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Soccer Bowl Series '84, also known as Soccer Bowl '84, was the championship series of the 1984 NASL season, and the last championship of the original NASL.In a departure from previous years, it was a best-of-three series between the Chicago Sting and the Toronto Blizzard as opposed to a single-game championship.
Toronto Blizzard: 1(5) 2 – 2 Vancouver Whitecaps: 1: 3 0 7 Toronto Blizzard: 0 4: 1: References This page was last edited on 29 June 2024, at 06:13 ...
The Chicago Sting won the last NASL title with a two-game sweep over the Toronto Blizzard. [11] The Sting needed a last-second victory over the Cosmos in their regular season finale to qualify for the playoffs [ 12 ] and knock New York out.
The Soccer Bowl was the annual championship game of the North American Soccer League (NASL), which ran from 1968 to 1984. The two top teams from the playoffs faced off in the final to determine the winner of the NASL Trophy. [1]
In 1979, the club was purchased by the Global Television Network and renamed the Toronto Blizzard with Toronto Croatia becoming their own separate team again. [1] In September 1981, York-Hanover Sports Enterprises bought the franchise. [ 2 ]
The Global Television Network purchased 85% of the struggling Toronto Metros-Croatia on February 1, 1979, for $2.6 million. [4] [5] [6] Following the purchase, Toronto Croatia returned to the NSL as a separate club. With only 7 of the 26 players from the 1978 roster staying, the NASL team was renamed the Toronto Blizzard following
Toronto Football Club ... winning on an aggregated score of 7–5, making Toronto FC the first Canadian team to compete in an MLS Cup ... Toronto Blizzard (1986–1993)
He played for Minnesota in Soccer Bowl 76 and for Toronto in Soccer Bowl 83 and the Soccer Bowl Series of 1984. Nominally a midfielder, he constantly pushed forward into attacking positions and often scored more goals than strikers. In 1986, he returned to play with Toronto Blizzard in the National Soccer League. [6]