1986-87 Minnesota Strikers Statistics

Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL)
Team Record: 26-26
in the MISL's Eastern Division
Postseason: 2-3
Lost Division Semifinal
Coach: Alan Merrick (26-26)
Location: Bloomington, Minnesota
Attendance: 181,441, Avg. 6,979 in 26 home dates

1986-87 Minnesota Strikers Roster

The Minnesota Strikers of the Major Indoor Soccer League ended the 1986-87 season with a record of 26 wins and 26 losses in the MISL's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-3.

The Strikers chalked up 205 goals and conceded 198. Alan Willey scored 32 goals for Minnesota, while Ray Hudson, Steve Kinsey, Chris Dangerfield, Thompson Usiyan and Hector Marinaro each netted fifteen or more, too. Steve Kinsey contributed 24 assists. Tino Lettieri topped the squad with 15 wins and a team-best 3.38 goals against average, pacing keepers with significant playing time.

Alan Merrick coached the team. The 1986-87 Minnesota Strikers lost in the Division Semifinal.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG	OTG	FC	BL	Shts	S%
Steve Kinsey	F	51	31	24	55	2					52	15	135	23.0
Alan Willey	F	49	32	18	50	4					50	17	179	17.9
Ray Hudson	M	41	20	19	39	8					28	19	81	24.7
Thompson Usiyan	M	33	16	16	32	4					64	5	141	11.3
Chris Dangerfield	F	49	20	10	30	6					39	38	107	18.7
Hector Marinaro	F	45	17	11	28	10					47	23	92	18.5
Stan Cummins	F	42	9	16	25	0					52	22	80	11.3
Helmut Dudek	D	34	11	10	21	8					47	32	145	7.6
David Byrne	F	24	7	14	21	14					39	13	87	8.0
John O'Hara	D	42	8	9	17	4					43	67	46	17.4
Gregg Thompson	D	46	9	5	14	2					27	46	70	12.9
Mike Jeffries	M	41	6	7	13	4					18	12	59	10.2
Dwight Lodeweges	D	43	6	7	13	14					83	53	71	8.5
Tasso Koutsoukos	M	16	4	8	12	0					7	14	42	9.5
Gary Etherington	D	52	3	9	12	10					57	98	76	3.9
Ken Fogarty	D	33	1	4	5	4					25	26	21	4.8
Tony Bono	M	6	3	0	3	0					6	2	7	42.9
Greg Ion	M	10	2	1	3	0					6	4	15	13.3
Dan Canter	D	14	0	2	2	0					10	13	3	0.0
Matt Kennedy	G	19	0	0	0	4					1	0	2	0.0
Tino Lettieri	G	35	0	0	0	20					1	0	5	0.0
Totals		725	205	190	395	118	0	0	0	0	702	519	1464	14.0

Goalkeepers:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Thompson Usiyan	1	1:52	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	1.000
Gary Etherington	1	1:27	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	1.000
Stan Cummins	1	1:20	0	0	0	0.00	0	0
Tino Lettieri	35	2058:10	15	19	116	3.38	839	392	.467
Matt Kennedy	18	1063:28	11	7	73	4.12	502	247	.492
David Byrne	13	25:11	0	0	3	7.15	9	4	.444
Gregg Thompson	9	8:45	0	0	1	6.86	2	0	.000
John O'Hara	10	22:14	0	0	5	13.49	12	5	.417
Totals	88	3182:27	26	26	198	3.73	1366	650	.476

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	GWG	OTG	FC	BL	Shts	S%
Steve Kinsey	F	5	1	2	3	2	0	0	0	7	2	8	12.5
Alan Willey	F	5	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	24	16.7
Ray Hudson	M	5	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	2	4	6	16.7
Chris Dangerfield	F	5	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	6	33.3
Hector Marinaro	F	5	3	3	6	2	0	1	1	6	4	24	12.5
Stan Cummins	F	4	4	5	9	2	0	0	0	4	2	13	30.8
David Byrne	F	5	6	4	10	0	1	1	0	13	0	21	28.6
John O'Hara	D	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	9	3	2	0.0
Gregg Thompson	D	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	6	10	0.0
Mike Jeffries	M	5	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	28.6
Dwight Lodeweges	D	5	1	3	4	2	0	0	0	14	12	12	8.3
Gary Etherington	D	5	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	6	26	10	0.0
Ken Fogarty	D	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
Greg Ion	M	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Dan Canter	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0.0
Bench		0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Kennedy	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tino Lettieri	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		71	24	24	48	18	1	2	1	71	63	147	16.3

Postseason - Goalkeepers:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Tino Lettieri	5	302:26	2	3	23	4.57	136	52	.382
Matt Kennedy	1	1:34	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	.333
David Byrne	2	10:39	0	0	3	18.00	4	1	.250
Gregg Thompson	1	0:23	0	0	1		1	0	.000
Totals	9	315:02	2	3	27	5.14	144	54	.375