WE'RE BACK! Ultras Alive returns this Monday February 13 at 10pm for it's 35th show and the first
one in 2012 with guests Gabriel Gabor Major League Soccer / Soccer United Marketing's (Twitter:
@MLSGabor )who will be promoting the Mexico vs Colombia game this coming February 29, 2012
We will also be giving out 2 tickets to the game so stay tuned on how you can win them.
Want to be part of something special? Are you hungry for soccer?
Then come out and support the Fort Lauderdale Strikers with the Ultras!
Get the new Ultras membership package!You can pre-order for only $20!Here is what you get:
- Ultras T-shirt
- Ultras Scarf
- Ultras ID that is good for discounts at local pubs (Participating bars to be announced) as well
as discounts on Strikers merchandise, tickets and much more!
Following you will find pictures and fan video taken during the meeting with MLS Commissioner Don
Garber on January 8, 2011. None of the video is professional so bear with us. The video does give
you a little taste of what it was like to be there.
If you haven't read all the progress made in South Florida be sure to check out www.
As Striker Liker Christopher Walsh put it on the Ultras facebook page "The blood letting
continues..." Yes, not long ago Coach Shore assured the fans on Miami Ultras Alive #30 (see minute
21) that he expected to keep the majority of his ALMOST championship team.
We've already seen a number of Strikers players packing their bags and moving to other teams.
This past Sunday South Florida Soccer fans met up at Mickey Byrnes Irish Pub in Hollywood to watch
the MLS Cup Final between the L.A. Galaxy and the Houston Dynamo. For more on the game go HERE
Just prior to the watch party the Ultras organized their 1st ever PS3 FIFA '12 tournament led by
Mitch Rivera (Twitter: @mrivera2010 ) A total of 8 players showed up on time to be included in the
roster (A few others were left out for not showing up on time).
The Miami Ultras organized a Major League Soccer watch party at Mickey Byrnes Pub in Hollywood this
past Sunday which also had the gracious presence of former Los Angeles Galaxy playmaker and ex
Salvadoran national team player Mauricio Cienfuegos.
It was a great experience to be next to the MLS Cup and to be able to pose with it in pictures
before it headed West to L.
It was a wet night that saw the Strikers and over 7 thousand people witness a heartbreaker of a
game. The team looked flat and without a doubt the bunkered down Stars did enough to guarantee they
would be the first to hoist the NASL Soccer Bowl.
I'll do a season review in the next few days. For more on the game go to www.
After greatly enjoying my last NASL match in Fort Lauderdale, I was happy to follow the Strikers'
surprisingly making it to the final of the NASL championship after defeating the huge favourites of
Puerto Rico Islanders in the semifinal. The other finalists were also an upset, namely the
Minnesota Stars, who defeated the North Carolina Railhawks, who had been the best team in the
season.
This past Saturday the Fort Lauderdale Strikers flew up to Minnesota to play the first leg of the
NASL Div2 Championship versus the NSC Minnesota Stars.
Unfortunetly the Strikers lost 3-1. It was a heart breaker to see the team play timidly compared to
their past few playoff games. Was it the cold weather up North?
It seems like a dream but it's true, the Fort Lauderdale Strikers made it to the NASL finals and
will meet the Minnesota Stars in a 2 game series that starts next Saturday in Minnesota.
Over 4200 people showed up to see the Strikers beat the Islanders 2-1 (5-2 aggregate) thanks to a
brace by Brian Shriver.
The Fort Lauderdale Strikers are 90 minutes away from the NASL final thanks to a 3-1 win over the
Puerto Rico Islanders. With a 2 goal lead the Strikers will look to eliminate the Islanders this
Saturday, Oct. 15th at 7:30 pm. Tickets are available at www.strikers.com or the box office at
Lockhart stadium.
Everyone needs to rush over to www.miamiultras.com to check out The latest and greatest version of
Miami Ultras Alive. South Florida's only unprofessional soccer radio show that you can listen to
every Monday night at 10PM. Last night we had a great show covering the USA vs Honduras game in
Miami and the Fort Lauderdale Strikers victory over the Puerto Rico Islanders in the NASL playoff
semifinals.
What a great night at Lockhart Stadium this Saturday when the Strikers defeated FC Edmonton 5-0
thanks to a hat trick by Abe Thompson and a brace by Brian Shriver. The team played inspired
football and gave South Florida a true show that we hope we can see again next week as the playoffs
continue.
The Strikers will face the Puerto Rico Islanders this coming Saturday in the first of 2 games to
determine who advances to the NASL Finals.
