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1972 North American Soccer League season

Soccer league season

Soccer league season

FieldValue
competitionNorth American Soccer League 1972 season
season1972
num_teams8
winnersNew York Cosmos
premiersNew York Cosmos
matches56
league topscorerRandy Horton
(9 goals)
total goals156
longest wins5, St. Louis Stars
highest attendance24,742
(Mosc. Dynamo @ Dallas)
lowest attendance1,100 (Dallas @ Montreal)
average attendance5,340
prevseason[1971](1971-north-american-soccer-league-season)
nextseason[1973](1973-north-american-soccer-league-season)

(9 goals) (Mosc. Dynamo @ Dallas) Statistics of North American Soccer League in season 1972. This was the 5th season of the NASL.

Overview

Eight teams took part in the league with the New York Cosmos winning the championship.

Changes from previous season

Rules changes

The league changed its offside rule during the season on June 26. They created a "Blue Line" which was an offside line across the field, 35 yards from the goal line. Thereafter, no player could be offside unless he had crossed the 35-yard line. This made the NASL unique in the soccer world; the league received temporary approval for the change from FIFA on an experimental basis only. The league also switched the playoff format to single-match elimination contests rather than series.

New teams

  • None

Teams folding

  • None

Teams moving

  • Washington Darts to Miami Gatos

Name changes

  • None

Map of clubs

Regular season

W = Wins, L = Losses, T= Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, PT= point system

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. :-Premiers (most points). -Other playoff teams.

Northern DivisionWLTGFGAPT
**New York Cosmos**7342816**77**
**Rochester Lancers**6532022**64**
**Montreal Olympique**455192057
**Toronto Metros**464182253
Southern DivisionWLTGFGAPT
**St. Louis Stars**7432014**69**
**Dallas Tornado**6531512**60**
**Atlanta Chiefs**563191856
**Miami Gatos**383173244

NASL All-Stars

url=http://home.att.net/~nasl/nasl.htmtitle=NASL Homepageauthor=Christopher S. Pageaccess-date=16 January 2014url-status=deadarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501104955/http://home.att.net/~nasl/nasl.htmarchive-date=May 1, 2008 }}PositionSecond TeamHonorable Mention
Ken Cooper, DallasGDick Howard, TorontoSam Nusum, Montreal
John Best, DallasDDick Hall, DallasAdolfo Gori, Rochester
John Sewell, St. LouisDClive Charles, MontrealCharlie Mitchell, Rochester
Peter Short, RochesterDWilf Tranter, St. LouisJohn Cocking, Atlanta
Willie Evans, MiamiDBrian Rowan, TorontoJoe Puls, St. Louis
John Kerr, New YorkMFrancisco Escos, RochesterMick Hoban, Atlanta
Graeme Souness, MontrealMDave Metchick, MiamiLarry Hausmann, St. Louis
Pat McBride, St. LouisMSiggy Stritzl, New YorkBilly Fraser, Miami
Randy Horton, New YorkFCarlos Metidieri, RochesterMike Renshaw, Dallas
Paul Child, AtlantaFArt Welch, AtlantaWarren Archibald, Miami
Michael Dillon, MontrealFJorge Siega, New YorkCasey Frankiewicz, St. Louis

Playoffs

All playoff games in all rounds including the NASL Final were single game elimination match ups.

Bracket

| score-width=25 | team-width=150px | RD1-seed1=N1 | RD1-team1=New York Cosmos | RD1-score1=1 | RD1-seed2=S2 | RD1-team2=Dallas Tornado | RD1-score2=0

| RD1-seed3=S1 | RD1-team3=St. Louis Stars | RD1-score3=2 | RD1-seed4=N2 | RD1-team4=Rochester Lancers | RD1-score4=0

| RD2-seed1=N1 | RD2-team1=New York Cosmos | RD2-score1=2 | RD2-seed2=S1 | RD2-team2=St. Louis Stars | RD2-score2=1

Semifinals

NASL Final 1972

Main article: NASL Final 1972

Jelinek

1972 NASL Champions: New York Cosmos

Post season awards

  • Most Valuable Player: Randy Horton, New York
  • Coach of the year: Casey Frankiewicz, St. Louis
  • Rookie of the year: Mike Winter, St. Louis
TeamAverage
St. Louis Stars7,773
Toronto Metros7,173
Rochester Lancers5,505
Atlanta Chiefs5,034
New York Cosmos4,282
Dallas Tornado4,093
Montreal Olympique2,308
Miami Gatos2,112

References

References

  1. "The Year in American Soccer - 1972". homepages.sover.net.
  2. Christopher S. Page. "NASL Homepage".
  3. "Steve Dimitry's NASL Web Page". oocities.org.
  4. Flachsbart, Harold. (August 27, 1972). "Stars Lose Title Match". [[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]].
  5. "The Montreal Gazette - Google News Archive Search".
  6. https://kenn.com/blog/soccer/all-time-nasl-attendance-2/
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