1974 North American Soccer League season

North American Soccer League -1974 Season-
Season 1974
Champions Los Angeles Aztecs
Premiers Los Angeles Aztecs
Matches played 150
Goals scored 488 (3.25 per match)
Top goalscorer Paul Child
(15 goals)
Longest winning run 8, Los Angeles
Highest attendance 24,093 (Denver @ Phil)
Lowest attendance 1,153 (NY @ Boston)
Average attendance 7,825
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Statistics of North American Soccer League in season 1974. This was the 7th season of the NASL.[1]

Overview

Fifteen teams comprised the league with the Los Angeles Aztecs winning the championship in a penalty kick shootout over the Miami Toros.

Changes from the Previous Season

Teams folding

  • Atlanta Apollos
  • Montreal Olympique

Teams joining

Rules Changes

The league decided to do away with tie games. If a match was tied after 90 minutes, the teams would go directly to a standard penalty shootout with no extra time played. The outcome would appear in the standings as a 'tie-win'. The tie-winner would gain three points, plus goals in regulation, while the loser of the tie-breaker received no points, except for regulation goals.[1] Including the 1974 NASL Final, 33 matches were decided using this method.

Regular season

W = Wins, L = Losses, T= PK Shootout Wins, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, PT= point system

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

    -Premiers (most points).     -Other playoff teams.
Northern DivisionWLTGFGAPT
Boston Minutemen1091362394
Toronto Metros9101303187
Rochester Lancers8102233077
New York Cosmos4142284058
Eastern DivisionWLTGFGAPT
Miami Toros9563824107
Baltimore Comets10824246105
Philadelphia Atoms8111252574
Washington Diplomats7121293670
Central DivisionWLTGFGAPT
Dallas Tornado9833927100
St. Louis Stars4151274254
Denver Dynamos5150214249
Western DivisionWLTGFGAPT
Los Angeles Aztecs11724136110
San Jose Earthquakes9834338103
Seattle Sounders10733717101
Vancouver Whitecaps5114293170

NASL All-Stars

First Team[2][3]  Position  Second TeamHonorable Mention
Barry Watling, Seattle G Bob Rigby, Philadelphia Ian McKechnie, Boston
Dick Hall, Dallas D Ralph Wright, Miami Bobby Smith, Philadelphia
Albert Jackson, Dallas D Derek Trevis, Philadelphia Patrick Greenwood, Boston
Chris Dunleavy, Philadelphia D Jim Gabriel, Seattle Laurie Calloway, San Jose
Geoff Butler, Baltimore D Brian Rowan, Toronto Charlie Mitchell, Rochester
Ronnie Sharp, Miami M Hank Liotart, Seattle Alan Spavin, Washington
Ilija Mitic, Dallas M Luis Marotte, Los Angeles Roy Sinclair, Seattle
Roberto Aguirre, Miami M Fernando Pinto, Toronto Dieter Zajdel, San Jose
Paul Child, San Jose F Ade Coker, Boston Steve David, Miami
John Rowlands, Seattle F Doug McMillan, Los Angeles Jim Fryatt, Philadelphia
Peter Silvester, Baltimore F Warren Archibald, Miami Randy Horton, New York

Playoffs

All playoff games in all rounds including the NASL Final were single game elimination match ups.

Bracket

  Quarter-finals     Semi-finals     NASL Final 1974
                           
        W1 Los Angeles Aztecs 2  
  N1 Boston Minutemen 1     N1 Boston Minutemen 0    
  E2 Baltimore Comets 0         W1 Los Angeles Aztecs 3(5)
      E1 Miami Toros 3(3)
        C1 Dallas Tornado 1    
  C1 Dallas Tornado 3     E1 Miami Toros 3  
  W2 San Jose Earthquakes 0  

Quarterfinals

August 14 San Jose Earthquakes 0–3 Dallas Tornado Texas Stadium • Att. 8,652
August 15 Baltimore Comets 0–1 Boston Minutemen Alumni Stadium • Att. 9,713

Semifinals

August 17 Boston Minutemen 0–2 Los Angeles Aztecs ELAC Stadium • Att. 5,485
August 17 Dallas Tornado 1–3 Miami Toros Tamiami Stadium[4][5] • Att. 5,045

NASL Final 1974

Miami Toros 3–3 Los Angeles Aztecs
Wright  17'
Sharp 48' (pen.)
Moraldo  72' (o.g.)
Aranguiz  87'		 de Rienzo  26' (pen.)
Costa  78'
McMillan  88'
Penalties
Aguirre
Sharp
Mallender
Verdi 		3–5 Zanotti
Banhoffer
Marotte
Filotis
Douglas
Attendance: 15,507
Referee: John Davies (USA)[6][7][8][9]

1974 NASL Champions: Los Angeles Aztecs

Post season awards

References

  1. 1 2 "The Year in American Soccer - 1974". Homepages.sover.net. 2003-10-04. Retrieved 2014-01-13.
  2. ↑ "NASL Homepage". Web.archive.org. 2008-05-01. Archived from the original on May 1, 2008. Retrieved 2014-01-13.
  3. ↑ "Steve Dimitry's NASL Web Page". Oocities.org. Retrieved 2014-01-13.
  4. ↑ http://football-miami-n-beyond.blogspot.com/2010/10/ft-lauderdale-strikers-history-part-ii.html
  5. ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2206&dat=19740814&id=UDw0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=yesFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4217,1489454&hl=en
  6. ↑ "The Press-Courier - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2014-01-23.
  7. ↑ "St. Petersburg Times - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2014-01-23.
  8. ↑ Dan Levin (1974-09-02). "A bizarre overtime kicking contest enabled the Los - 09.02.74 - SI Vault". Sportsillustrated.cnn.com. Retrieved 2014-01-13.
  9. ↑ "Lodi News-Sentinel - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2014-01-23.
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