Washington Diplomats

founded 1974 Washington D.C. dissolved 1981

games
224
wins
110
draws
1
losses
105

first recorded game May 4, 1974 · latest recorded game Aug. 18, 1981

Totals and dates are as recorded here.

All-time, by competition

competition GP W T L pts gf ga ppg gf/ga
NASL 216 110 1 105 1011 403 386 4.68 1.04
216 110 1 105 1011 403 386 4.68 1.04

Division, year by year

1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1st division8 seasons North American Soccer League, 1974North American Soccer League, 1975North American Soccer League, 1976North American Soccer League, 1977North American Soccer League, 1978North American Soccer League, 1979North American Soccer League, 1980North American Soccer League, 1981
Where Washington Diplomats sat in the pyramid, 1974 to 1981. A block marks a league season, placed on the year the season began and the division its league is recorded at; select one for that season. An empty column is a year with no league season on record. Cups are left out: a cup has no division.

Points per game, season by season

0 2 4 6 1974: 3.50 points per game in 20 NASL games 1974 1975: 5.09 points per game in 22 NASL games 1975 1976: 5.25 points per game in 24 NASL games 1976 1977: 3.54 points per game in 26 NASL games 1977 1978: 4.83 points per game in 30 NASL games 1978 1979: 5.73 points per game in 30 NASL games 1979 1980: 4.97 points per game in 32 NASL games 1980 1981: 4.22 points per game in 32 NASL games 1981 all-time 4.68
Points per game by season. A league season only, oldest first. Points per game rather than points, because the schedule has run anywhere from 20 games to 34. Points are as the league awarded them, which has not always been three for a win. Select a column for that season; the table below carries every figure.

Season by season

competition season GP W T L pts gf ga ppg gf/ga
NASL 1981 32 15 — 17 135 59 58 4.22 1.02
NASL 1980 32 17 — 15 159 72 61 4.97 1.18
NASL 1979 30 19 — 11 172 68 50 5.73 1.36
NASL 1978 30 16 — 14 145 55 47 4.83 1.17
NASL 1977 26 10 — 16 92 32 49 3.54 0.65
NASL 1976 24 14 — 10 126 46 38 5.25 1.21
NASL 1975 22 12 — 10 112 42 47 5.09 0.89
NASL 1974 20 7 1 12 70 29 36 3.50 0.81

Career leaders

complete stats

Goals

  1. Alan Green 50
  2. Paul Cannell 38
  3. Gary Darrell 23
  4. Leroy DeLeon 18
  5. Bobby Stokes 17
  6. Gerry Ingram 15
  7. Malcolm Waldron 15
  8. Ken Mokgojoa 14
  9. Johan Cruyff 12
  10. József Horváth 12

Assists

  1. József Horváth 24
  2. Alan Green 23
  3. Bobby Stokes 21
  4. Johan Cruyff 21
  5. Ray Graydon 17
  6. Sakib Viteskic 17
  7. Paul Cannell 15
  8. Tommy O'Hara 13
  9. Leroy DeLeon 11
  10. Alan Spavin 10

Appearances

  1. Gary Darrell 117
  2. Bobby Stokes 98
  3. Tommy O'Hara 89
  4. Paul Cannell 81
  5. Bill Irwin 73
  6. Alan Green 70
  7. Roy Willner 69
  8. Alan Spavin 68
  9. Carmine Marcantonio 65
  10. Sakib Viteskic 61

Most recent games — all 224 →

date competition season team score team venue referee attendance sources
Aug. 18, 1981 NASL 1981 Montreal Manic (SO) 0 - 0 Washington Diplomats Montreal Olympic Stadium 50755 1
Aug. 16, 1981 NASL 1981 Toronto Blizzard 1 - 5 Washington Diplomats RFK Stadium 9226 1
Aug. 12, 1981 NASL 1981 New York Cosmos 4 - 2 Washington Diplomats Giants Stadium 34884 1
Aug. 9, 1981 NASL 1981 Atlanta Chiefs 0 - 2 Washington Diplomats RFK Stadium 6003 1
Aug. 5, 1981 NASL 1981 Chicago Sting (SO) 2 - 2 Washington Diplomats RFK Stadium 8659 1
Aug. 2, 1981 NASL 1981 Toronto Blizzard 0 - 2 Washington Diplomats Varsity Stadium 5063 1
July 31, 1981 NASL 1981 Dallas Tornado 3 - 1 Washington Diplomats Texas Stadium 2697 1
July 25, 1981 NASL 1981 Minnesota Kicks 3 - 1 Washington Diplomats RFK Stadium 7771 1
July 19, 1981 NASL 1981 Montreal Manic 4 - 2 Washington Diplomats RFK Stadium 14601 1
July 15, 1981 NASL 1981 Toronto Blizzard 0 - 2 Washington Diplomats RFK Stadium 10559 1