1978 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
January 7, 1978	Washington Diplomats	D.C. Armory	9–2	2,384 (indoor)	Fearnley, Proctor
January 8, 1978	Washington Diplomats	D.C. Armory	8–5	2,163 (indoor)	Vaniger (2), Hamlyn, Aguirre, Nanchoff
February 6, 1978	Stockport County F.C.	Edgeley Park	2–4		Irving, Whittle, Gemeri, Hughes
February 8, 1978	Blackpool F.C.	Bloomfield Road	3–2
February 10, 1978	Workington A.F.C.	Borough Park	0–0	6,127
February 13, 1978	Portsmouth F.C.	Fratton Park	2–2		Irving (2)
February 15, 1978	Port Vale F.C.	Vale Park	4–2	1,877
February 18, 1978	Swindon Town F.C.	County Ground	6–3	1,173	Irving (2), Fowles
February 26, 1978	FIU Sunblazers	FIU Soccer Stadium	4–2		Irving, Bodonczy
March 4, 1978	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Dade North Stadium	2–0	3,248	Irving, Fowles
March 8, 1978	Detroit Express	Bryant Stadium	2–3	350	Irving (2), Bodonczy
March 18, 1978	Minnesota Kicks	Lockhart Stadium	1–2	2,333	Vaniger
March 23, 1978	Washington Diplomats	Leonard High School	1–0	2,800	Irving
March 25, 1978	Philadelphia Fury	City Stadium	0–1 (SO)		shootout tiebreaker
May 10, 1978	Blackpool F.C.	Lockhart Stadium	2–1	5,173	Gary Jones (2)
May 15, 1978	Blackpool F.C.	Atlanta	0–2	9,658 (in Atlanta)

In 1978, if a playoff series was tied after two games, a 30 minute, golden goal, mini-game was played. If neither team scored in the mini-game, they would move on to a shoot-out to determine a series winner. *Teams were re-seeded for the Conference Semifinals based on regular season point totals. This affected only one of the four series; Tampa Bay versus San Diego.^[1]