1974 North American Soccer League season

Soccer league season

Football league season

North American Soccer League 1974 seasonSeason| 1974

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Champions| Los Angeles Aztecs
Premiers| Los Angeles Aztecs
Matches played| 150
Goals scored| 488 (3.25 per match)
Top goalscorer| Paul Child
(15 goals)
Longest winning run| 8, Los Angeles
Highest attendance| 24,093  (Denver @ Phil)
Lowest attendance| 1,153  (NY @ Boston)
Average attendance| 7,825

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Statistics of North American Soccer League in season 1974. This was the 7th season of the NASL.[1]

## Overview

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Fifteen teams comprised the league with the Los Angeles Aztecs winning the championship in a penalty kick shootout over the Miami Toros.

## Changes from the previous season

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### Rules changes

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The league decided to do away with tie games. If a match was tied after 90 minutes, the teams would go directly to a standard penalty shootout with no extra time played. The outcome would appear in the standings as a 'tie-win'. The tie-winner would gain three points, plus goals in regulation, while the loser of the tie-breaker received no points, except for regulation goals.[1] Including the 1974 NASL Final, 33 matches were decided using this method.

### New teams

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* Baltimore Comets
* Boston Minutemen
* Denver Dynamos
* Los Angeles Aztecs

* San Jose Earthquakes
* Seattle Sounders
* Vancouver Whitecaps
* Washington Diplomats

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### Teams folding

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* Atlanta Apollos
* Montreal Olympique

### Teams moving

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* None

### Name changes

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* None

## Map of clubs

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Minutemen

Cosmos

Lancers

Metros

Comets

Toros

Atoms

Diplomats

Dynamos

Tornado

Stars

Aztecs

Earth
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Sounders

Whitecaps

Northern Division  Eastern Division  Central Division  Western Division

## Regular season

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

6 points for a win, 3 points for a PK shootout win, 0 points for a loss, 1 point for each goal scored up to three per game.

-Premiers (most points).  -Other playoff teams.
Northern Division | W | L | T | GF | GA | PT

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Boston Minutemen | 10 | 9 | 1 | 36 | 23 | 94
Toronto Metros | 9 | 10 | 1 | 30 | 31 | 87
Rochester Lancers | 8 | 10 | 2 | 23 | 30 | 77
New York Cosmos | 4 | 14 | 2 | 28 | 40 | 58
Eastern Division | W | L | T | GF | GA | PT

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Miami Toros | 9 | 5 | 6 | 38 | 24 | 107
Baltimore Comets | 10 | 8 | 2 | 42 | 46 | 105
Philadelphia Atoms | 8 | 11 | 1 | 25 | 25 | 74
Washington Diplomats | 7 | 12 | 1 | 29 | 36 | 70
Central Division | W | L | T | GF | GA | PT

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Dallas Tornado | 9 | 8 | 3 | 39 | 27 | 100
St. Louis Stars | 4 | 15 | 1 | 27 | 42 | 54
Denver Dynamos | 5 | 15 | 0 | 21 | 42 | 49
Western Division | W | L | T | GF | GA | PT

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Los Angeles Aztecs | 11 | 7 | 2 | 41 | 36 | 110
San Jose Earthquakes | 9 | 8 | 3 | 43 | 38 | 103
Seattle Sounders | 10 | 7 | 3 | 37 | 17 | 101
Vancouver Whitecaps | 5 | 11 | 4 | 29 | 31 | 70

## NASL All-Stars

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First Team[2][3] |   Position   | Second Team | Honorable Mention

