1971 North American Soccer League season

Statistics of North American Soccer League in season 1971. This was the 4th season of the NASL.

Overview

Eight teams competed with Dallas Tornado winning the championship.

Changes From the prevouis season

Montreal Olympique, New York Cosmos and Toronto Metros joined the league while the Kansas City Spurs folded.

Regular season

W = Wins, L = Losses, T= Ties GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, PT= 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.

Northern Division

	W	L	T	GF	GA	PT
Rochester Lancers	13	5	6	48	31	141
New York Cosmos	9	10	5	51	55	117
Toronto Metros	5	10	9	32	47	89
Montreal Olympique	4	15	5	29	59	65

Southern Division

	W	L	T	GF	GA	PT
Atlanta Chiefs	12	7	5	35	29	120
Dallas Tornado	10	6	8	38	24	119
Washington Darts	8	6	10	36	34	111
St. Louis Stars	6	13	5	37	47	86

Playoffs

Semi-finals

			Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Rochester Lancers	-	Dallas Tornado	2 - 1	1 - 3	1 - 2	September 1 , 4 , 8
Atlanta Chiefs	-	New York Cosmos	1 - 0	2 - 0		September 2 , 5

Final

			Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Atlanta Chiefs	-	Dallas Tornado	2 - 1	1 - 4	0 - 2	September 12 , 15 , 19

Post season awards

• Most Valuable Player: Carlos Metidieri, Rochester
• Coach of the year: Ron Newman, Dallas
• Rookie of the year: Randy Horton, New York

References