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North American Soccer League

Sports League information
Sportsoccer
Founded1968
No. of teamsMaximum of 24
CountryUnited States
Canada
Ceased1985
Most recent championChicago Sting, 1984

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North American Soccer League (NASL) was a professional soccer league with teams in the United States and Canada that operated from 1968 to 1984.

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NASL indoor :
Year Winner (number of titles) Runners-up Top Scorer Winning Coach
1968 Atlanta Chiefs (1) San Diego Toros PL John Kowalik Wales Phil Woosnam
1969 Kansas City Spurs (1) Atlanta Chiefs ZA Kaizer Motaung HU Janos Bedl
1970 Rochester Lancers (1) Washington Darts GR Kirk Apostolidis US Alex Perolli
1971 Dallas Tornado (1) Atlanta Chiefs US Carlos Metidieri BR Oreco
1972 New York Cosmos (1) St. Louis Stars BM Randy Horton US Gordon Bradley
1973 Philadelphia Atoms (1) Dallas Tornado US Kyle Rote, Jr. US Al Miller
1974 Los Angeles Aztecs (1) Miami Toros US Paul Child US Doug McMillan
1975 Tampa Bay Rowdies (1) Portland Timbers TT Steve David IT Eddie Firmani
1976 Toronto Metros-Croatia (1) Minnesota Kicks IT Giorgio Chinaglia YUG Domagoj Kapetanovic
1977 New York Cosmos (2) Seattle Sounders TT Steve David
1978 New York Cosmos (3) Tampa Bay Rowdies IT Giorgio Chinaglia IT Eddie Firmani
1979 Vancouver Whitecaps (1) Tampa Bay Rowdies CL Oscar Fabbiani GB Tony Waiters
1980 New York Cosmos (4) Fort Lauderdale Strikers IT Giorgio Chinaglia
1981 Chicago Sting (1) New York Cosmos IT Giorgio Chinaglia US Willy Roy
1982 New York Cosmos (5) Seattle Sounders IT Giorgio Chinaglia
FRG Karl-Heinz Granitza
BR Julio Mazzei
1983 Tulsa Roughnecks (1) Toronto Blizzard PY Roberto Cabañas WA Terry Hennessey
1984 Chicago Sting (2) Toronto Blizzard YUG Steve Zungul US Willy Roy

NASL indoor :
Year Winner (number of titles) Runners-up Top Scorer
1975 San Jose Earthquakes(1) Tampa Bay Rowdies US Paul Child
1976 Tampa Bay Rowdies (1) Rochester Lancers
1979-80 Tampa Bay Rowdies (2) Memphis Rogues ZA David Byrne
1980-81 Edmonton Drillers (1) Chicago Sting FRG Karl-Heinz Granitza
1981-82 San Diego Sockers (1) Tampa Bay Rowdies US Juli Veee
1983-84 San Diego Sockers (2) New York Cosmos YUG Steve Zungul

NASL indoor :

NASL indoor :

MVP, Rookie and Coach of the Year :
Year MVP Rookie Coach
1968 PL John Kowalik ZA Kaizer Motaung WA Phil Woosnam
1969 UY Cirilio Fernandez UY Cirilio Fernandez HU Janos Bedl
1970 US Carlos Metidieri US Jim Leeker Sal de Rosa
1971 US Carlos Metidieri TT Randy Horton GB Ron Newman
1972 TT Randy Horton US Mike Winter PL Casey Frankiewicz
1973 TT Warren Archibald US Kyle Rote, Jr. US Al Miller
1974 GB Peter Silvester US Doug McMillan John Young
1975 TT Steve David US Chris Bahr GB John Sewell
1976 BR Pelé US Steve Pecher IT Eddie Firmani
1977 FRG Franz Beckenbauer US Jim McAlister GB Ron Newman
1978 GB Mike Flanagan US Gary Etherington GB Tony Waiters
1979 NL Johan Cruyff US Larry Hulcer FI Timo Liekoski
1980 GB Roger Davies US Jeff Durgan GB Alan Hinton
1981 IT Giorgio Chinaglia US Joe Morrone, Jr. US Willy Roy
1982 GB Peter Ward US Pedro DeBrito IE Johnny Giles
1983 PY Roberto Cabanas US Gregg Thompson YUG Don Popovic
1984 YUG Steve Zungul US Roy Wegerle GB Ron Newman

North American Soccer League seasons

NPSL 1967, USA 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974,
1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984

Defunct soccer leagues in the United States

ALPF (1894 �95) * NAFBL (1895 �1921) * ASL I (1921 �33) * ASL II (1933 �83) * NPSL I (1967) * USA (1967) * NASL (1968 �85) * MISL I (1978 �92) * NPSL II (1984 �2001) * USL I (1984 �85) * WSA (1985 �89) * LSSA (1987 �92) * ASL III (1988 �89) * CISL (1993 �97) * EISL (1997 �98) * WISL (1998 �2001) * WUSA (2001 �03) * MISL II (2001 �08) * XSL (2008-09)



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