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The North American Soccer League (NASL) was the top-level major professional soccer league in the United States and Canada that operated from 1968 to 1984.It is considered the first soccer league to be successful on a national scale in the United States.
North American Soccer League 1980 season; Season: 1980: Champions: New York Cosmos (4th title) Premiers: New York Cosmos (4th title) most total points *Seattle Sounders best Won/Loss record: Matches played: 384: Goals scored: 1,371 (3.57 per match) Top goalscorer: Giorgio Chinaglia (32 goals) Highest attendance: 70,312 (Ft. Lauderdale @ NY ...
The 1984 North American Soccer League season was the 72nd season of FIFA-sanctioned soccer, the 17th with a national first-division league, in the United States and Canada. It would be the 17th and final season of the NASL.
The league was made up of 18 teams. The schedule was expanded to 26 games and the playoffs to 12 teams. Team rosters consisted of 17 players, 6 of which had to be U.S. or Canadian citizens. [1]
The league comprised 20 teams with the Tampa Bay Rowdies winning the championship. Pelé joined the New York Cosmos in 1975. 1975 was the first year the league used the term Soccer Bowl for their championship game.
Bolstered by the success of the previous season, the league added six teams to reach 24 in total. [10] The Colorado Caribous launched in Denver, [11] the Detroit Express [12] and Houston Hurricane [13] became the second and third teams to play in fully enclosed indoor stadiums, the Philadelphia Fury brought soccer back to Philadelphia, [14] the New England Tea Men would be the third attempt to ...
During the season, Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz from Vera Cruz, Mexico, played each of the nine NASL clubs in exhibition games that counted in the league's final standings. The 1973 season would be the last season in which games from non-league clubs counted in league standings. [2]
The NASL was formed this year as a merger between the former top division soccer leagues, the United Soccer Association along with the National Professional Soccer League. In the inaugural year, the Atlanta Chiefs were the champions, by winning the NASL Final 3–0, in a two-game aggregate over the San Diego Toros. While the Chiefs were the ...