North American Soccer League

defunct United States first-division league

preceded by USA, NPSL

recorded 1968–1984 most titles New York Cosmos (5) attendance 11,557 avg data coverage

seasons: 17
games: 3,679
clubs: 67

Seasons and totals are as recorded here.

Seasons

season	champion	golden boot	goals/game	avg. attendance
1984	Chicago Sting	Slavisa Zungul	3.71	10,732
1983	Tulsa Roughnecks	Roberto Cabañas	3.63	13,398
1982	New York Cosmos	Ricardo Alonso	3.36	13,383
1981	Chicago Sting	Giorgio Chinaglia	3.35	14,655
1980	New York Cosmos	Giorgio Chinaglia	3.38	14,877
1979	Vancouver Whitecaps	Giorgio Chinaglia	3.53	14,841
1978	New York Cosmos	Giorgio Chinaglia	3.26	13,807
1977	New York Cosmos	Steve David	3.07	14,599
1976	Toronto Blizzard	Derek Smethurst	3.24	10,783
1975	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Steve David	3.23	7,866
1974	Los Angeles Aztecs	Paul Child	3.13	7,849
1973	Philadelphia Atoms	Warren Archibald	2.65	6,282
1972	New York Cosmos	Randy Horton	2.64	4,779 (98%)
1971	Dallas Tornado	Carlos Metidieri	2.53	4,158 (95%)
1970	Rochester Lancers	Kirk Apostolidis	2.91	3,238 (95%)
1969	Kansas City Spurs	Kaizer Motaung	4.55	2,930 (72%)
1968	Atlanta Chiefs	John Kowalik	3.36	4,738 (94%)

The percentage after an attendance average is the share of that season's games with a crowd on record. Seasons without one have a crowd for every game.

Clubs, season by season

Clubs by season. Ordered by last season, then by seasons played. A block marks a season the club played; a row with gaps is a club that left and came back. Where a final table is on record the block is shaded by the finish, bright green at the top of the table, dulling towards the middle, then deepening red at the bottom, and shows the record on hover; an outlined block is a season with no final table on file. Select a season at the top to rank the clubs by how they finished it, and again to restore the order.

Clubs by season

Clubs by season. Counts every club that played at least one recorded game in the season.

League positions

League position by season, averaged over three seasons, 1968 to 1984. Each point is the club's mean finish over that season and the two before it, in the overall table: points, then wins. A break in a line is a season out of the league, and the count starts again after it; a season with no final table on file is left out. Names are in the order the lines end; clubs no longer in the league are listed below the current ones with their last season, most recent first. Line patterns repeat every five clubs and only tell neighbours apart; a lifted line takes the club's own color where one is on record.

Final league position by season, 1968 to 1984. Order is the overall table: points, then wins. A break in a line is a season out of the league; a season with no final table on file is left out. Names are in the order the lines end; clubs no longer in the league are listed below the current ones with their last season, most recent first. Line patterns repeat every five clubs and only tell neighbours apart; a lifted line takes the club's own color where one is on record. The table gives each season's finish.

club	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984
Chicago Sting								10	4	17	16	9	2	2	9	4	1
San Diego Sockers											7	12	12	4	4	10	2
Toronto Blizzard				6	7	4	8	7	6	10	10	15	18	20	7	7	3
Vancouver Whitecaps							12	11	9	7	2	4	13	3	5	2	4
Minnesota Strikers																	5
New York Cosmos				4	1	3	13	12	2	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	6
Tulsa Roughnecks											13	13	14	7	8	5	7
San Jose Earthquakes							4	17	7	9	23	23	23	19	11	3	8
Tampa Bay Rowdies								2	1	6	6	6	4	14	12	11	9
Fort Lauderdale Strikers										1	11	7	5	10	3	6
Montreal Manic														13	6	8
Seattle Sounders							5	3	8	8	12	17	21	15	2	9
Team America																12
Portland Timbers								1	18	15	4	18	15	12	10
New England Tea Men											5	21	8	11	13
Edmonton Drillers												22	9	17	14
Minnesota Kicks									3	5	8	3	10	5
Los Angeles Aztecs							1	9	12	3	22	8	3	6
Atlanta Chiefs	4	2	2	2	6	8						19	24	8
Calgary Boomers														9
Washington Diplomats							11	8	5	16	9	5	6	16
California Surf											17	11	11	18
Dallas Tornado	17	3	5	3	4	1	6	16	10	2	14	10	7	21
Houston Hurricane											21	2	16
Detroit Express											3	14	17
Memphis Rogues											20	24	19
Rochester Lancers			3	1	3	9	9	18	11	14	15	16	20
Philadelphia Fury											18	20	22
Oakland Stompers											19
Colorado Caribous											24
Team Hawaii										11
St. Louis Stars	13	4	6	7	2	6	14	6	20	12
Las Vegas Quicksilvers										13
Connecticut Bicentennials								19	13	18
San Antonio Thunder								20	14
San Diego Jaws									15
Philadelphia Atoms						2	10	13	16
Boston Minutemen							7	5	17
Miami Toros					8	5	2	4	19
Baltimore Comets							3	14
Denver Dynamos							15	15
Montreal Olympique				8	5	7
Washington Darts			1	5
Kansas City Spurs	8	1	4
Baltimore Bays	14	5
San Diego Toros	1
Oakland Clippers	2
Cleveland Stokers	3
Washington Whips	5
Chicago Mustangs	6
New York Generals	7
Houston Stars	9
Toronto Falcons	10
Los Angeles Wolves	11
Vancouver Royals	12
Boston Beacons	15
Detroit Cougars	16

