Lorenz | | Released | |
| 6 | DF | Nickardo Blake | | Released | |
| 7 | MF | Patrick Otte | Ventura County Fusion | Released | |
| 11 | FW | Leopoldo Morales | | Released | |
| 13 | DF | Jack Stewart | | Released | |
| 14 | MF | Abel Gebor | | Released | |
| 25 | DF | Nico Clavijo | | Released | |
| 30 | GK | Jeff Attinella | Real Salt Lake | End of loan | June 4, 2013 |
| 11 | FW | Stefan Dimitrov | New York Cosmos | End of loan | June 10, 2013 |
| 26 | FW | Andy Herron | Atlanta Silverbacks | Trade for Jahbari Willis | June 13, 2013 |
| 9 | FW | Jemal Johnson | New York Cosmos | Only under contract with the Strikers for the Spring season | July 7, 2013 |
| 44 | DF | Shavar Thomas | | Only under contract with the Strikers for the Spring season | July 7, 2013 |

### Contracts

New contracts and contract extensions.
| Player | Date | Length | Contracted until |
| Pecka | October 17, 2012 | 2 Years | 2013, with a club option for 2014 |
| Mark Anderson | October 24, 2012 | 3 Years | 2013, with a club option for 2014, 2015 |
| Walter Restrepo | November 19, 2012 | 1 Years | 2013 |
| Scott Gordon | November 19, 2012 | 1 Years | 2013 |
| Matt Glaeser | November 19, 2012 | 1 Years | 2013 |
| Hosman Ramos | November 19, 2012 | 1 Years | 2013 |
| Andy Herron | December 19, 2012 | 2 Years | 2013, with a club option for 2014 |
| Toni Ståhl | March 11, 2012 | 2 Years | 2013, with a club option for 2014 |

## Competitions
### Preseason

Win  Loss  Tie

### NASL Spring Championship

The New York Cosmos and the Puerto Rico Islanders will not be participating in the spring season. The season will begin April 6 and end July 4, 2013.

### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Atlanta Silverbacks (S) | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 21 | Soccer Bowl 2013 |
| 2 | Carolina RailHawks | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 16 | +4 | 20 | |
| 3 | San Antonio Scorpions | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | +4 | 20 | |
| 4 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 16 | +5 | 18 | |
| 5 | FC Edmonton | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 14 | |
| 6 | Minnesota United FC | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 23 | −5 | 14 | |
| 7 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 24 | −14 | 8 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Spring season 2013 results

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| Stadium | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | T | L | L | L | W | L | W | T | L | L | | |
| Position | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | | |

#### Match results

Win  Loss  Tie

### U.S. Open Cup
## Squad statistics
### NASL Spring Championship
#### Players

| No | Player | Pos | Apps | Starts | G | A | | |
| 2 | AntonijevicStefan Antonijevic | CB | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | ArcilaDaniel Arcila | LB | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | StåhlToni Ståhl | CB | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | RamosHosman Ramos | AM | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | FoleyDavid Foley | LW | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | PeckaPecka | DM | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | JohnsonJemal Johnson | RW | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | RestrepoWálter Restrepo | AM | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | DimitrovStefan Dimitrov | ST | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | WillisJahbari Willis | ST | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GuerreroIván Guerrero | LB | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | ChavezJustin Chavez | CB | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | SalazarCarlos Salazar | AM | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 15 | GordonScott Gordon | FB | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | DietzeMike Dietze | DM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | JiménezEduardo Jiménez | AM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | GuillaumeStéphane Guillaume | RB | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 19 | De MujicaGonzalo De Mujica | AM | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | AndersonMark Anderson | AM | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | KingDarnell King | RW | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | GonzalezManny Gonzalez | DM | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | RubensRubens | DM | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | HerronAndy Herron | ST | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | ThomasShavar Thomas | CB | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 99 | HassanAly Hassan | ST | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | | | | 9 | 6 | 27 | 2 |
Last updated: June 18, 2013. Source:

#### Goalkeepers

| No | Player | Apps | Starts | Record | GA | GAA | SO |
| 1 | Cody Laurendi | 1 | 1 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Lionel Brown | 0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Matt Glaeser | 6 | 5 | 0-1-5 | 11 | 1.83 | 0 |
| 30 | Jeff Attinella | 4 | 4 | 2-1-1 | 5 | 1.25 | 1 |
| | | 11 | 10 | 2-2-6 | 16 | 1.60 | 1 |
Last updated: June 18, 2013. Source:

### Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
| Ran | No. | Pos | Name | NASL | U.S. Open Cup | Total |
| 1 | 7 | FW | David Foley | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 15 | DF | Scott Gordon | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 20 | MF | Mark Anderson | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 9 | FW | Jemal Johnson | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 10 | MF | Walter Restrepo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 14 | MF | Carlos Salazar | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 21 | MF | Darnell King | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 9 | 1 | 10 |
Last updated: June 11, 2013 Source:

### Top Assists

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total assists are equal.
| Ran | No. | Pos | Name | NASL | U.S. Open Cup | Total |
| 1 | 21 | DF | Darnell King | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 23 | MF | Manny Gonzalez | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 5 | DF | Toni Ståhl | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 8 | MF | Pecka | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 9 | FW | Jemal Johnson | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 6 | 1 | 7 |
Last updated: June 4, 2013 Source:

### Starting XI

This shows the most used players in each position, based on the Striker's typical starting formation for the season.
| No. | Pos. | Name | MS | Notes |
| 24 | GK | Glaeser | 7 | Attinella has 4 starts, Laurendi has 1 start |
| 18 | RB | Guillaume | 6 | |
| 44 | CB | Thomas | 10 | Justin Chavez has 3 starts, Stefan Antonijevic has 2 starts |
| 5 | CB | Ståhl | 10 | Gordon has 7 starts |
| 12 | LB | Guerrero | 8 | Daniel Arcila has 3 starts |
| 23 | DM | Gonzalez | 8 | |
| 8 | DM | Pecka | 9 | Rubens has 3 starts |
| 10 | RW | Restrepo | 6 | Hosman Ramos has 2 starts |
| 14 | AM | Salazar | 8 | Mark Anderson has 5 starts |
| 9 | LW | Johnson | 8 | Foley has 5 starts, Gonzalo De Mujica has 1 start |
| 21 | CF | King | 10 | Dimitrov had 6 starts |
* Glaeser
* Guillaume
* Thomas
* Ståhl
* Guerrero
* Pecka
* Gonzalez
* Restrepo
* Salazar
* Johnson
* King

## Club staff

| Position | Name |
| President | Tom Mulroy |
| Managing Director | Tim Robbie |
| Director of Operations | Miguel Lopez |
| Head coach | Daryl Shore |
| Assistant coach | Raoul Voss |
| Goalkeepers Coach | Ricardo Lopes |
| Head Athletic Trainer | Joe Caroccio |
Updated to match played June 22, 2012 Source:

## Recognition

Team of the Week Week 1: David Foley, Pecka, Toni Ståhl
Week 4: Walter Restrepo
Week 5: Jeff Attinella, Shavar Thomas, Manny Gonzalez, Jemal Johnson