South Florida Soccer fans need to get out to Lockhart Stadium this Saturday October 1, 2011 for the
Fort Lauderdale Strikers playoff game versus FC Edmonton. Game starts at 7:30 pm and tickets are
now available at www.strikers.com. You can also get them game day at the box office. Come out and
support the Strikers as they make their NASL Championship run!
Strikers fans made the trip to St Pete to support their team only to be disappointed by a 2-0 loss.
The Strikers played well, dominating certain moments of the game but the turning point was the red
card given to Cristian Arrieta. It was enough to change the tide and give Tampa an advantage that
proved too much for the Red & Gold.
The Strikers could have wrapped up the game versus the Atlanta Silverbacks in the first 45 minutes
of their game this past Saturday at Lockhart stadium. They had a myriad of shots and chances, yet
their lousy aim thwarted each effort. The second half was a whole different story as Atlanta nearly
beat the Strikers with a 90th minute goal.
I was recently in Florida and went to see my first American football match, from the North American
Soccer League, one of the final league matches before the play-off, between the local side, Ft.
Lauderdale Strikers and the Atlanta Silverbacks. It was a horrible match until the last few minutes
when Atlanta underservedly went ahead, but the Strikers managed a late equalizer.
It's the last regular home game of the season for the Fort Lauderdale Strikers. They've already
clinched the playoffs but could secure a home playoff game and possibly 3rd place in the next 2
games. If the Strikers win this Saturday they secure the home game. But the following Saturday the
last game of the season will be against rival Tampa.
The Strikers played a poor game versus rivals FC Tampa this past Saturday in front of about 3700
fans that came out to enjoy a great pre-game atmosphere thanks to over 15 Miami Food trucks. As
usual the supporters started their tailgate early and even created a TIFO poking fun at FC Tampa
aka Rowdies.
Rob Kinnan Photography
After a disappointing 1-1 mid-week draw to Minnesota, the Carolina Railhawks were looking to come
out strong against Ft.Lauderdale. In there last match, the Railhawks were able to snap a two game
losing skid, but the win eluded them. However, Carolina turned things around, made changes and put
Ft.
South Florida's WPS team MagicJack advanced to the next phase of the playoffs with a 3 to 1 win
over the Boston Breakers. MagicJack will now face the Philadelphia Independence this coming
Saturday August 20 at 4 pm. You can watch that game live on Fox Soccer channel or online.
MagicJack goals were scored by Abby Wambach at the 6' and later in the 57' off of a penalty with
Megan Rapinoe scoring off of a Christen Press pass in the 61'.
The Strikers proved their victory last week versus Edmonton was no fluke by taking out league
leader Carolina Railhawks 2-1 with 10 men and a lot of heart! Over 3,000 fans showed up to a game
threatened by rain and were delighted to see a hard fought Strikers dominated game. As an omen of
good fortune the sky turned red and yellow, perhaps a sign of things to come (See picture).
The best team in the world, Barcelona played the most popular team in Mexico (Chivas de
Guadalajara) and filled Sun Life Stadium on a humid Wednesday night in Miami. Section 404 was
packed with Miami Ultras and other fans who were present to watch the beautiful game at it's best.
We all saw Chivas shock Barcelona with their wonderful play and goals.
Ex Miami Fusion captain and current Fort Lauderdale Strikers Assistant coach Jim Rooney was our
guest last night on Miami Ultras Alive.
Rooney was gracious enough to answer our questions about his Fusion days, including a number of
anecdotes concerning Ray Hudson's underwear and a his own sports bra (In tribute to Brandi
Chastain's World Cup goal) inspired celebration during the MLS All Star game.
The Miami Soccer Festival will be this weekend Saturday July 30th and Sunday July 31st. It's a non
profit soccer event. All net proceeds are distributed jointly by co-organizers ‘Soccer 5
Foundation' and ‘Miami Dade Parks Foundation' to promote more spaces to play soccer and more
places to learn soccer within our community.
Most of us in South Florida who know of the existence of magicJack, the Women's Professional Soccer
team playing in Boca Raton, have been wondering why the owner of the team (Dan Borislow) has not
made a real website or even done some type of marketing for a team filled with stars who in their
majority play for the U.
Strikers defender and 2009 player of the year Zach Kirby has announced he will retire from soccer
today after multiple injuries which have kept him out of many games in his career. Known to the
fans as "Beowulf", Zach was one of the best players on the team and considered by many too good to
be playing 2nd division soccer.
