North American Soccer League · United States · level 1

1972

Honors
champion New York Cosmos
mvp Randy Horton
golden boot Randy Horton

59 games 2.64 goals / game 4,779 avg. attendance closest-club map

Standings

team GP W T L pts gf ga ppg gf/ga
New York Cosmos 14 7 4 3 77 28 16 5.50 1.75
St. Louis Stars 14 7 3 4 69 20 14 4.93 1.43
Rochester Lancers 14 6 3 5 64 20 22 4.57 0.91
Dallas Tornado 14 6 3 5 60 15 12 4.29 1.25
Montreal Olympique 14 4 5 5 57 19 20 4.07 0.95
Atlanta Chiefs 14 5 3 6 56 19 18 4.00 1.06
Toronto Metros 14 4 4 6 53 18 22 3.79 0.82
Miami Toros 14 3 3 8 44 17 32 3.14 0.53

Season leaders

complete stats

Goals

  1. Randy Horton 9
  2. Paul Child 8
  3. Mike Dillon 7
  4. Willy Roy 7
  5. Warren Archibald 6
  6. Carlos Metidieri 5
  7. Everald Cummings 5
  8. Kazimierz Frankiewicz 5
  9. Leroy DeLeon 5
  10. Mike Renshaw 5

Assists

  1. Miguel Perrichon 9
  2. Carlo Dell'Omodarme 8
  3. Gene Geimer 6
  4. Warren Archibald 5
  5. Art Welch 4
  6. John Kerr Sr. 4
  7. John Sewell 4
  8. Jorge Siega 4
  9. Pat McBride 4
  10. Randy Horton 4

Appearances

  1. Adolfo Gori 14
  2. Alan Hamlyn 14
  3. Alec Papadakis 14
  4. Angus Moffat 14
  5. Bobby Moffat 14
  6. Carlo Dell'Omodarme 14
  7. Charlie Mitchell 14
  8. Dick Hall 14
  9. Gene Geimer 14
  10. Joe Puls 14

Most recent games

all games

date season team score team venue referee attendance sources
Aug. 26, 1972 1972 New York Cosmos 2 - 1 St. Louis Stars Hofstra Stadium 6102 1
Aug. 19, 1972 1972 Dallas Tornado 0 - 1 New York Cosmos Hofstra Stadium 5026 1
Aug. 15, 1972 1972 Rochester Lancers 0 - 2 St. Louis Stars Busch Memorial Stadium 5319 1
Aug. 13, 1972 1972 Miami Toros 2 - 0 St. Louis Stars Miami Orange Bowl 1023 1
Aug. 12, 1972 1972 Dallas Tornado 0 - 0 Montreal Olympique Autostade 1000 1
Aug. 12, 1972 1972 New York Cosmos 4 - 1 Rochester Lancers Hofstra Stadium 4616 1
Aug. 6, 1972 1972 Montreal Olympique 4 - 2 Rochester Lancers Holleder Memorial Stadium 5522 1
Aug. 6, 1972 1972 New York Cosmos 1 - 1 Toronto Metros Varsity Stadium 1255 1
Aug. 5, 1972 1972 Atlanta Chiefs 1 - 1 Miami Toros Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium 2375 1
July 30, 1972 1972 Atlanta Chiefs 3 - 0 Montreal Olympique Autostade 1202 1
July 29, 1972 1972 New York Cosmos 0 - 1 St. Louis Stars Busch Memorial Stadium 4385 1
July 29, 1972 1972 Miami Toros 3 - 4 Rochester Lancers Miami Orange Bowl 2200 1
July 29, 1972 1972 Dallas Tornado 2 - 0 Toronto Metros Texas Stadium 2895 1
July 26, 1972 1972 Atlanta Chiefs 1 - 1 Toronto Metros Varsity Stadium 5678 1
July 23, 1972 1972 Miami Toros 2 - 2 Montreal Olympique Autostade 2072 1
July 22, 1972 1972 St. Louis Stars 5 - 1 Toronto Metros Busch Memorial Stadium 14210 1
July 22, 1972 1972 Dallas Tornado 0 - 1 New York Cosmos Hofstra Stadium 6518 1
July 16, 1972 1972 Atlanta Chiefs 1 - 0 St. Louis Stars Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium 12125 1
July 16, 1972 1972 Montreal Olympique 2 - 2 New York Cosmos Autostade 2996 1
July 15, 1972 1972 Dallas Tornado 2 - 0 Rochester Lancers Holleder Memorial Stadium 5419 1
July 12, 1972 1972 Rochester Lancers 2 - 1 Toronto Metros Varsity Stadium 11124 1
July 9, 1972 1972 Atlanta Chiefs 0 - 2 Toronto Metros Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium 3367 1
July 8, 1972 1972 Miami Toros 0 - 2 New York Cosmos Miami Orange Bowl 1438 1
July 8, 1972 1972 Dallas Tornado 2 - 1 Montreal Olympique Texas Stadium 2881 1
July 1, 1972 1972 Atlanta Chiefs 0 - 0 Rochester Lancers Holleder Memorial Stadium 5867 1

Awards

award winner
All-Star Team Willie Evans
All-Star Team John Sewell
All-Star Team John Kerr Sr.
All-Star Team John Best
All-Star Team Graeme Souness
All-Star Team Randy Horton
All-Star Team Peter Short
All-Star Team Paul Child
All-Star Team Pat McBride
All-Star Team Michael Dillion
All-Star Team Ken Cooper
Champion New York Cosmos
Coach of the Year Kazimierz Frankiewicz
MVP Randy Horton
Rookie of the Year Randy Horton

Where the appearances came from

England: 366 games, 26.7%United States: 110 games, 8.0%United States: 110 games, 8.0%Scotland: 71 games, 5.2%Italy: 72 games, 5.3%Italy: 72 games, 5.3%Italy: 72 games, 5.3%Italy: 72 games, 5.3%Brazil: 79 games, 5.8%Poland: 38 games, 2.8%Greece: 29 games, 2.1%Bermuda: 17 games, 1.2%Wales: 4 games, 0.3%Trinidad and Tobago: 27 games, 2.0%Trinidad and Tobago: 27 games, 2.0%Kenya: 6 games, 0.4%Jamaica: 24 games, 1.8%Ireland: 8 games, 0.6%Hungary: 8 games, 0.6%Haiti: 8 games, 0.6%Ghana: 10 games, 0.7%Germany: 22 games, 1.6%Canada: 5 games, 0.4%Belgium: 11 games, 0.8%Belgium: 11 games, 0.8%Belgium: 11 games, 0.8%Argentina: 13 games, 0.9%
  • 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 443 32.3%
England 366 26.7%
United States 110 8.0%
Brazil 79 5.8%
Italy 72 5.3%
Scotland 71 5.2%
Poland 38 2.8%
Greece 29 2.1%
Trinidad and Tobago 27 2.0%
Jamaica 24 1.8%
Germany 22 1.6%
Bermuda 17 1.2%
Argentina 13 0.9%
Belgium 11 0.8%
Ghana 10 0.7%
Haiti 8 0.6%
Hungary 8 0.6%
Ireland 8 0.6%
Kenya 6 0.4%
Canada 5 0.4%
Wales 4 0.3%

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