confirmed when General Manager Tim Robbie met with officials in Minneapolis On November 30, 1983, team owner Elizabeth Robbie, Minnesota Governor Rudy Perpich, and NASL president Howard Samuels officially announced the team was moving and indicated the team had lost around $1 million in the last year. In 1984 the team began play as the Minnesota Strikers. The team survived the NASL folding after the 1984 season and competed in the Major Indoor Soccer League for an additional four seasons before going out of business. Year-by-year Honors NASL Championships 1980 runner-up Regular Season Titles 1977 (19–7 • 161 points) Division Titles 1977 Eastern Division, Atlantic Conference 1982 Southern Division Coach of the Year 1977 Ron Newman U.S. Soccer Hall of Fame 1992 Ron Newman 2003 Arnie Mausser, Joe & Elizabeth Robbie Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame 2002 Branko Šegota 2004 Bob Bolitho Indoor Soccer Hall of Fame 2012 Ron Newman, Branko Šegota 2014 Bruce Savage All-Star First Team Selections 1977 Gordon Banks 1980 Teófilo Cubillas 1981 Teófilo Cubillas, Jan van Beveren 1983 Jan van Beveren All-Star Second Team Selections 1978 Ray Hudson 1979 Teófilo Cubillas, Gerd Müller 1982 Teófilo Cubillas, Jan van Beveren All-Star Honorable Mentions 1978 George Best, Maurice Whittle 1980 Ray Hudson, Jan van Beveren 1982 Ray Hudson, Branko Šegota 1983 Ray Hudson, Bruce Miller Head coaches Ron Newman (1977–1979) Cor van der Hart (1980) Eckhard Krautzun (1981–1982) David Chadwick (1983–1984) See also Fort Lauderdale Strikers (2006–2016) competing in the NASL Fort Lauderdale Strikers (1994–1997) Fort Lauderdale Strikers (1988–1994) Fort Lauderdale Sun Division 2 team of the short-lived USL (1984–85) Miami Fusion Now defunct MLS team (1997–2001) Miami Toros Minnesota Strikers Fort Lauderdale–Tampa Bay rivalry References External links A page devoted to the history of the Fort Lauderdale Strikers A blog for Fort Lauderdale Striker fans North American Soccer League (1968–1984) teams Soccer clubs in Miami Soccer clubs in Florida Association football clubs established in 1977 Association football clubs disestablished in 1983 Defunct indoor soccer clubs in the United States Defunct soccer clubs in Florida 1977 establishments in Florida 1983 disestablishments in Florida