1977 North American Soccer League season

Statistics of North American Soccer League in season 1977. This was the 10th season of the NASL.

Contents

Overview

The league was made up of 18 teams. The Cosmos defeated the Seattle Sounders in the finals on August 28 to win the championship.

Changes from the previous season

Teams folding

Teams moving

Name changes

Regular season

W = Wins, L = Losses, T= Ties GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts= point system

6 points for a win 1 point for a shootout win 0 points for a loss 1 point for each regulation goal scored up to three per game

Atlantic Conference

Northern Division

W L GF GA PT
Toronto Metros-Croatia 13 13 42 38 115
St. Louis Stars 12 14 33 35 104
Rochester Lancers 11 15 34 41 99
Chicago Sting 10 16 31 43 88
Connecticut Bicentennials 7 19 34 65 72

Eastern Division

W L GF GA PT
Fort Lauderdale Strikers 19 7 49 29 161
Cosmos 15 11 60 39 140
Tampa Bay Rowdies 14 12 55 45 131
Washington Diplomats 10 16 32 49 92

Pacific Conference

Western Division

W L GF GA PT
Minnesota Kicks 16 10 44 36 137
Vancouver Whitecaps 14 12 43 36 124
Seattle Sounders 14 12 43 34 123
Portland Timbers 10 16 39 42 98

Southern Division

W L GF GA PT
Dallas Tornado 18 8 56 37 161
San Jose Earthquakes 14 12 37 44 119
Los Angeles Aztecs 14 12 37 44 119
Team Hawaii 11 15 45 59 106
Las Vegas Quicksilvers 11 15 38 44 103

Playoffs

First round

August 10 San Jose Earthquakes 1 – 2 Los Angeles Aztecs Los Angeles, Memorial Coliseum

August 10 Tampa Bay Rowdies 0 – 3 Cosmos New York, Yankee Stadium

August 10 Rochester Lancers 1 – 0 St. Louis Stars St. Louis, Busch Memorial

August 10 Seattle Sounders 2 – 0 Vancouver Whitecaps Burnaby (BC), Swangard Stadium

Conference Semifinals

Game 1 Game 2
Cosmos - Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 8 - 3 3 - 2 August 14 , 17
Los Angeles Aztecs - Dallas Tornado 3 - 1 5 - 1 August 14 , 17 1977
Minnesota Kicks - Seattle Sounders 1 - 2 0 - 1 August 14 , 17
Rochester Lancers - Toronto Metros-Croatia 1 - 0 1 - 0 August 14 , 17

Conference Championships

Game 1 Game 2
Los Angeles Aztecs - Seattle Sounders 1 - 3 0 - 1 August 21 , 25
Rochester Lancers - New York Cosmos 1 - 2 1 - 4 August 21 , 25

Soccer Bowl '77

August 28 Cosmos 2 – 1 Seattle Sounders Portland (OR), Civic Stadium

Post season awards

References