Victoria Riptides were a soccer team based out of Victoria, British Columbia

Victoria, British Columbia

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. The team played a single season in the Western Alliance Challenge Series in 1985.

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

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, F.C. Portland

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 and the San Jose Earthquakes in a home and away series. The cup also included games against the Canadian national soccer team

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, 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

Year	League	Record	Regular Season	Post Season
1985 1985 Western Alliance Challenge Series History of the 1985 Western Alliance Challenge Series. This series of games which included F.C. Seattle, the Victoria Riptide, F.C. Portland and the San Jose Earthquakes led to the creation of the Western Soccer Alliance which later merged with the American Soccer League to form the American...	Western Alliance Challenge Series	3-1-3	2nd	N/A

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