The Ft. Lauderdale Strikers defeated the Tampa Bay Rowdies 3-2 in a North American Soccer League playoff match on August 20, 1978 at Lockhart Stadium in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The Rowdies would come back to win the second game of the series and the mini-game tiebreaker to earn a trip to Soccer Bowl '78 against the Cosmos.
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