Burrito not write in long times cause he peed-off with Los Estrikers!
The team is playing like poopoo! They need to play with huevos! Don't they know who used to wear
the Red and Gold? Don't they know Burrito's compadre Ray Hudson used to wear #4? Or that Teófilo
Cubillas used to wear #10?
Burrito ponders, Burrito chews on chew toy, then bites an old chicken bone, then back to chew toy.
In a couple of weeks a group of South Florida Newcastle Supporters will make a trip up to Orlando.
It's this coming Saturday July 23, 2011. As Orlando City of USL Pro (U.S. 3rd Division) will
receive Newcastle United (English Premier League) at the Citrus Bowl
The group (who are also Fort Lauderdale Strikers Fans) are led by Mark Featherstone and plan on
making the trip to Orlando to support Newcastle.
Strikers fans made the trip to St Pete to support their team. It was a tough loss but it was a fun
experience.
Read more about the game HERE
Following are pictures of the adventure:
Miami Ultras AliveDid you listen to Miami Ultras Alive yesterday?
Almost 6,000 people showed up at Lockhart Stadium this Wednesday despite the rain and conflicting
U2 concert. It's all because our most hated rival came to town. FC Tampa Bay (aka Rowdies) came
into South Florida in search of points and unfortunately they took one point with them.
The Strikers dominated this game with an incredible 24 shots of which only 6 were on goal.
Soccer Saturday came and went in a blink of an eye. It started off at the Strikers tailgate at
Lockhart Stadium and ended at The Fox & Hound Pub as I saw the USA get beat by Mexico... It was a
tough loss. I'm sure everyone else has covered that subject so I'll just leave it at that.
As I mentioned, the tailgate at Lockhart was perhaps the highlight of the day.
This weekend we have a soccer Saturday in South Florida.
It begins at 7:30 pm when the Fort Lauderdale Strikers play against the Puerto Rico Islanders at
the Mecca of South Florida soccer, Lockhart Stadium.
The Strikers are on a 5 game undefeated streak and look to extend that at home against an Islanders
team that come off a 3-1 victory over the Atlanta Silverbacks.
Attacking Midfielder Yosniel "Capi" Mesa defected from the Cuban national soccer team on June 9 and
was seen practicing with the Fort Lauderdale Strikers of the North American Soccer League (NASL).
This reported by Dave Brousseau of the Sun Sentinel.
Mesa, who left behind his mother and 5-year-old daughter in Cuba, defected following
Cuba's 5-0 loss to Mexico in a Gold Cup game in Charlotte, N.
The Fort Lauderdale Strikers were able to steal a point from Montreal this weekend and keeper Matt
Glaeser gets another clean sheet.
"Today our guys earned a hard fought point in a tough environment," said head coach
Daryl Shore. "We felt like it should have been 3 but overall we are satisfied with the
result.
The latest Miami Ultras Alive show hosted by Pieter Brown and sidekick Uncle Ed was honored to have
Fort Lauderdale Strikers President Tim Robbie as a guest.
Pieter and Ed started off talking about WPS side MagicJack and then went on to an interview with
midfielder Brian Shriver who scored a brace and continued with a quick interview with Strikers
coach Daryl Shore.
Gold Cup in Miami was a success as over 18,000 people showed up to watch the beautiful game. FIU
stadium was packed and the ambiance was spectacular. Every seat was a good one and it felt as if
you could reach out and touch the players due to the proximity of the field to the stands. It's a
great stadium to watch soccer and I dare say the only thing that I didn't like was that the ball
made a few weird bounces due to the plastic turf.
It all starts tonight with a double header at FIU Stadium (aka The Cage) in Miami tonight Friday
June 10th. You can see Jamaica vs Guatemala starting at 7 pm and Honduras vs Grenada at 9 pm.
Tickets are still available and you can buy them HERE or buy them at the FIU box office!
Fort Lauderdale StrikersThe fun doesn't stop there.
This past Saturday the Sun Sentinel reported in it's printed version that the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) was threatening to shut down Lockhart Stadium and the adjacent Fort Lauderdale
Stadium if all stadium revenue generated by the school system (which plays High School Football
games) and the Strikers don't go to the airport.
A busy soccer weekend just passed and it's leading into more football goodness all week with the
start of the Gold Cup.
But first off, some of the American Outlaws decided to meet up at Fox & Hound close to Lockhart
Stadium stadium to watch the USA vs Spain game. this was a pinful game to watch as the American's
were schooled by a much better Spanish side.