Career leaders

complete stats

Goals

Assists

Appearances

Bob Lenarduzzi 288
Bruce Wilson 276
Mike Connell 252
Ace Ntsoelengoe 244
Alan Willey 238
Paul Child 238
Arnie Mausser 224
Steve Litt 220
Bob Rigby 217
Robert Iarusci 217

All-time club records

team	GP	W	T	L	pts	gf	ga	ppg	gf/ga
New York Cosmos	359	221	18	120	2075	844	569	5.78	1.48
Vancouver Whitecaps	302	182	4	116	1573	568	407	5.21	1.40
Toronto Blizzard	359	163	23	173	1555	590	601	4.33	0.98
Seattle Sounders	278	151	3	124	1268	538	409	4.56	1.32
Chicago Sting	282	150	—	132	1386	585	523	4.91	1.12
Dallas Tornado	345	148	28	169	1471	548	620	4.26	0.88
Tampa Bay Rowdies	282	147	—	135	1343	551	535	4.76	1.03
San Jose Earthquakes	302	122	8	172	1178	509	639	3.90	0.80
Fort Lauderdale Strikers	212	120	—	92	1075	413	391	5.07	1.06
Los Angeles Aztecs	216	116	2	98	1056	403	379	4.89	1.06
San Diego Sockers	210	114	—	96	1003	417	372	4.78	1.12
Rochester Lancers	265	111	23	131	1101	403	453	4.15	0.89
Portland Timbers	228	111	—	117	992	356	367	4.35	0.97
Washington Diplomats	216	110	1	105	1011	403	386	4.68	1.04
Tulsa Roughnecks	210	104	—	106	958	393	365	4.56	1.08
Minnesota Kicks	174	104	—	70	925	352	273	5.32	1.29
Atlanta Chiefs	222	96	29	97	990	382	376	4.46	1.02
New England Tea Men	156	78	—	78	675	249	268	4.33	0.93
St. Louis Stars	221	74	24	123	805	307	433	3.64	0.71
California Surf	124	54	—	70	516	217	249	4.16	0.87
Detroit Express	92	48	—	44	438	179	144	4.76	1.24
Edmonton Drillers	126	48	—	78	453	199	273	3.60	0.73
Montreal Manic	94	46	—	48	424	181	161	4.51	1.12
Houston Hurricane	92	46	—	46	413	154	176	4.49	0.88
Miami Toros	99	40	15	44	425	157	165	4.29	0.95
Philadelphia Atoms	85	35	9	41	348	119	130	4.09	0.92
Kansas City Spurs	72	34	15	23	368	156	115	5.11	1.36
Philadelphia Fury	92	32	—	60	320	137	186	3.48	0.74
Memphis Rogues	92	30	—	62	300	130	189	3.26	0.69
Boston Minutemen	66	30	1	35	282	112	116	4.27	0.97
Connecticut Bicentennials	72	25	—	47	240	98	172	3.33	0.57
Washington Darts	48	22	14	12	248	88	63	5.17	1.40
Baltimore Comets	42	19	2	21	192	76	98	4.57	0.78
Oakland Clippers	32	18	6	8	185	71	38	5.78	1.87
San Diego Toros	32	18	6	8	186	65	38	5.81	1.71
San Antonio Thunder	46	18	—	28	166	62	78	3.61	0.79
Calgary Boomers	32	17	—	15	151	59	54	4.72	1.09
Washington Whips	32	15	7	10	167	63	53	5.22	1.19
Baltimore Bays	48	15	4	29	170	69	99	3.54	0.70
Denver Dynamos	42	14	—	28	134	58	84	3.19	0.69
Houston Stars	32	14	6	12	150	58	41	4.69	1.41
Cleveland Stokers	32	14	11	7	175	62	44	5.47	1.41
Minnesota Strikers	24	14	—	10	115	40	44	4.79	0.91
Chicago Mustangs	32	13	9	10	164	68	68	5.13	1.00
Toronto Falcons	32	13	6	13	144	55	69	4.50	0.80
Montreal Olympique	57	13	14	30	186	73	111	3.26	0.66
Vancouver Royals	32	12	5	15	136	51	60	4.25	0.85
New York Generals	32	12	12	8	164	62	54	5.13	1.15
Oakland Stompers	30	12	—	18	103	34	59	3.43	0.58
Las Vegas Quicksilvers	26	11	—	15	103	38	44	3.96	0.86

