1969 North American Soccer League season

The 1969 North American Soccer League season was the second season of the North American Soccer League, the top division in US soccer in 1969.

North American Soccer League -1969 Season-
Season1969
ChampionsKansas City Spurs
PremiersKansas City Spurs
most total points
*Atlanta Chiefs
best Won/Loss record
Matches played40
Goals scored82 (2.05 per match)
Top goalscorerKaizer Motaung
(16 goals)
Average attendance2,930
← 1968
1970 →

Five teams competed in the league's 2nd season. The season was divided into two parts; the International Cup and the regular season. The Kansas City Spurs won the International Cup. The Kansas City Spurs also won the NASL championship by finishing at the top of the table in the regular season. For the second straight year the team with the best winning percentage (Atlanta) did not win the premiership due to the NASL's points system. But unlike the previous year, the Chiefs got no opportunity to claim any title, as this would be the only year that the league did not hold a post-season Championship Final.[1]

Changes from the previous season

No new teams were added and total of 12 teams folded between the 1968 and 1969 seasons:

1969 NASL International Cup

The NASL held a double round-robin tournament that was called the International Cup. The league imported teams from England and Scotland to stand in for the U.S. 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

International Cup StandingsWLTGFGAPts
Kansas City Spurs620251357
Baltimore Bays521231352
Dallas Tornado242132231
Atlanta Chiefs242101628
St. Louis Stars251111826

NASL Final 1969 season standings
Main article: NASL Final 1969

The regular season rosters were made of the teams' own players. With no playoff or final, Kansas City was crowned league champion.

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, Avg Att= Average Attendance[2]

    -Premiers (most points).     -Best record.
1969 NASL season standingsWLTGFGAPtsAvg Att
Kansas City Spurs102453281104,273
Atlanta Chiefs112346201093,371
Dallas Tornado8623231822,923
St. Louis Stars31122447472,274
Baltimore Bays21312756421,238

1969 NASL Champions: Kansas City Spurs

Full year standings
1969 NASL full year standingsWLTGFGAPts
Kansas City Spurs16447841167
Atlanta Chiefs13655636137
Dallas Tornado101044553113
Baltimore Bays7152506994
St. Louis Stars5163356573

NASL All-Stars
First Team[3][4]  Position  
Leonel Conde, Kansas City G
John Borodiak, Baltimore D
Kirk Apostolidis, Dallas D
William Quiros, Kansas City M
John Best, Dallas M
Joe Puls, St. Louis M
Pepe Fernandez, Kansas City F
Kaizer Motaung, Atlanta F
Manfred Seissler, Kansas City F
Ilija Mitic, Dallas F
Emment Kapengwe, Atlanta • Art Welch, Baltimore F

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

References
  1. "The Year in American Soccer - 1969". Homepages.sover.net. Archived from the original on 2015-08-12. Retrieved 2014-01-13.
  2. "Attendance Project: NASL". Kenn Tomasch. Retrieved June 13, 2012.
  3. "NASL Homepage". Web.archive.org. 2008-05-01. Archived from the original on May 1, 2008. Retrieved 2014-01-13.
  4. "Steve Dimitry's NASL Web Page". Oocities.org. Retrieved 2014-01-13.
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