Victoria Riptides
Victoria Riptides (also known as the RipTides and Riptide) were a professional soccer team based out of Victoria, British Columbia. The team played for two successful seasons; the 1984 season of the, at-the-time amateur Pacific Coast Soccer League, and 1985 season of the Western Alliance Challenge Series. Their home games were played at Royal Athletic Park. History. David Keith was coach of the Riptides for their first season. The team had a record of 7 wins, 2 draws, and 1 loss, finishing second in the league table. In the Victoria Cup championship series they fell to  regular season champions New Westminster Queens Park Rangers, 6–5, on aggregate.<ref name="VR 8/27/84"></ref> In 1985, four independent west coast soccer clubs joined together to create an informal challenge series. The challenge cup pitted the Riptides against F.C. Seattle, F.C. Portland and the San Jose Earthquakes in a home and away series. The cup also included games against the Canadian national soccer team which was training for the 1986 World Cup in Vancouver, BC. The national team was not included in the standings. Brian Hughes was the head coach to start the 1985 season, but by mid-June assistant coach  and player Buzz Parsons had taken over those duties. The 1985 Riptides had a 3-1-3 record, finishing second to the Earthquakes in the final standings. The success of the challenge series led to a discussion among the four teams about forming a permanent league or alliance. The Riptides management at the time, disagreed with this approach and did not participate in future games in what became known as the Western Soccer Alliance. They also backed out of joining the newly forming Canadian Soccer Association. The Western Soccer Alliance became the Western Soccer League in 1989 which merged with  the American Soccer League in 1990 to form the American Professional Soccer League. 1984 Pacific Coast Soccer League. League final standings. "GP = Games Played, W = Wins, T = Ties, L = Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts= point system" 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss. 1985 Western Alliance Challenge Series. Series final standings. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude>