American Soccer League (1933-1983) · United States · level 2

1979

Honors
champion Sacramento Gold
mvp Poli Garcia
golden boot —

36 games 3.03 goals / game 2,873 avg. attendance

Standings

team GP W T L pts gf ga ppg gf/ga
California Sunshine 28 22 3 3 173 63 29 6.18 2.17
Columbus Magic 28 17 3 8 140 55 41 5.00 1.34
New York Eagles 28 14 7 7 130 49 35 4.64 1.40
Pennsylvania Stoners 28 13 5 10 120 50 38 4.29 1.32
Sacramento Gold 28 14 2 12 116 49 34 4.14 1.44
Los Angeles Skyhawks 28 13 4 11 114 42 44 4.07 0.95
New Jersey Americans 28 12 3 13 101 36 38 3.61 0.95
Rhode Island Oceaneers 28 8 3 17 78 35 58 2.79 0.60
Cleveland Cobras 28 8 3 17 75 29 47 2.68 0.62
Las Vegas Seagulls 28 7 3 18 69 28 54 2.46 0.52
New York Apollo 28 6 4 18 64 30 45 2.29 0.67

Most recent games

all games

date season round team score team venue referee attendance sources
Sept. 16, 1979 1979 f Columbus Magic 0 - 1 Sacramento Gold Columbus, OH — 1
Aug. 26, 1979 1979 New Jersey Americans 2 - 0 New York Apollo Hofstra Stadium 2642 1
Aug. 12, 1979 1979 New Jersey Americans 1 - 0 New York Apollo Hofstra Stadium — 1
Aug. 10, 1979 1979 New Jersey Americans v New York Eagles Piscataway, NJ — 1
Aug. 10, 1979 1979 Cleveland Cobras v New York Apollo Hofstra Stadium — 1
Aug. 3, 1979 1979 New York Apollo v Rhode Island Oceaneers Hofstra Stadium — 1
Aug. 1, 1979 1979 Las Vegas Seagulls v New Jersey Americans Piscataway, NJ — 1
July 28, 1979 1979 Las Vegas Seagulls v New York Apollo Hofstra Stadium — 1
July 27, 1979 1979 Las Vegas Seagulls np New York Apollo Hofstra Stadium — 2
July 25, 1979 1979 New Jersey Americans v New York Apollo Hofstra Stadium — 1
July 22, 1979 1979 New Jersey Americans 1 - 1 New York Apollo High Point Solutions Stadium 2137 1
July 15, 1979 1979 Columbus Magic 2 - 0 New York Apollo Franklin County Stadium, Columbus, OH 2515 1
July 14, 1979 1979 Cleveland Cobras v New York Apollo Finney Stadium, Berea, OH — 1
July 13, 1979 1979 Columbus Magic v New Jersey Americans High Point Solutions Stadium — 1
July 8, 1979 1979 Cleveland Cobras v New York Apollo Hofstra Stadium — 1
July 6, 1979 1979 Cleveland Cobras v New Jersey Americans High Point Solutions Stadium — 1
July 4, 1979 1979 New York Apollo 1 - 2 New York Eagles Hofstra Stadium 2012 1
July 1, 1979 1979 New York Apollo v Pennsylvania Stoners ASD Stadium, Allentown, PA — 1
June 28, 1979 1979 New Jersey Americans 1 - 1 Pennsylvania Stoners High Point Solutions Stadium 5437 1
June 17, 1979 1979 New York Apollo v Pennsylvania Stoners Hofstra Stadium — 1
June 15, 1979 1979 New Jersey Americans 2 - 1 New York Apollo High Point Solutions Stadium 2500 1
June 9, 1979 1979 Columbus Magic v New York Apollo Hofstra Stadium — 1
June 8, 1979 1979 New Jersey Americans v Pennsylvania Stoners High Point Solutions Stadium — 1
June 2, 1979 1979 New York Apollo v New York Eagles Hofstra Stadium — 1
June 1, 1979 1979 California Sunshine v New Jersey Americans High Point Solutions Stadium — 1

Awards

award winner
Champion Sacramento Gold
MVP Poli Garcia
Rookie of the Year John McDermott