1969 North American Soccer League season

Statistics of the North American Soccer League in the 1969 season. This was the 2nd season of the NASL. The season started with the NASL International Cup and finished with the regular season.

Overview

5 teams competed in the league's 2nd season. The Kansas City Spurs won the championship.

12 teams folded between 1968 and 1969

Boston Beacons Chicago Mustangs Cleveland Stokers Detroit Cougars

Houston Stars Los Angeles Wolves New York Generals Oakland Clippers

San Diego Toros Toronto Falcons Vancouver Royals Washington Whips

1969 NASL International Cup

The NASL conducted a double round-robin tournament that was called the International Cup.
The league importanted teams from the UK to stand in for the US clubs.

Atlanta Chiefs were represented by Aston Villa,
Baltimore Bays were represented by West Ham United,
Dallas Tornado were represented by Dundee United
Kansas City Spurs were represented by Wolverhampton Wanderers
St. Louis Stars were represented by Kilmarnock F.C..

6 points for a Win
3 points for a tie
0 points for a loss
1 point for each goal scored up to three per game.

W = Wins, L = Losses, T= Ties GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts= point system

	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Kansas City Spurs	6	2	0	25	13	57
Baltimore Bays	5	2	1	23	13	52
Dallas Tornado	2	4	2	13	22	31
Atlanta Chiefs	2	4	2	10	16	28
St. Louis Stars	2	5	1	11	18	26

NASL Regular season standings

The regular season rosters were made of the teams's own players.

W = Wins
L = Losses
T= Ties
GF = Goals For
GA = Goals Against
Pts= point system

6 points for a win
3 points for a tie
0 points for a loss
1 point for each goal scored up to three per game.

	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Kansas City Spurs	10	2	4	53	28	110
Atlanta Chiefs	11	2	3	46	20	109
Dallas Tornado	8	6	2	32	31	82
St. Louis Stars	3	11	2	24	47	47
Baltimore Bays	2	13	1	27	56	42

Post season awards

• Most Valuable Player: Cirilio Fernandez, Kansas City
• Coach of the year: Janos Bedl, Kansas City
• Rookie of the year: Siegfried Stritzl, Baltimore

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