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1970 North American Soccer League season

Soccer league season

Field	Value
competition	North American Soccer League 1970 season
season	1970
winners	Rochester Lancers
premiers	Washington Darts
continentalcup1	1971 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Rochester Lancers
matches	84
league topscorer	Koulis Apostolidis
(16 goals)
total goals	253
average attendance	3,163
prevseason	1969
nextseason	1971

(16 goals) Statistics of North American Soccer League in season 1970. This was the 3rd season of the NASL.

Overview

Six teams competed with the Rochester Lancers winning the championship. Santos FC of Brazil beat the NASL All-Stars 4–3 at Soldier Field in Chicago to finish the season. In 1970, NASL teams rounded out their schedules by playing an assortment of foreign clubs including Hapoel Petah Tikva, Varzim, Hertha Berlin and Coventry City. These games weren't just for attendance but also counted in the standings. The Washington Darts went 2-2-0 versus the international teams earning the "International Cup".

Changes from the previous season

New teams

Rochester Lancers*
Washington Darts* *joined from American Soccer League

Teams folding

Baltimore Bays

Teams moving

None

Name changes

None

Map of clubs

Regular season

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

6 points for a win, 3 points for a tie, 0 points for a loss, 1 point for each goal scored up to three per game. :-Premiers (most points). -Other playoff team.

Northern Division	W	L	T	GF	GA	PT
Rochester Lancers	9	9	6	41	45	111
Kansas City Spurs	8	10	6	42	44	100
St. Louis Stars	5	17	2	26	71	60

Southern Division	W	L	T	GF	GA	PT
Washington Darts	14	6	4	52	29	137
Atlanta Chiefs	11	8	5	53	33	123
Dallas Tornado	8	12	4	39	39	92

NASL All-Stars

First Team	Position	Second Team
Lincoln Phillips, Washington	G	Leonel Conde, Kansas City
Charlie Mitchell, Rochester	D	John Cocking, Atlanta
Uriel da Veiga, Atlanta	D	Delroy Scott, Atlanta
Willie Evans, Washington	M	Ray Bloomfield, Atlanta
John Best, Dallas	M	Roy Turner, Dallas
Billy Fraser, Washington	M	Bob DiLuca, Rochester
Carlos Metidieri, Rochester	F	Warren Archibald, Washington
Dave Metchick, Atlanta	F	Clarival Oliveira, Kansas City
Art Welch, Atlanta	F	Kirk Apostolidis, Dallas
Leroy DeLeon, Washington	F	Mike Renshaw, Dallas
Manfred Seissler, Kansas City	F	Pat McBride, St. Louis

NASL Final 1970

Main article: NASL Final 1970

Northern Champions	Aggregate	Southern Champions	First leg	Second leg	Attendance
Rochester Lancers	4–3	Washington Darts	3–0	1–3	September 5 • Aquinas Memorial Stadium • 9,321
September 13 • Brookland Stadium • 5,543

First leg

Costa Marotte

Second leg

Gyau Browne

1970 NASL Champions: Rochester Lancers

Post season awards

Most Valuable Player: Carlos Metidieri, Rochester
Coach of the year: Sal DeRosa, Rochester
Rookie of the year: Jim Leeker, St. Louis

References

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(15 Sep 2015). "Previo Campeones: Rochester Lancers Capturan Titulo En 1970".
Loj, Alex. (September 6, 1970). "Lancers Defeat Darts". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
Stolze, Craig. (September 14, 1970). "Lancers Soccer Champs". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.

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