North American Soccer League · United States · level 1

1977

Honors
champion New York Cosmos
mvp Franz Beckenbauer
golden boot Steve David

254 games 3.07 goals / game 14,599 avg. attendance closest-club map

Standings

team 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
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 Metros-Croatia 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

Season leaders

complete stats

Goals

  1. Steve David 26
  2. Derek Smethurst 19
  3. Giorgio Chinaglia 15
  4. Alan Willey 14
  5. Mike Stojanovic 14
  6. Paul Child 13
  7. Pelé 13
  8. Mickey Cave 12
  9. Derek Possee 11
  10. Drago Vabec 11

Assists

  1. George Best 18
  2. Charlie Cooke 15
  3. Alan Hinton 11
  4. Alan West 11
  5. Rodney Marsh 11
  6. Steve Wegerle 11
  7. Bruce Wilson 10
  8. Leroy DeLeon 10
  9. Steve Hunt 10
  10. Bob Hope 9

Appearances

  1. Alan Merrick 26
  2. Al Trost 26
  3. Arnie Mausser 26
  4. Bob Lenarduzzi 26
  5. Brian Joy 26
  6. Brian Tinnion 26
  7. Bruce Wilson 26
  8. Gordon Banks 26
  9. Ivica Pesut 26
  10. Jack Brand 26

Most recent games

all games

date season team score team venue referee attendance sources
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 Memorial Coliseum 9115 1
Aug. 17, 1977 1977 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 2 - 2 (SO) Cosmos Lockhart Stadium 14152 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. 16, 1977 1977 Rochester Lancers 1 - 0 Toronto Metros-Croatia Varsity Stadium 8062 1
Aug. 14, 1977 1977 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 3 - 8 Cosmos Giants Stadium 77691 1
Aug. 14, 1977 1977 Dallas Tornado 1 - 3 Los Angeles Aztecs Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 5281 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 Cosmos 3 - 0 Tampa Bay Rowdies Giants Stadium 57828 1
Aug. 10, 1977 1977 Seattle Sounders 2 - 0 Vancouver Whitecaps Empire Stadium 21915 1
Aug. 10, 1977 1977 Los Angeles Aztecs (SO) 2 - 1 San Jose Earthquakes Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 4038 1
Aug. 10, 1977 1977 Rochester Lancers (SO) 0 - 0 St. Louis Stars Francis Field 7137 1
Aug. 7, 1977 1977 Portland Timbers 0 - 2 Vancouver Whitecaps Providence Park 11094 1
Aug. 7, 1977 1977 Los Angeles Aztecs 2 - 4 Seattle Sounders Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 5105 1
Aug. 7, 1977 1977 Chicago Sting (SO) 1 - 1 Connecticut Bicentennials Yale Bowl 3215 1
Aug. 7, 1977 1977 Rochester Lancers 0 - 2 Toronto Metros-Croatia Varsity Stadium 10618 1
Aug. 6, 1977 1977 Cosmos 1 - 2 Washington Diplomats RFK Stadium 31283 1
Aug. 6, 1977 1977 Dallas Tornado 3 - 4 San Jose Earthquakes Spartan Stadium 20254 1
Aug. 5, 1977 1977 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 4 - 2 Minnesota Kicks Lockhart Stadium 11132 1
Aug. 5, 1977 1977 St. Louis Stars 1 - 0 Tampa Bay Rowdies Francis Field 9158 1
Aug. 4, 1977 1977 Seattle Sounders 5 - 0 Team Hawaii Kingdome 26833 1

Awards

award winner
All-Star Team Wolfgang Suhnholz
All-Star Team Bruce Wilson
All-Star Team Derek Smethurst
All-Star Team Franz Beckenbauer
All-Star Team Mike England
All-Star Team Pelé
All-Star Team Steve David
All-Star Team Alan West
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

Where the appearances came from

England: 2,072 games, 34.7%United States: 811 games, 13.6%United States: 811 games, 13.6%Scotland: 513 games, 8.6%South Africa: 147 games, 2.5%South Africa: 147 games, 2.5%Serbia: 142 games, 2.4%Serbia: 142 games, 2.4%Germany: 186 games, 3.1%Croatia: 188 games, 3.1%Canada: 280 games, 4.7%Bermuda: 45 games, 0.8%Wales: 92 games, 1.5%Northern Ireland: 30 games, 0.5%Turkey: 8 games, 0.1%Trinidad and Tobago: 23 games, 0.4%Trinidad and Tobago: 23 games, 0.4%Switzerland: 2 games, 0.0%Spain: 25 games, 0.4%Spain: 25 games, 0.4%Spain: 25 games, 0.4%Portugal: 98 games, 1.6%Portugal: 98 games, 1.6%Portugal: 98 games, 1.6%Poland: 7 games, 0.1%Peru: 23 games, 0.4%Nigeria: 22 games, 0.4%Mozambique: 32 games, 0.5%Mexico: 10 games, 0.2%Macedonia: 34 games, 0.6%Kenya: 15 games, 0.3%Jamaica: 57 games, 1.0%Italy: 73 games, 1.2%Italy: 73 games, 1.2%Italy: 73 games, 1.2%Italy: 73 games, 1.2%Israel: 18 games, 0.3%Ireland: 62 games, 1.0%Iran: 14 games, 0.2%India: 22 games, 0.4%India: 22 games, 0.4%India: 22 games, 0.4%India: 22 games, 0.4%Hungary: 36 games, 0.6%Haiti: 20 games, 0.3%Ghana: 31 games, 0.5%Czechoslovakia: 4 games, 0.1%Cyprus: 24 games, 0.4%Chile: 2 games, 0.0%Chile: 2 games, 0.0%Chile: 2 games, 0.0%Brazil: 104 games, 1.7%Austria: 27 games, 0.5%Argentina: 13 games, 0.2%
  • 25% and over
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  • 2-5%
  • under 2%
Games played by country of origin. Each country is shaded by its share of the minutes; the bands are fixed, so one season can be compared with another. Hover or focus a country for its figures, and read the table below for all of them. A country too small to draw at this crop is marked with a dot.
games by country of origin
countrygamesshare
England 2,072 34.7%
United States 811 13.6%
not recorded 650 10.9%
Scotland 513 8.6%
Canada 280 4.7%
Croatia 188 3.1%
Germany 186 3.1%
South Africa 147 2.5%
Serbia 142 2.4%
Brazil 104 1.7%
Portugal 98 1.6%
Wales 92 1.5%
Italy 73 1.2%
Ireland 62 1.0%
Jamaica 57 1.0%
Bermuda 45 0.8%
Hungary 36 0.6%
Macedonia 34 0.6%
Mozambique 32 0.5%
Ghana 31 0.5%
Northern Ireland 30 0.5%
Austria 27 0.5%
Spain 25 0.4%
Cyprus 24 0.4%
Peru 23 0.4%
Trinidad and Tobago 23 0.4%
India 22 0.4%
Nigeria 22 0.4%
Haiti 20 0.3%
Israel 18 0.3%
Kenya 15 0.3%
Iran 14 0.2%
Argentina 13 0.2%
Yugoslavia 11 0.2%
Mexico 10 0.2%
Turkey 8 0.1%
Poland 7 0.1%
Czechoslovakia 4 0.1%
Chile 2 0.0%
Switzerland 2 0.0%

No minutes are recorded here, so the shares are games played. Totals are summed from what the record holds — see the coverage note.