North American Soccer League · United States · level 1

1970

Honors
champion Rochester Lancers
mvp Carlos Metidieri
golden boot Kirk Apostolidis

87 games 2.91 goals / game 3,238 avg. attendance closest-club map

Standings

team GP W T L pts gf ga ppg gf/ga
Washington Darts 24 14 4 6 137 52 29 5.71 1.79
Atlanta Chiefs 24 11 5 8 123 53 33 5.13 1.61
Rochester Lancers 24 9 6 9 111 41 45 4.63 0.91
Kansas City Spurs 24 8 6 10 100 42 44 4.17 0.95
Dallas Tornado 24 8 4 12 92 39 39 3.83 1.00
St. Louis Stars 24 5 2 17 60 26 71 2.50 0.37

Season leaders

complete stats

Goals

  1. Kirk Apostolidis 16
  2. Leroy DeLeon 15
  3. Carlos Metidieri 14
  4. Art Welch 13
  5. Manfred Seissler 11
  6. Nick Papadakis 10
  7. Bobby Moffat 9
  8. Dave Metchick 8
  9. Eli Durante 8
  10. Henry Largie 8

Assists

  1. Art Welch 8
  2. Joseph Gyau 8
  3. Phil Tinney 8
  4. Carlos Metidieri 7
  5. Manfred Seissler 7
  6. Warren Archibald 7
  7. Dave Metchick 6
  8. Luis Marotti 5
  9. Mike Renshaw 5
  10. Clarival Oliveira 4

Appearances

  1. Bobby Moffat 24
  2. Charlie Mitchell 24
  3. Delroy Scott 24
  4. Janos Hanek 24
  5. John Best 24
  6. John Cocking 24
  7. Kazimierz Frankiewicz 24
  8. Ken Bracewell 24
  9. Lajos Varga 24
  10. Larry Hausmann 24

Most recent games

all games

date season team score team venue referee attendance sources
Sept. 13, 1970 1970 Rochester Lancers 1 - 3 Washington Darts Catholic University Stadium 5543 1
Sept. 2, 1970 1970 Rochester Lancers 3 - 0 Washington Darts Holleder Memorial Stadium 9321 1
Aug. 30, 1970 1970 Dallas Tornado 0 - 1 St. Louis Stars Francis Field 2102 1
Aug. 30, 1970 1970 Atlanta Chiefs 5 - 2 Washington Darts Tara Stadium 1076 1
Aug. 29, 1970 1970 Kansas City Spurs 1 - 3 Rochester Lancers Holleder Memorial Stadium 11219 1
Aug. 29, 1970 1970 Atlanta Chiefs 5 - 2 Washington Darts Tara Stadium 1076 1
Aug. 23, 1970 1970 Kansas City Spurs 1 - 2 St. Louis Stars Francis Field 1611 1
Aug. 23, 1970 1970 Atlanta Chiefs 3 - 0 Dallas Tornado Tara Stadium — 1
Aug. 23, 1970 1970 Rochester Lancers 2 - 2 Washington Darts Catholic University Stadium 2846 1
Aug. 16, 1970 1970 Kansas City Spurs 3 - 1 Washington Darts Kansas City Municipal Stadium 3494 1
Aug. 16, 1970 1970 Rochester Lancers 3 - 0 St. Louis Stars Holleder Memorial Stadium 7321 1
Aug. 15, 1970 1970 Atlanta Chiefs 5 - 2 Dallas Tornado Franklin Stadium 3494 1
Aug. 15, 1970 1970 St. Louis Stars 0 - 5 Washington Darts Francis Field 1000 1
Aug. 9, 1970 1970 Kansas City Spurs 6 - 2 Rochester Lancers Kansas City Municipal Stadium 3854 1
Aug. 8, 1970 1970 Atlanta Chiefs 3 - 0 Rochester Lancers Tara Stadium 1318 1
Aug. 4, 1970 1970 CF Monterrey 2 - 5 Dallas Tornado Franklin Stadium 3037 1
Aug. 2, 1970 1970 Atlanta Chiefs 6 - 2 Kansas City Spurs Tara Stadium 2132 1
Aug. 1, 1970 1970 Rochester Lancers 2 - 0 Washington Darts Holleder Memorial Stadium 5312 1
Aug. 1, 1970 1970 Dallas Tornado 5 - 1 St. Louis Stars Franklin Stadium 1607 1
July 29, 1970 1970 Rochester Lancers 3 - 2 Varzim S.C. Holleder Memorial Stadium 3488 1
July 26, 1970 1970 Rochester Lancers 0 - 2 Washington Darts Catholic University Stadium 2934 1
July 26, 1970 1970 Kansas City Spurs 0 - 0 Varzim S.C. Kansas City Municipal Stadium 1457 1
July 25, 1970 1970 Atlanta Chiefs 6 - 1 St. Louis Stars Tara Stadium 1078 1
July 25, 1970 1970 Dallas Tornado 3 - 3 Kansas City Spurs Franklin Stadium 2618 1
July 23, 1970 1970 St. Louis Stars 1 - 2 Varzim S.C. Francis Field 2500 1

Awards

award winner
All-Star Team Art Welch
All-Star Team William Fraser
All-Star Team Uriel Da Veiga
All-Star Team Charlie Mitchell
All-Star Team Carlos Metidieri
All-Star Team Willie Evans
All-Star Team Manfred Seissler
All-Star Team Lincoln Phillips
All-Star Team Leroy DeLeon
All-Star Team John Best
All-Star Team Dave Metchick
Champion Rochester Lancers
MVP Carlos Metidieri
Rookie of the Year Siegfried Stritzl

Where the appearances came from

United States: 208 games, 11.6%United States: 208 games, 11.6%England: 363 games, 20.3%Brazil: 101 games, 5.6%Uruguay: 39 games, 2.2%Trinidad and Tobago: 36 games, 2.0%Trinidad and Tobago: 36 games, 2.0%Poland: 36 games, 2.0%Jamaica: 69 games, 3.9%Hungary: 73 games, 4.1%Zambia: 11 games, 0.6%Bermuda: 14 games, 0.8%Wales: 12 games, 0.7%Scotland: 34 games, 1.9%Slovakia: 4 games, 0.2%Serbia: 30 games, 1.7%Serbia: 30 games, 1.7%Mexico: 7 games, 0.4%Greece: 22 games, 1.2%Ghana: 33 games, 1.8%Germany: 12 games, 0.7%Argentina: 20 games, 1.1%
  • 25% and over
  • 10-25%
  • 5-10%
  • 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
not recorded 667 37.2%
England 363 20.3%
United States 208 11.6%
Brazil 101 5.6%
Hungary 73 4.1%
Jamaica 69 3.9%
Uruguay 39 2.2%
Poland 36 2.0%
Trinidad and Tobago 36 2.0%
Scotland 34 1.9%
Ghana 33 1.8%
Serbia 30 1.7%
Greece 22 1.2%
Argentina 20 1.1%
Bermuda 14 0.8%
Germany 12 0.7%
Wales 12 0.7%
Zambia 11 0.6%
Mexico 7 0.4%
Slovakia 4 0.2%

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