Final games

date	season	team	score	team	venue	sources
Oct. 3, 1984	1984	Chicago Sting	3 - 2	Toronto Blizzard	Varsity Stadium	1
Oct. 1, 1984	1984	Chicago Sting	2 - 1	Toronto Blizzard	Wrigley Field	1
Sept. 28, 1984	1984	Chicago Sting	4 - 3	Vancouver Whitecaps	Wrigley Field	1
Sept. 23, 1984	1984	Chicago Sting	3 - 1	Vancouver Whitecaps	BC Place	1
Sept. 21, 1984	1984	San Diego Sockers	0 - 1	Toronto Blizzard	Varsity Stadium	1
Sept. 18, 1984	1984	Chicago Sting	0 - 1	Vancouver Whitecaps	Wrigley Field	1
Sept. 18, 1984	1984	San Diego Sockers	1 - 2	Toronto Blizzard	Qualcomm Stadium	1
Sept. 15, 1984	1984	Chicago Sting	1 - 0	New York Cosmos	Wrigley Field	1
Sept. 14, 1984	1984	Minnesota Strikers	0 - 4	San Diego Sockers	Metrodome	1
Sept. 12, 1984	1984	New York Cosmos	0 - 1	Golden Bay Earthquakes	Giants Stadium	1
Sept. 9, 1984	1984	Tampa Bay Rowdies	0 - 1	Toronto Blizzard	Varsity Stadium	1
Sept. 8, 1984	1984	San Diego Sockers	2 - 1	Golden Bay Earthquakes	Spartan Stadium	1
Sept. 8, 1984	1984	New York Cosmos	0 - 2	Tulsa Roughnecks	Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman…	1
Sept. 8, 1984	1984	Minnesota Strikers	2 - 1	Vancouver Whitecaps	BC Place	1
Sept. 7, 1984	1984	Chicago Sting	3 - 2	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Tampa Stadium	1
Sept. 6, 1984	1984	Tulsa Roughnecks	3 - 1	Vancouver Whitecaps	Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman…	1
Sept. 5, 1984	1984	New York Cosmos	(SO) 1 - 1	Toronto Blizzard	Giants Stadium	1
Sept. 3, 1984	1984	New York Cosmos	4 - 3	Golden Bay Earthquakes	Spartan Stadium	1
Sept. 3, 1984	1984	Minnesota Strikers	0 - 2	Toronto Blizzard	Varsity Stadium	1
Sept. 3, 1984	1984	Chicago Sting	3 - 1	Vancouver Whitecaps	Wrigley Field	1
Sept. 1, 1984	1984	Minnesota Strikers	1 - 2	Golden Bay Earthquakes	Metrodome	1
Sept. 1, 1984	1984	San Diego Sockers	6 - 0	Tulsa Roughnecks	Qualcomm Stadium	1
Aug. 30, 1984	1984	Toronto Blizzard	0 - 5	Tulsa Roughnecks	Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman…	1
Aug. 29, 1984	1984	New York Cosmos	2 - 1	Vancouver Whitecaps	Giants Stadium	1
Aug. 29, 1984	1984	Golden Bay Earthquakes	4 - 5	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Tampa Stadium	1

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Awards

award	seasons	winners	most recent
All-Star Team	1968–1984	188
Champion	1968–1984	17	Chicago Sting 1984
MVP	1968–1984	17	Slavisa Zungul 1984
Rookie of the Year	1968–1984	17	Roy Wegerle 1984
Coach of the Year	1972–1984	13	Ron Newman 1984