Victoria Riptides

Victoria Riptides (also known as the RipTides and Riptide) were a professional soccer team based out of Victoria, British Columbia. The team played for two successful seasons, the 1984 season of the Pacific Coast Soccer League and 1985 season of the Western Alliance Challenge Series.

History

David Keith was coach of the 1984 Riptides. The team had a perfect record (7-0-0), defeating the Vancouver Whitecaps, Nanaimo FC, New Westminster Queen Park Rangers and Richmond United.

In 1985, four independent west coast soccer clubs joined together to create an informal challenge series. The challenge cup pitted the Riptides against F.C. Seattle, F.C. Portland and the San Jose Earthquakes in a home and away series. The cup also included games against the Canadian national soccer team which was training for the 1986 World Cup in Vancouver, BC. The national team was not included in the standings. The teams also played the Edmonton Brickmen. The games against the Brickmen counted in the standings which determined the end of series champions.

The 1985 Riptides had a 3-1-3 record, finishing second to the Earthquakes in the final standings.[1] The success of the challenge series led to a discussion among the four teams about forming a permanent league or alliance. The Riptides management at the time, which included Brian Hughes, disagreed with this approach and did not participate in future games in what became known as the Western Soccer Alliance. The Western Soccer Alliance became the Western Soccer League in 1989 which merged with the American Soccer League in 1990 to form the American Professional Soccer League.

Year-by-year
Year League Record Regular Season Post Season
1984 Pacific Coast Soccer League 7-0-0 1st N/A
1985 Western Alliance Challenge Series 3-1-3 2nd N/A
June 15, 1985 1 Victoria Riptide 3–2 FC Portland Victoria, British Columbia
[2] Stadium: Royal Athletic Park
July 6, 1985 2 Victoria Riptide 0–1 San Jose Earthquakes Victoria, British Columbia
[2] Stadium: Royal Athletic Park
July 13, 1985 3 Victoria Riptide 4–2 FC Seattle Victoria, British Columbia
14:00 Ken Garraway [2] Bruce Raney
Brian Schmetzer 		Stadium: Royal Athletic Park
Attendance: 450
July 20, 1985 4 Victoria Riptide 3–1 FC Portland Victoria, British Columbia
Ken Garraway
Greg Kern  75'		 [2] Brent Goulet Stadium: Royal Athletic Park
July 27, 1985 5 Victoria Riptide 2–2 Canada Victoria, British Columbia
[2] Stadium: Royal Athletic Park
August 9, 1985 6 FC Seattle 3–0 Victoria Riptide Seattle, Washington
19:30 Bruce Raney  9'
Brian Schmetzer  18'
Oak  34'		 [2][3] Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 1628
August 17, 1985 7 San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 Victoria Riptide San Jose, California
Fred Hamel
Chris Dangerfield  85'		 [2] Ken Garraway  21' Stadium: Spartan Stadium

Exhibition
July 21, 1985 Edmonton Brickmen v Victoria Riptide Edmonton, Alberta

Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW  CAN Simon Keith
— GK  CAN Grant Darley
—   Steve Aiken
— FW  CAN Ken Garraway
— DF  CAN Scott Weinberg
— FW  CAN Nick Gilbert
— DF   John Hughes
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF  CAN Greg Kern
— MF   John McGuire
— DF   John Noble
— MF  CAN George Pakos
— DF  CAN Doug Adlem
— MF  CAN Frank Woods
—   Ken Andrews

References

  1. "1985 Stats". A-League Archive.
  2. "Western Alliance Challenge Series - 1985". a-leaguearchive.tripod.com. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  3. http://davfal.powweb.com/museum/FCupdates/1985_finale.htm
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