1994 American Professional Soccer League

The 1994 season of the American Professional Soccer League (APSL) was the fifth in the history of the league, which was the top level of club soccer in the United States from 1990 to 1995. It was planned to be contested by eight teams in the U.S. and Canada and took place between July 1 and October 15, partially overlapping with the 1994 FIFA World Cup.^[1] The Tampa Bay Rowdies folded and the Toronto Blizzard were replaced by the Toronto Rockets, who were formed from the North York Rockets of the Canadian Soccer League. Two expansion teams, the Houston Force and Seattle Sounders, were also added.^[2][3]

American Professional Soccer League

Season	1994
Champions	Montreal Impact (1st Title)
Premiers	Seattle Sounders (1st Title)
Matches played	70
Goals scored	169 (2.41 per match)
Best Player	Paulinho, Los Angeles Salsa
Top goalscorer	Paul Wright, Los Angeles Salsa (12 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Marcus Hahnemann, Seattle Sounders
← 1993 1995 A-League →

The Force postponed their first two matches and played against the Los Angeles Salsa before the APSL revoked their franchise on July 22, 1994. The league cited financial issues that the ownership group were unwilling to address.^[4] The season continued with 20 regular season matches for each team, including new fixtures to replace Houston's schedule, and a two-round playoffs for the top four teams.^[5] The playoffs semifinals were played in a best-of-three format, with a 30-minute third match following the second leg and a penalty shootout if necessary. The third match was held on the same day as the second leg due to budget constraints.^[6]

Regular season

Rank	Team	GP	W	L	WN	WE	WS	LN	LE	LS	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Seattle Sounders	20	14	6	14	0	0	4	1	1	38	16	+22	121
2	Los Angeles Salsa	20	12	8	10	1	1	5	1	2	36	22	+14	106
3	Montreal Impact (C)	20	12	8	10	0	2	7	0	1	27	18	+9	93
4	Colorado Foxes	20	12	8	9	1	2	8	0	0	26	26	+0	92
5	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	20	8	12	5	1	2	9	0	3	23	33	-10	72
6	Vancouver 86ers	20	7	13	6	0	1	11	1	1	25	41	-16	65
7	Toronto Rockets	20	5	15	5	0	0	15	0	0	14	33	-19	44

Playoffs

Bracket

	Semifinals Best-of-3							1994 APSL Final Single match
	1	Seattle Sounders	0	4	0(1)
	4	Colorado Foxes	2	1	0(2)
								4	Colorado Foxes	0
								3	Montreal Impact	1
	2	Los Angeles Salsa	1	3	0(1)
	3	Montreal Impact	2	0	0(2)

Semifinal 1

September 29, 1994
7:05 PM MST

Colorado Foxes (CO)	2–0	Seattle Sounders (WA)
Ted Eck 12' Bryan Haynes 77'

Mile High Stadium, Denver, Colorado

Attendance: 2,636

October 2, 1994
6:05 PM PST

Seattle Sounders (WA)	4–1	Colorado Foxes (CO)
Dick McCormick 19', 28' Jason Dunn 71', 72'		67' Ted Eck

Memorial Stadium, Seattle, Washington

Attendance: 8,448

October 2, 1994

Seattle Sounders (WA)	0–0	Colorado Foxes (CO)
Penalties
Neil Megson Gary Heale David Hoggan Dick McCormick Jason Dunn	1–2	Kim Roentved Mark Santel Robert Lipp Ted Eck Jeff Hooker

Memorial Stadium, Seattle, Washington

Attendance: 8,448

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Semifinal 2

September 30, 1994

Montreal Impact (QC)	2–1	Los Angeles Salsa (CA)
Lloyd Barker 5' (Rizi) Jean Harbor 12' Enzo Concina   69'	Report 1 Report 2	32' (pen.) Paulinho   80' Arturo Velazco

Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal, Quebec

Attendance: 1,961

Referee: Jose Farias

October 2, 1994

Los Angeles Salsa (CA)	3–0	Montreal Impact (QC)
Thor Lee 40' Paulinho 78', 86'	Report

Titan Stadium, Fullerton, California

Attendance: 6,002

October 2, 1994

Los Angeles Salsa (CA)	0–0	Montreal Impact (QC)
	Report 1 Report 2
Penalties
Omid Namazi ? ? Paulinho Danny Pena Yari Allnutt	1 – 2	Rudy Doliscat  ?  ? Lloyd Barker Gustavo Echevarria Patrick Diotte

Titan Stadium, Fullerton, California

Attendance: 6,002

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Final

October 15, 1994
4:30 PM EST

Montreal Impact (QC)	1–0	Colorado Foxes (CO)
Jean Harbor 21',  75'	Report	23' Iain Fraser  38' Bryan Haynes  41' Anthony McCreath

Claude-Robillard, Montreal, Quebec

Attendance: 8,169

Referee: René Parra (Canada)

MVP: Rudy Doliscat

Points leaders

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals	Assists	Points
1	Paul Wright	Los Angeles Salsa	12	3	27
	Paulinho	Los Angeles Salsa	11	5	27
3	Chance Fry	Seattle Sounders	11	4	26
4	Jason Dunn	Seattle Sounders	10	3	23
5	Jean Harbor	Montreal Impact	8	4	20
6	Dale Mitchell	Vancouver 86ers	5	9	19
7	Domenic Mobilio	Vancouver 86ers	7	3	17
8	Ted Eck	Colorado Foxes	6	4	16
9	Lloyd Barker	Montreal Impact	6	1	13
	Jason Farrell	Seattle Sounders	3	7	13
	Shawn Medved	Seattle Sounders	1	11	13
	David Hoggan	Seattle Sounders	5	3	13
13	Chad Ashton	Colorado Foxes	3	4	10

Honors

• MVP: Paulinho
• Leading goal scorer: Paul Wright
• Leading goalkeeper: Marcus Hahnemann
• Rookie of the Year: Jason Dunn
• Coach of the Year: Alan Hinton
• First Team All League
  • Goalkeeper: Marcus Hahnemann
  • Defenders: Robin Fraser, Danny Pena, Neil Megson, Steve Trittschuh
  • Midfielders: Paulinho, Dale Mitchell, Shawn Medved, Ted Eck
  • Forwards: Chance Fry, Paul Wright
• Second Team All League
  • Goalkeeper: Pat Harrington
  • Defenders: Jeff Agoos, Billy Crook, James Dunn, Robert Lipp
  • Midfielders: Nick Dasovic, Jason Farrell, David Hoggan, Dominic Kinnear
  • Forwards: Jean Harbor, Jason Dunn