- 1979 North American Soccer League season
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Statistics of North American Soccer League in season 1979. This was the 12th season of the NASL.
Contents
Overview
The league comprised 24 teams.
ABC Sports began covering the NASL.
The Vancouver Whitecaps defeated the Tampa Bay Rowdies in the finals on August 27 to win the championship.
Relocated Teams
- Colorado Caribous-Atlanta Chief
- Oakland Stompers-Edmonton Drillers
Team name changes
- Toronto Metros-Croatia-Toronto Blizzard
- Cosmos return to New York Cosmos
Regular season
W = Wins, L = Losses, T= Ties GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts= point system
6 points for a win 1 point for a shootout win 0 points for a loss 1 point for each regulation goal scored up to three per game
National Conference
Eastern Division
W L GF GA PT New York Cosmos 24 6 84 52 216 Washington Diplomats 19 11 68 50 172 Toronto Blizzard 14 16 52 65 133 Rochester Lancers 15 15 43 57 132 Central Division
W L GF GA PT Minnesota Kicks 21 9 67 48 184 Dallas Tornado 17 13 53 51 152 Tulsa Roughnecks 14 16 61 56 139 Atlanta Chiefs 12 18 60 60 121 Western Division
W L GF GA PT Vancouver Whitecaps 20 10 54 34 172 Los Angeles Aztecs 18 12 62 47 162 Seattle Sounders 13 17 58 52 125 Portland Timbers 11 19 50 75 122 American Conference
Eastern Division
W L GF GA PT Tampa Bay Rowdies 19 11 67 46 169 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 17 13 75 65 165 Philadelphia Fury 10 20 55 60 111 New England Tea Men 12 18 41 56 110 Central Division
W L GF GA PT Houston Hurricane 22 8 61 46 187 Chicago Sting 16 14 70 62 159 Detroit Express 14 16 60 56 133 Memphis Rogues 6 24 38 74 73 Western Division
W L GF GA PT California Surf 15 15 53 56 140 San Diego Sockers 15 15 59 55 140 Edmonton Drillers 8 22 43 78 88 San Jose Earthquakes 8 22 41 74 86 Playoffs
First round
Game 1 Game 2 Shootout Philadelphia Fury - Houston Hurricane 2 - 1 2 - 1 August 14 , 20 Detroit Express - Tampa Bay Rowdies 0 - 3 3 - 1 August 15 , 19 Chicago Sting - Fort Lauderdale Strikers 2 - 0 0 - 0 August 15 , 18 San Diego Sockers - California Surf 4 - 2 7 - 2 August 15 , 18 Tulsa Roughnecks - Minnesota Kicks 2 - 1 2 - 1 August 15 , 19 Dallas Tornado - Vancouver Whitecaps 3 - 2 1 - 2 August 15 , 18 Los Angeles Aztecs - Washington Diplomats 3 - 1 4 - 1 August 15 , 19 Toronto Blizzard - New York Cosmos 1 - 3 0 - 2 August 16 , 20 Conference Semifinals
Game 1 Game 2 Shootout San Diego Sockers - Chicago Sting 2 - 0 1 - 0 August 22 , 25 Los Angeles Aztecs - Vancouver Whitecaps 3 - 2 0 - 1 0 - 1 August 22 , 25 Philadelphia Fury - Tampa Bay Rowdies 2 - 3 0 - 1 August 23 , 25 Tulsa Roughnecks - New York Cosmos 3 - 0 0 - 3 0 - 3 August 23 , 26 Conference Championships
Game 1 Game 2 Shootout Vancouver Whitecaps - New York Cosmos 2 - 0 2 - 3 1 - 0 August 29 , September 1 San Diego Sockers - Tampa Bay Rowdies 2 - 1 2 - 3 0 - 1 August 30 , September 2 Soccer Bowl '79
September 8 Vancouver Whitecaps 2 – 1 Tampa Bay Rowdies East Rutherford (NJ), Giants Stadium Post season awards
- Most Valuable Player: Johan Cruyff, Los Angeles
- Coach of the year: Timo Liekoski, Houston
- Rookie of the year: Larry Hulcer, Los Angeles
References
North American Soccer League seasons Categories:- North American Soccer League seasons
- 1979 in association football
- 1979 in American sports
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