1967 Vancouver Royal Canadians season

The 1967 Vancouver Royal Canadians season was the first season in the history of the Vancouver Royal Canadians soccer club. The club played in the United Soccer Association (USA), a league that used clubs from Europe and South America to represent American and Canadian cities. First division Football League side Sunderland A.F.C, who finished 17th in the 1966–67 Football League, was the club that represented Vancouver in the USA. The club played its home games at Empire Stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Vancouver Royal Canadians
1967 season
OwnerBrigadier General E.G. Eakins
ManagerIan McColl
StadiumEmpire Stadium
United Soccer Association5th, Western Division
Average home league attendance7,019

Following the 1967 season, the USA and the National Professional Soccer League merged to form the North American Soccer League.[1] The San Francisco Golden Gate Gales of the USA merged with Vancouver, and the club was renamed the Vancouver Royals for the inaugural season of the NASL.[1]

Players

The Vancouver Royals' roster was made up of Sunderland A.F.C. players on their summer break.

Num Name Pos Height Weight Apps G A
1Jim Montgomery G600
2Cecil Irwin D1202
3John Parke D7
4Colin Todd M175691210
5George Kinnell M183761220
6Jim Baxter M180761223
7Allan Gauden F17370822
8John O'Hare F173811111
9Neil Martin F1111
10George Herd F17370632
11George Mulhall F175701030
12Jim Shoulder D17371510
13Derek Forster G175700
14Colin Suggett F175681230
15Brian HeslopM17873801
16William Hughes M17366801

Num = Number, Pos = Position, Height in cm, Weight in kg, Apps = Appearances, G = Goals, A = Assists

Results

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Los Angeles Wolves (Q) 12 5 5 2 21 14 +7 15 1967 USA Championship
2 San Francisco Golden Gate Gales 12 5 3 4 25 19 +6 13
3 Chicago Mustangs 12 3 7 2 20 14 +6 13
4 Houston Stars 12 4 4 4 19 18 +1 12
5 Vancouver Royal Canadians 12 3 5 4 20 28 −8 11
6 Dallas Tornado 12 3 3 6 14 23 −9 9
Source: American Soccer History Archives
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Note: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Match results

  Win   Draw   Loss

May 28 1San Francisco6–1VancouverSan Francisco, California
Houwaart
Maassen
Heynen 		[2] Suggett Stadium: Kezar Stadium
Attendance: 8,177[2]
June 4 2Detroit1–1VancouverDetroit, Michigan
Trainor [3] Herd Stadium: University of Detroit Stadium
Attendance: 11,629
June 7 3Vancouver4–1DallasVancouver, British Columbia
Martin
Suggett  47'
Mulhall 		[4] Hainey  38' Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 10,053[5]
June 11 4Vancouver1–0BostonVancouver, British Columbia
O'Hare  21' [6] Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 7,616[6]
June 14 5Los Angeles5–1VancouverLos Angeles, California
Hunt
Buckley
Dougan
Knowles 		[7] Heslop Stadium: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Attendance: 5,251[8]
June 18 6Vancouver1–4HoustonVancouver, British Columbia
[9] Borge Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 6,785
June 21 7Vancouver2–4TorontoVancouver, British Columbia
Martin  27'
Herd 		[10] Heslop  31' (o.g.)
Stein  55'
Scott
Stevenson 		Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 5,114
June 25 8Toronto2–2VancouverToronto, Ontario
Stein
Davis  78'		 [11] Gauden  33'
Mulhall 		Stadium: Varsity Stadium
Attendance: 4,385[12]
Referee: Harry Sadler
June 28 9Washington1–1VancouverWashington, D.C.
Munro  14' [13] Gauden  48' Stadium: D.C. Stadium
Attendance: 8,709
July 1 10Chicago2–2VancouverChicago, Illinois
Stadium: White Sox Park
Attendance: 3,602[12]
July 5 11Vancouver1–1New YorkVancouver, British Columbia
Kinnell  83' Ribeiro  10' Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 6,533
July 9 12Vancouver3–1ClevelandVancouver, British Columbia
Stadium: Empire Stadium
Attendance: 6,012[12]

References

General
  • Litterer, Dave. "North American Soccer League I (NASL) 1967-1984". American Soccer History Archives. Archived from the original on 7 September 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  • Severino, Carlos. "North American Soccer League 1967". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  • Days, Paul. "Stars In Stripes Sunderland AFC as The Vancouver Royal Canadians". Blue House Field. Retrieved 28 August 2014.

Specific
  1. Associated Press (14 December 1967). "20 cities picked for soccer loop". The New York Times. p. 80.
  2. "New Soccer League Greeted By Huge Crowd In Houston". The Miami News. 29 May 1967. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  3. Kearney, Jim (5 June 1967). "The Tie Was Unfortunate". The Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  4. Jukich, Roy (8 June 1967). "Canadians Click For Home Folks". The Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
  5. "Gales Highest In United League". The Miami News. 8 June 1967. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  6. Jukich, Roy (12 June 1967). "Royal Canadians Win By O'Hare". The Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  7. Jukich, Roy (15 June 1967). "Buckley's Pair Leads Second Half Outburst". The Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  8. "Houston-Detroit Soccer Game Ended By Brawl". Sarasota Journal. Associated Press. 15 June 1967. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  9. "Fans, Too, Like 'Kicks'". The Montreal Gazette. Associated Press. 20 June 1967. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  10. Jukich, Roy (22 June 1967). "Leaky Defence Plagues McColl". The Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  11. "Referee Incurs Pickburn's Ire". The Vancouver Sun. 26 June 1967. p. 17. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  12. Creel, Daniel. "1967 Vancouver Royal Canadians". soccer-almanac.com. Archived from the original on 2 February 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
  13. "Stout Defence Earns a Draw". The Vancouver Sun. 29 June 1967. p. 15. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
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