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Barry Watling, Seattle  | G | Bob Rigby, Philadelphia  | Ian McKechnie, Boston
Dick Hall, Dallas  | D | Ralph Wright, Miami  | Bobby Smith, Philadelphia
Albert Jackson, Dallas  | D  | Derek Trevis, Philadelphia  | Patrick Greenwood, Boston
Chris Dunleavy, Philadelphia  | D  | Jim Gabriel, Seattle  | Laurie Calloway, San Jose
Geoff Butler, Baltimore  | D  | Brian Rowan, Toronto  | Charlie Mitchell, Rochester
Ronnie Sharp, Miami  | M | Hank Liotart, Seattle  | Alan Spavin, Washington
Ilija Mitic, Dallas  | M  | Luis Marotte, Los Angeles  | Roy Sinclair, Seattle
Roberto Aguirre, Miami  | M  | Fernando Pinto, Toronto  | Dieter Zajdel, San Jose
Paul Child, San Jose  | F | Ade Coker, Boston  | Steve David, Miami
John Rowlands, Seattle  | F  | Doug McMillan, Los Angeles  | Jim Fryatt, Philadelphia
Peter Silvester, Baltimore  | F  | Warren Archibald, Miami  | Randy Horton, New York

## Playoffs

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

### Bracket

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| Quarterfinals | | | Semifinals | | | NASL Final 1974 |

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| | | | W1 | Los Angeles Aztecs | 2 | |
| N1 | Boston Minutemen | 1 | | | N1 | Boston Minutemen | 0 |
| E2 | Baltimore Comets | 0 | | | | | | W1 | Los Angeles Aztecs | 3(5) |
| | | | | | E1 | Miami Toros | 3(3) |
| | | | C1 | Dallas Tornado | 1 | | | |
| C1 | Dallas Tornado | 3 | | | E1 | Miami Toros | 3 |
| W2 | San Jose Earthquakes | 0 | |

### Quarterfinals

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August 14  | San Jose Earthquakes | 0–3 | Dallas Tornado | Texas Stadium • Att. 8,652

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August 15  | Baltimore Comets | 0–1 | Boston Minutemen | Alumni Stadium • Att. 9,713

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August 17  | Boston Minutemen | 0–2 | Los Angeles Aztecs | ELAC Stadium • Att. 5,485

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August 17  | Dallas Tornado | 1–3 | Miami Toros | Tamiami Stadium[4][5] • Att. 5,045

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### NASL Final 1974

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Main article: NASL Final 1974

August 25

3:30 pm EDT

Miami Toros| 3–3| Los Angeles Aztecs

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Wright 17'
Sharp 48' (pen.)
Moraldo 72' (o.g.)
Aranguiz 87' |  | de Rienzo 26' (pen.)
Costa 78'
McMillan 88'
Penalties
Aguirre
Sharp
Mallender
Verdi | 3–5 |  Zanotti
Banhoffer
Marotte
Filotis
Douglas

Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida

Attendance: 15,507

Referee: John Davies (USA)[6][7][8][9]

1974 NASL Champions: Los Angeles Aztecs

## Post season awards

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* Most Valuable Player: Peter Silvester, Baltimore
* Coach of the year: John Young, Miami
* Rookie of the year: Douglas McMillan, Los Angeles

## References

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1. ^ a b "The Year in American Soccer - 1974". Homepages.sover.net. October 4, 2003. Archived from the original on November 5, 2015. Retrieved January 13, 2014.
2. ^ "NASL Homepage". May 1, 2008. Archived from the original on May 1, 2008. Retrieved January 13, 2014.
3. ^ "Steve Dimitry's NASL Web Page". Oocities.org. Retrieved January 13, 2014.
4. ^ "Football in Miami and Beyond: Ft Lauderdale Strikers History: Part II: PRO SOCCER COMES TO MIAMI". October 13, 2010.
5. ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2206&dat=19740814&id=UDw0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=yesFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4217,1489454&hl=en [dead link]
6. ^ "The Press-Courier - Google News Archive Search". Retrieved January 23, 2014.
7. ^ "St. Petersburg Times - Google News Archive Search". Retrieved January 23, 2014.
8. ^ Dan Levin (September 2, 1974). "A bizarre overtime kicking contest enabled the Los - 09.02.74 - SI Vault". Sportsillustrated.cnn.com. Archived from the original on October 22, 2013. Retrieved January 13, 2014.
9. ^ "Lodi News-Sentinel - Google News Archive Search". Retrieved January 23, 2014.

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1 United Soccer Association team that did not join NASL upon merger with NPSL.
2 National Professional Soccer League team that did not join NASL upon merger with USA.

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