1980 North American Soccer League season

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North American Soccer League -1980 Season-
Season	1980
Champions	New York Cosmos (4th title)
Premiers	New York Cosmos (4th title) most total points *Seattle Sounders best Won/Loss record
Matches played	384
Goals scored	1371 (3.57 per match)
Top goalscorer	Giorgio Chinaglia (32 goals)
Highest attendance	70,312 (Ft. Lauderdale @ NY)
Lowest attendance	254 (Memphis at New England)
Average attendance	14,440
← 1979 1981 →

Statistics of North American Soccer League in season 1980. This was the 13th season of the NASL.

Overview

The league comprisd 24 teams. The New York Cosmos defeated the Fort Lauderdale Strikers in the finals on September 21 to win the championship. For the third time in league history the team with the most wins (Seattle) did not win the regular season due to the NASL's system of awarding bonus points for goals scored.

Changes from the Previous Season

The 1980 Season saw the regular season expand from 30 games to 32 games. Three North Americans were required to be among the eleven in the match, up from two during the previous season.^[1]

New Teams

None

Teams Folding

None

Teams Moving

None

Regular season

W = Wins, L = Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, PT= 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.

National Conference

Eastern Division	W	L	GF	GA	PT
New York Cosmos	24	8	87	41	213
Washington Diplomats	17	15	72	61	159
Toronto Blizzard	14	18	49	65	128
Rochester Lancers	12	20	42	67	109

Central Division	W	L	GF	GA	PT
Dallas Tornado	18	14	57	58	157
Minnesota Kicks	16	16	66	56	147
Tulsa Roughnecks	15	17	56	62	139
Atlanta Chiefs	7	25	34	84	74

Western Division	W	L	GF	GA	PT
Seattle Sounders	25	7	74	31	207
Los Angeles Aztecs	20	12	61	52	174
Vancouver Whitecaps	16	16	52	47	139
Portland Timbers	15	17	50	53	133

American Conference

Eastern Division	W	L	GF	GA	PT
Tampa Bay Rowdies	19	13	61	50	168
Fort Lauderdale Strikers	18	14	61	55	163
New England Tea Men	18	14	54	56	154
Philadelphia Fury	10	22	42	68	98

Central Division	W	L	GF	GA	PT
Chicago Sting	21	11	80	50	187
Houston Hurricane	14	18	56	69	130
Detroit Express	14	18	51	52	129
Memphis Rogues	14	18	49	57	126

Western Division	W	L	GF	GA	PT
Edmonton Drillers	17	15	58	51	149
California Surf	15	17	61	67	144
San Diego Sockers	16	16	53	51	140
San Jose Earthquakes	9	23	45	68	95

NASL All-Stars

First Team	Position	Second Team	Honorable Mention^[2]^[3]
Phil Parkes, Chicago	G	Jack Brand, Seattle	Jan van Beveren, Fort Lauderdale
Carlos Alberto, New York	D	Mihalj Keri, Los Angeles	David Nish, Seattle
Mike Connell, Tampa Bay	D	Wim Rijsbergen, New York	John Gorman, Tampa Bay
Rudi Krol, Vancouver	D	Peter Nogly, Edmonton	Frantz Mathieu, Chicago
Bruce Rioch, Seattle	D	John Ryan, Seattle	Andranik Eskandarian, New York
Franz Beckenbauer, New York	M	Arno Steffenhagen, Chicago	Ray Hudson, Ft. Lauderdale
Vladislav Bogićević, New York	M	Johan Neeskens, New York	Ace Ntsoelengoe, Minnesota
Teófilo Cubillas, Ft. Lauderdale	M	Alan Hudson, Seattle	Jomo Sono, Toronto
Giorgio Chinaglia, New York	F	Steve Wegerle, Tampa Bay	Tommy Hutchison, Seattle
Johan Cruyff, Washington	F	Karl-Heinz Granitza, Chicago	Alan Green, Washington
Roger Davies, Seattle	F	Luis Fernando, Los Angeles	Julio César Romero, New York

Playoffs

The top two teams from each division qualified for the playoffs automatically. The two highest remaining point totaled teams in each conference also qualified for the playoffs as wild cards and were given the lowest first round seeds. Playoff match-ups and home/away status were reset after each round, based on regular season point totals.

In 1979 and 1980, if a playoff series was tied at one victory each, a full 30 minute mini-game was played. If neither team held an advantage after the 30 minutes, the teams would then move on to a shoot-out to determine a series winner.^[4]

First round

		(higher seed)	Game 1	Game 2	Mini-game
Minnesota Kicks	-	Dallas Tornado	0 - 1	0 - 2		August 27 -17,461 • August 31 -8,674
San Diego Sockers	-	Chicago Sting	2 - 1	2 - 3	2 - 1 (SO, 3–0)	August 27 -12,125 • August 30 -12,267
New England Tea Men	-	Tampa Bay Rowdies	0 - 1	0 - 4		August 27 -17,121 • August 30 -26,368
Vancouver Whitecaps	-	Seattle Sounders	1 - 2 (OT)	1 - 3		August 27 -27,231 • August 30 -35,254
Washington Diplomats	-	Los Angeles Aztecs	1 - 0	1 - 2 (SO, 4–5)	0 - 2	August 27 -20,231 • August 30 -14,163
Houston Hurricane	-	Edmonton Drillers	1 - 2	1 - 0	0 - 1	August 27 -3,902 • August 31 -22,059
California Surf	-	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	1 - 2	2 - 0	0 - 1 (SO, 2–3)	August 28 2,929 • August 31 -15,282
Tulsa Roughnecks	-	New York Cosmos	1 - 3	1 - 8		August 28 -22,890 • August 31 -40,285

Conference Semifinals

			Game 1	Game 2	Mini-game
Los Angeles Aztecs	-	Seattle Sounders	3 - 0	0 - 4	2 - 1 (SO, 2–0)	September 3 -13,466 • September 5 -32,564
Edmonton Drillers	-	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	0 - 1	3 - 2 (SO, 2–1)	0 - 3	September 3 -18,029 • September 6 -17,380
Dallas Tornado	-	New York Cosmos	2 - 3	3 - 0	0 - 3	September 3 -7,459 • September 7 -45,153
San Diego Sockers	-	Tampa Bay Rowdies	6 - 3	0 - 6	2 - 1 (SO, 2–0)	September 4 -20,109 • September 7 -25,852

Conference Championships

			Game 1	Game 2	Mini-game
San Diego Sockers	-	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	1 - 2	4 - 2	0 - 3	September 11 -27,635 • September 13 -18,420
Los Angeles Aztecs	-	New York Cosmos	1 - 2	1 - 3		September 10 -25,487 • September 13 -42,324

Soccer Bowl '80

September 21^[5]
12:44 pm EDT^[6]

New York Cosmos	3–0	Fort Lauderdale Strikers
Romero (Chinaglia, Bogićević) 47:55' Chinaglia (Davis, Rijsbergen) 70:06' Chinaglia (Cabañas) 87:07'

RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
Attendance: 50,768^[7]
Referee: Paul Avis^[8]

1980 NASL Champions: New York Cosmos

Post season awards

Most Valuable Player: Roger Davies, Seattle
Coach of the year: Alan Hinton, Seattle
Rookie of the year: Jeff Durgan, New York
North American Player of the Year: Jack Brand, Seattle^[9]

References

External links

v t e North American Soccer League (1968–84)

Broadcasters USSF CSA Portal Contemporary NASL

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