league collapsed in late June. By virtue of their 1-0 win over the Tulsa Tornados on June 15, the Sun also won the league's Invitational Cup in front of 2,324 fans at Lockhart Stadium. As a harbinger of things to come, no actual cup was presented to them, causing Sun player-coach, Keith Weller, to quip, "There ain't no cup." The Sun's final USL match, a 3–1 victory, was played on June 22, versus the Dallas Americans. It turned out to be the only USL regular season game played that year, as the league suspended play a few days later. Team officials tried in vain to carry on by staging exhibitions matches against a Haitian Select team, the Minnesota Strikers and Tampa Bay Rowdies, among others. The idea was to help offset owed payroll to the squad. The position of General Manager was eliminated and new investors were sought. In the end only the match against the Topez-Haitian All-Stars materialized. In it, the Sun rallied to win what was to be their final game, 4-3, on the fourth of July before a Lockhart Stadium crowd of 3,529. After that match's proceeds were divvied up, the players began to disperse back into everyday life. Honors Champion 1984 USL Invitational Cup 1985 Rookie of the Year Mark Schwartz 1984 Top Goalkeeper Jim Tietjens 1984 Year-by-year 1985 USL League Cup standings 1985 team scoring leaders* 1985 team goalkeeping stats* *USL cup only See also Fort Lauderdale Strikers (1977–1983) Fort Lauderdale Strikers (1988–94) Fort Lauderdale Strikers (1994–1997) Miami Fusion Now defunct MLS team (1997–2001) Fort Lauderdale Strikers -of Div. 2 NASL, originally named Miami FC Fort Lauderdale–Tampa Bay rivalry References External links Overview of Fort Lauderdale soccer United Soccer League (1984–85) teams Soccer clubs in Miami Soccer clubs in Florida Defunct soccer clubs in Florida 1983 establishments in Florida 1985 disestablishments in Florida Association football clubs established in 1983 Association football clubs disestablished in 1985