Victoria Riptides

The Victoria Riptides (also known as the RipTides and Riptide) were a soccer team based out of Victoria, British Columbia. The team played a single season in the Western Alliance Challenge Series in 1985.

Team History

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, but the national team was not included in the standings. ^{[http://soundercentral.com/museum/FCupdates/soccer_western_alliance.htm]}

The Riptides played exceptionally well, losing only once in seven games. However, they finished second to the Earthquakes in the final standings. ^{[http://a-leaguearchive.tripod.com/1985/stats85.htm]} The success of the challenge series led to a discussion among the four teams about forming a permanent league or alliance. The Riptides management disagreed with this approach and did not participate in future games in what became known as the Western Soccer Alliance.

Year-by-year

Roster