1977
United States
level 1
champion New York Cosmos
mvp Franz Beckenbauer
golden boot Steve David
254 games
3.1 goals / game
14599.0 avg. attendance
GP W L pts gf ga ppg gf/ga
Fort Lauderdale Strikers 26 19 7 161 49 29 6.19 1.69
Dallas Tornado 26 18 8 161 56 37 6.19 1.51
Los Angeles Aztecs 26 15 11 147 65 43 5.65 1.51
New York Cosmos 26 15 11 140 60 39 5.38 1.54
Minnesota Kicks 26 16 10 137 44 36 5.27 1.22
Tampa Bay Rowdies 26 14 12 131 55 45 5.04 1.22
Vancouver Whitecaps 26 14 12 124 43 36 4.77 1.19
Seattle Sounders 26 14 12 123 43 34 4.73 1.26
San Jose Earthquakes 26 14 12 119 37 44 4.58 0.84
Toronto Blizzard 26 13 13 115 42 38 4.42 1.11
Team Hawaii 26 11 15 106 45 59 4.08 0.76
St. Louis Stars 26 12 14 104 33 35 4.00 0.94
Las Vegas Quicksilvers 26 11 15 103 38 44 3.96 0.86
Rochester Lancers 26 11 15 99 34 41 3.81 0.83
Portland Timbers 26 10 16 98 39 42 3.77 0.93
Washington Diplomats 26 10 16 92 32 49 3.54 0.65
Chicago Sting 26 10 16 88 31 43 3.38 0.72
Connecticut Bicentennials 26 7 19 72 34 65 2.77 0.52
Award Winner
All-Star Team Wolfgang Suhnholz
All-Star Team Bruce Wilson
All-Star Team Derek Smethurst
All-Star Team Mike England
All-Star Team Pelé
All-Star Team Steve David
All-Star Team Alan West
All-Star Team Franz Beckenbauer
All-Star Team George Best
All-Star Team Gordon Banks
All-Star Team Mel Machin
Champion New York Cosmos
Coach of the Year Ron Newman
MVP Franz Beckenbauer
Rookie of the Year Steve Pecher
complete stats
gp g
Mervyn Cawston Chicago Sting 26 0
Arnie Mausser Vancouver Whitecaps 26 0
Gordon Banks Fort Lauderdale Strikers 26 0
Kevin Kewley Dallas Tornado 26 7
Paul Child San Jose Earthquakes 26 13
Jimmy Kelly Chicago Sting 26 2
John Pedro Rochester Lancers 26 1
Bob Lenarduzzi Vancouver Whitecaps 26 0
Brian Tinnion Team Hawaii 26 7
Bruce Wilson Vancouver Whitecaps 26 0
Peter Nover Team Hawaii 26 7
Al Trost St. Louis Stars 26 3
Miro Pavlovic San Jose Earthquakes 26 1
Ivica Pesut Las Vegas Quicksilvers 26 0
Jack Brand Rochester Lancers 26 0
Jim Pollihan Rochester Lancers 26 1
Brian Joy Las Vegas Quicksilvers 26 2
Jim Ryan Dallas Tornado 26 4
Terry Mancini Los Angeles Aztecs 26 3
Steve Litt Minnesota Kicks 26 3
Tony Whelan Fort Lauderdale Strikers 26 4
Alan Merrick Minnesota Kicks 26 0
Mladen Cukon Toronto Blizzard 26 0
Mike Connell Tampa Bay Rowdies 26 0
Steve Wegerle Tampa Bay Rowdies 26 5

all games

Aug. 25, 1977 1977 Los Angeles Aztecs 0 - 1 Seattle Sounders Kingdome 56256 1
Aug. 24, 1977 1977 Cosmos 4 - 1 Rochester Lancers Giants Stadium 73669 1
Aug. 21, 1977 1977 Cosmos 2 - 1 Rochester Lancers Holleder Memorial Stadium 20005 1
Aug. 21, 1977 1977 Los Angeles Aztecs 1 - 3 Seattle Sounders Los Angeles Coliseum 9115 1
Aug. 17, 1977 1977 Dallas Tornado 1 - 5 Los Angeles Aztecs Ownby Stadium 18489 1
Aug. 17, 1977 1977 Minnesota Kicks 0 - 1 Seattle Sounders Kingdome 42091 1
Aug. 17, 1977 1977 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 2 - 2 (SO) Cosmos Lockhart Stadium 14152 1
Aug. 16, 1977 1977 Rochester Lancers 1 - 0 Toronto Metros-Croatia Varsity Stadium 8062 1
Aug. 14, 1977 1977 Dallas Tornado 1 - 3 Los Angeles Aztecs Los Angeles Coliseum 5281 1
Aug. 14, 1977 1977 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 3 - 8 Cosmos Giants Stadium 77691 1
Aug. 14, 1977 1977 Minnesota Kicks 1 - 2 Seattle Sounders Metropolitan Stadium 35889 1
Aug. 13, 1977 1977 Rochester Lancers (SO) 0 - 0 Toronto Metros-Croatia Holleder Memorial Stadium 10556 1
Aug. 10, 1977 1977 Seattle Sounders 2 - 0 Vancouver Whitecaps Empire Stadium 21915 1
Aug. 10, 1977 1977 Rochester Lancers (SO) 0 - 0 St. Louis Stars Francis Field 7137 1
Aug. 10, 1977 1977 Los Angeles Aztecs (SO) 2 - 1 San Jose Earthquakes Los Angeles Coliseum 4038 1
Aug. 10, 1977 1977 Cosmos 3 - 0 Tampa Bay Rowdies Giants Stadium 57828 1
Aug. 7, 1977 1977 Chicago Sting (SO) 1 - 1 Connecticut Bicentennials Yale Bowl 3215 1
Aug. 7, 1977 1977 Los Angeles Aztecs 2 - 4 Seattle Sounders Los Angeles Coliseum 5105 1
Aug. 7, 1977 1977 Rochester Lancers 0 - 2 Toronto Metros-Croatia Varsity Stadium 10618 1
Aug. 7, 1977 1977 Portland Timbers 0 - 2 Vancouver Whitecaps Civic Stadium 11094 1
Aug. 6, 1977 1977 Dallas Tornado 3 - 4 San Jose Earthquakes Spartan Stadium 20254 1
Aug. 6, 1977 1977 Cosmos 1 - 2 Washington Diplomats Robert F. Kennedy Stadium 31283 1
Aug. 5, 1977 1977 St. Louis Stars 1 - 0 Tampa Bay Rowdies Francis Field 9158 1
Aug. 5, 1977 1977 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 4 - 2 Minnesota Kicks Lockhart Stadium 11132 1
Aug. 4, 1977 1977 Seattle Sounders 5 - 0 Team Hawaii Kingdome 26833 1